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Of the Hiilorfe of Plants. 



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5 The firftof the females is like vnto the male Ciftus in each refpe#, fauing that the floures 

 hereof are of a white coIour,with diuers yellow thrums ia the raiddle,and the others purple, wher- 

 inconfifteth the difference. 



^ The fecond female oiMatthiolus defcription hath many hard and wooddy ftalks branched 

 with diners armes or wings $ whfereon are fet by couples rough hoary and hairy leaues of a dark ruf- 

 fe t colour,among which come forth fmall white floures like vnto thofe of the Iafmin : the root is 

 tough and wood dy . X This I iudge all one with the former, and therefore haue omitted the fi- 

 gure as impertinent^Ithough our Aurhour followed it,raakwg the floure fo little in his Defcrip- 

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r^'t 7 The feuenth fort of Ciftus growe$ vp to the height of a fmall hedge bufli,hauing diuers 

 brittle branches full 6f pith : whereon are fet leaues b y couples like thofe of fea Purflane,that is to 

 fay,foft,hoary,and as it were couered tiiier with a kinde of mealinefle : the floures are y ellow, 

 jcfTe than thofe of the former. 



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8 Cifim folio LavwduU* 



Lavander lcaued Ciftus, 



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$ Ciftus folio Thymi. 



Ciftus with the leaues of fyme/ 



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8 The eighth Ciftus hath Iikewife flirubby ftalks in manner of a hedge eree,wbereon g row at ' 

 certain diftances diuers leaues clofe joined together at the ftalke like thofe of the former, but fom- 

 what lower and narrower : the floures we haue not expreft in' the figure/or that we haue no certain 

 knowledge of them. 



9 This ninth Ciftus is Iikewife a wooddy flirub tome foot high : the ftalks are very brittle as 

 are all the reft oif his kinde, whereon grow very fmall leaues like thofe of Tyme : the floures are 

 «vhite,which maketh it one of the females. 



I o The low or bafe Ciftus with broad leaues growes like a fmal fhrub.of a woody fubftance* 

 the leaues are many,of a darke green colour : the floures are in forme like the 6ther,but of a yellow 

 colour : the roots are Iikewife wooddy. 



I I This narrow leafed low Ciftus hath diuers tough branche$icWng to the ground,whereon 

 d ° grow without order many fmall narrow leaues fomwhat long,ofa gummy tafteat the firft 3 afo*- 

 wards bitter : the floures grow on the tops of the branches r of a yellow colour, confiftif »g of Sue 

 leaues,with certaine chiues in the middle:after which follow three iquaie codsor feed- ve/feis.-tfce 

 root rs- tough and wooddy. ------ 



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