



66o Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L i d. i. 



whitffli below : the tops of the ftalks carry fpoky tufts of flours confiding of fourc or Sac bfert. 

 leaues , which fal ling, there follows a feed-vcflell as in the Veronica's. The root is kno« v and ? 

 brous,and grovves fo f aft among the rocks that it cannot eafily be got out. It floures in Iulv CM 

 as defenbes this by the name of Tcucrium 6. fumltm : and Pom fets it forth by the name of foi 



fewpcr-virens. X 



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5 This Spanifh Germander rifethvp oft times to the height of a man,in manner of an beoV 

 afh,Witn one ftifle ftalke of the bignefte of a mans little finger,couered ouer with a whitifli ba?k 



an 



diuided fomctimes intoother branches, which are alwaies placed by couples one rightaeainft 

 other 3 of an ouerwornc hoary colour .and vpon them are placed leaues not much vn like the com 

 mon Germander j the vpper parts whereof are of a grayifh hoary colour, and the lower of a decne 

 green.ofa bitter taftc,and fomwhat crooked^turning and winding themfclues after the mannc; of 

 a welt. The flours come forth from the bofome of the Ieaues,ftanding vpon fmall tender footftalks 



of a white colour, without any helmet or hood on their tops, hailing in the middle many threddy 

 firings : the whole plant keepeth green all the winter long. 



6 Among the reftof the tree Germanders this isnotof leaft beauty and account,hauing ma- 

 ny weake and feeble branches trailing vpon the ground,of a darke reddiflicolour,bard and woody , 

 at the bottom of which ftalks come forth many long broad jagged leaues not vnlike the precede:*' 

 hoary vnderneath, and green aboue,ofa binding and drying tafte. 



row 



iftusfi 



eight or nine Icauevn the middle whereof do grow many threddy chiues without fmel or faiw: 



the great Auens or PvlfatilL 



fame. 



flocky 



f 



open 



and profper well in gardens : and of the fecond fort I haue receiued one plant for my garden of M 



Garret Apotbecarie. 



^ The Time. 



T hey fioure, flouri fh,and feed when the other Germanders do. 



€T The Names. 



Tree Germander is called in Greeke***//* s retaining the name of the former Chmttys-M 

 **,*> . according to the authoritic otDiofcorides and Pliny : in Latine, Ttucrium : in Englim,great 

 Germander,vpright Germander, and tree Germander. 



^ TheTmperaturcandygrtues. 



Theirtemperandfacultiesarereferredvntothegarden Germander, buttheyare not of fed 

 force in working,wherefore they be not fo muchvfed in phyucke. 



Chap. 2,14. 





Of Water germander, or qarlic{e germander, 



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which grow fmall 



mpled leaues, mcKc anu u»^ — •- ~ Thcrootisimaw -~ 



.. „ D all purple floures like the flour ^ ^ de ^ Net [e l^ ^ „ ck> 



So^ ic tooke : that name Scordnl. % This by reafon °l&^&Tu&< lbeK ° f ' ^ 

 neffc thereof- whencerAmmw*.** and our Author made a bigger ana 

 haue omitted the later as fuperfluous. * ^ in , 



w« Germander groweth neerc to o£&* L* on both fides of the water , ^ 



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