Lib., 3 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 





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8 The eighth groweth vp like a little hedge bufh, bauing leaues like the common female Ci. 

 ft us.fau ing that thofe of this plant arc fp rinkkd oucr with that clammy raoifturc, and the orher not 



colour 



called Limod9ron,Orobjmcht, or Hjpociftu, as there dot 

 reth from all the reft vnder tl name Ledon. 



9 The ninth hath diucrs brittle ftalkes of an afb 

 very may leaues like thofe of Thyme, of an ouerwon colour : the floures are white, with certainc 

 yellow chiues iu the middlc,which the grauer hath omitted in the figure. 



io The tenth groweth vp like a (mail ftuub, hauing brittle ftalkes, couered with a blackifh 

 barke,and diuided intodiucrs branches jwhereon are fet vpon (hort truncheons or fatfoot- ftalkes, 



lour. 



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12 Gift us Ledum Rorifmxtiriir) 



Ciftus Lcdon with leaues like Rofemarie. 









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Ci flus Ledum CM 



Ciftus Lcdon of Matthiolm defcriotion. 







1 1 . 12. The twelfth kinde of Ciftus Ledon groweth vprighc with a ftraiglit body or ftocke, 

 bringeth at the top many fmall twigs or rods of a cubit long,couered with a barke of the colour of 

 allies, which diuide thcmfclues into other branches, of a purplifh co!our,befet with long and nar- 

 row leaues, not much vnlike toRofemary,but longer- of a greene colour aboue, but vnderneath 

 hauingas it vverea long rib, made or compaft of wooll or downe$ofa fweet and plcafant fmell f 

 and fomewhat fharpe in tafte : on the tops of the branches grow knops or heads compaft as it were 



in 



A 



woolly ftalkes or twigs growing vnto them, of a fweet fent and fmell: the floures con fi ft of fiue 

 little white leaues, within which are contained ten white chiues with alongftile or pointal in the 



longk 



cornered, in (hape and bignefle 1 ike vnto the fruite and berries of Cornus -which being greene, arc. 



bcfncrtkvi with mnnv filnpr fnnr* hnr hpinn* rinr* are of a red rnlnnr. rnnfaintntT wirh in rhcni*. 



filuer fpo 



lender, that it is like to the duft or pou 

 lefiacum of C/tf/?/^;and the Ledum Rerifi 



within them 

 that faileth wt 



alfo the Refmtrwum fylucftrc of CM*tthiolu* ; and Chmspm oi C*rd& 



