

Li b. z> 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants 



479 



i^ The Wood WiIiovv-werDc nacii a uenaer nance aiuiaca into otner lmaller branches,, •fV-" u 

 whereon are fee long Icaues rough and fharpe pointed, of an ouerworne greene colour. The floures* { %Jlu<> 



gro 



irac'tiic'tops of the branches, confifting of foure or fiue fmall leaues, of a pale purplifh colour 

 'linetowhitenelTe: after which come long cods, wherein are little feeds wrapped in a certaine 



• -•---—•-»— ■••*■ **•— •«-»- t»- " * t - ,J - ± This differs from 



<w^ 



Do.vnc 



floures. 



yfimackU with fmall 



There are two more varieties ot tncie coaaca Willow-herbes 5 the one of which is of a middle 

 growth, fomewhat like to that which is defcribed in the eleuenth place, but lefle, with the leaues 



t§h> r~: .^\ *Us\.i* +Ut* **Acr/*c fmnnrfv .inn nnf hatrv • mA ir mni C»>I«» U*> «*~fL»J T v(imachiA fili/iufiCt 



m 



they 



Willow-herbe. The othcris alfo fmoo 

 lay in Latine be termed, Lyfmachia filiq. 



iff/ folia : in Enelifh, The Jeflcr lmooth and narrow Ieaued Willow 

 J ' - " cluft, 



of a cubit, they are alfo (lender, weake and quadrangular, towards the top, diuided into branches 

 growing one againft another, the leaues are lefle and narrower than the common purple kinde, and 



nrnwincr Kv cminlpt vnIr»(Tf» af flip fnn of fhf ftallr»»« in/) KrtnrViap wluiua .U~.. i • 



growing oy couples, \ 



„ , . -., nIe(Teatthetopoftheftalkesandbranches,whereastheykeepenocertainc 

 orJer ; and amongftthefecome here and there cornered cups containing floures compofed of fix 



little red leaues with threds in their middies. Therootishard,wooddy,andnotcreeping,asin 



by Clrfius in diners wet medotves in 



* 



4j The Place 



m 



'.yjimacbia groweth pientifi 



fhoots, 



t 



• t 



«ii,,ii» ; uivrr ^^ w « 6 i WW wiu piciitnuuy in mom meaowes, eipeciaiiy along the Me- 

 dowes as you goc from Lambeth to Batterfey neere London^nd in many other places throughout 



England. f r ° 



England. 



The fecond and third I haue not yet (eerie. 



* 



The fourth groweth in many Gardens. $ 



ijVea alraoft in the running ill 



p 



-. l T. , r*-~- — e,"..,^! ».^"iMi*,^ c «,«t m iuuin tne running itreames ana itandim 



waters,or hard by them. It groweth vnder the bifhops houfe wall at Lambeth, neere the water c 

 Thames ,and in raoift ditches in mod places of England. 



The hxth groweth neere the waters(and in the waters)in all places for the raoft parr. 



na fo£ *Z f ow " V*/?!^" 6 in a P ,acc cal,ed cbe Hooke,neere vnto a clote called a Coir 

 paiturc, from whence I had thefe plants -*•--*- J .__..«... -*• 



the decking vp of Houfes and Gardens. 



^L P Y* % * f * M m 



row in my Garden very goo 



found 



but I haue feen 



and 



many other places. $ *««,« • -«•» »i"«. 



P la nk„ t iS ^lo hn.T T?* ^ Ic t , haC ftandeth in 3W »ray vp& the Thames banke,among the 

 eVjL^ ^o in a S fide not farre from the plai ot 



mom g T rounds. e t VarietICS ° f thiS gr ° W " Wet P Iaces » about ditches, and in vvobds and fuchlike 



^ The Time. 



Thefe herbes floure in Iune and Iuly, and oftentimes vntill Auguft. 



^T The Thames* 



$^£^^^^^»™ of a fpeciall vertue thartthath &^ 

 ^y^^itwb^^^t^P^ amon §° xc " ac ^e P Iougb,ifit be put about 



^to,the firft finde, ^out ot the n 9 nf '^ ^ Mme ^ 4 f\ of Kin g Ljfim^bm the Sonne 



c ^P-7.whicfc r^.-n-.L:" ouc ot *? nature and vermes of this herbe,as P% faith in his 1 5 .book 



•Dnn uric mt^n ^mA... 1 1- n n — ■ 



^CTfttJ^f? •. of the Latines, 



m * ntnm " CaIIc<r ° f ^M ^M» : in Englifh,Bay Willow,or bay ydlowherbe. 



