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Show 143? Theatrum Botanicam. Crar.3i, T r1BE 16, Cuar,31. The Theater of Plants, 2» Salix latifolta oblongior. Thelong leafed Salloyy, 3. Salix latifolia rotunda. The roundleafed Sallow, . Salix Egypiieca & Sprigca, The Egyptian Wiliow. or of Syria, 253. Salix humilis latifolia @& Alpina repens. The Creeping broad leafed and mountaine Willow. and by Bauhinus fromhim. Thelaft by Bawhinus onely,whocalleth it Salix/wbrotwndo argayreo folio, as ic isin thetitle, : . Cuar, XXXI. Salixpumila latifolia, Thelow broad lzated Willow. S% Here are likewife three or foure forts of this low kinde to fhew you, which areas followeth, 3 1. Salix humilis latifolia eretia, The upright low broad Willows 2) The branches of this low Willow are fhort,not above a cubit long and ftraked, or as it were crefted allalong: the leavesare fomewhat long with the roundnefle and pointed at the ends, alittle wrinckled above,andfoft and woolly underneath : this creepeth not as the next, whichdiftinguifheth ir, 2. Salix latifolia repens, Creeping broad leafed Willow. Theftalkes with the fundry branches of this low Willow, having a rugged barke, doe for the moft part {pread on the ground,and take rooteagaine as they lie, the leavesare finall,yet {omewhat broad and long, pointed at the ends, greene above and gray underneath andfhining, the catkins he:eof are thicker and fhorter theninanyether of thefe lower forts,the rootes hereof fpread much in the ground. : 3- Salix latifolia Alpinarepens, Creeping mountaine broad leafed Willow. : This other fort differethlittle from the la{t,having alittle {moother bark,a few rounder leaves,and {maller cat- a abe abide untill Avgaft, and then thewtheir {mall blacke feede within them, and great rooies much read, 4. Salix faxatilis minima. Thelealt red or {tone Willow. The ftocke hereof is thicke ar the bottome,but fhort,fending forth two orthree flender fhort branches, lying on the ground, having long and for.ewhatround darke greene leaves thereon, with many veines therein, at the end whereof ftandeth a {mall round head made of many {mall grainesas it were fet together, which when they are ripe open themfelves and fheweth fortha fhort foft white downe,ont ofa three {quare huske,which is carry- ed away with the winde, Paes 5. Salix pumila abortiva, Theleaft Willow without fruite. HTAIWS leaves on both fides, yet but one ata place ufually,efpecially on the younger {temmesand branches, but grow f{maller on the elder, with fome lefler withthem alfo, greene onthe upper fide, and grayifh underneath: at every joynt with the leafe ufually commeth forth a whitifh ball or tuft, of afoft focky fubftance, which bytimeis difperfed into the aire, without bearing any feede for ought that hath beenobferved, yet may be in that flocky matter,as is ufuall in many other plants chat beare flocky heads but becaufe the flowers are very plentifull, and fweete withall, the Natives diftill a wa- ter from them,whereof they make a great account, calling it Machaleb, ufing it as an efpeciall helpe for all forts of agnes, bur efpecially in peftilentiall and putride feavers, as alfothe infafion or decoction ofthe flowers and forpaines in the head and faintings of the heart,and the comforting andftrengthening thereof. 7 Salix c i viplicts, The Arab. yarfe Willow. This Arabian low, with many pale yellowith branct ker, more folid and {trong he laf, befe all fides with leaves, chat areo andbreadth lo! nd twoinches broad, {ome donthe edges like unto a wild Arrache, what lowers or fruite it bore, wasnorobferved, bur of the coles of this fortof Willow, they make cheir beft Gunpoather, The Place and Time, - This Willow groweth nor much higher then ones hand with fuch {mall round leaves thereon, white on both fides,that they exceede not the bignefle ofa penny, ftanding clofe together, withonteither flower orfeed, thatit can f{earfe be taken fora Willow. eee: 6. Salix Agypriaca G Syriaca, The Egiptian Willow orofSyria, This Willowthat groweth familiarly both in Egipt and Syria, is neerer a fhrub thena treé,{préading into many Slender flexible and yellowithbranches and {temmes alfo fromtheroote, whercon are fetfaire broad and large leaves Some of thefe forts are found in manyplacés of this Land, as upon Hamp/tead Heath, Rumney Marthes and the like,although Clujim, Lagdunenfis, and Bauhinw, have recorded them to growin Germawy, Hyngary,and Savoy,Gc. The two laft according to their titles. 97 Salix Salix Arabica Arabi humilis ee ead folijs Atripticis. The Arabian dwacfe weillove: VA lf E \ L LS [BES |AS A \ SSS , |
