the Paradife of Plants. Ig 
C HAP. IX. 
Of Lavander. 
The Names, 
Donbt very much, whether this Plant were at all known unto the Greci- 
ans, becaufe I cannot finde icin Diofcorides, or any ancient or modern 
“Greek Auth our to be fo much as mentioned,thongh I have (oughe diligent- 
ly for it. Ic is called in Latine Lavandula & Lavendula, and of fome Le- 
wanda guia lavacris experitur, becaufe it is ufedin Baths, and in wafhing of the 
hands tor the {weetneffe of the fmell. The ordinary great Lavender is called by 
Maz thiols Nardus-[palica, @ Pfeadonardus, Tragus calleth it Spica, & Nardus 
Germanica;but moftAuthours call che greater Lavendula,major O'mas,as they do 
the jefler, minor & femina, Iris by fome called Spikenard, becaule it giveth a 
favour; fomewhat like ro the true Spikenard; and by others, the female of this 
here is held co be Lavender, and Spske-the-male. t efit enh tage 
liad 
voloresohierrena Fas I faid t ore, that is,a greater aid 4 leffer, 
e@erthere be three forts, 1. Small Lavender or Spike, with purplifh 
owers, 2. Small white Lavender or Spike,with a whire Flower, 3. Jag- 
ved Lavender, : 
The Forme: 
Ordinary Garden Lavender hath a hard wooddy ftem, parted into many 
fmall brartches, whereon are fet whitifh, long and narrow leaves, by couples 
One¢ againit another, from among which, rife up.naked fquare ftalks, with two 
leaves at a joynt; and at che'tops, divers {mall husks ‘fanding round about 
them, formed in long round heads or fpikes, with blew: b gaping Flowers, 
{pringing ont of each ofthem : the root is wooddy, atid fpreadeth in the 
pate : the whole Plant is ofa ftrong fweet fmell, but « writ hend 5 jm , 
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