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Of the Hiiloricof Plants. 



t I Rhamnus foltttivm 



Buck-thorne. 





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t J Rhamnus tylutivtu fnmilm* 



Dwarfe Buck-thorne. 







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% % Rbamniu felutivm miner. 



Middle Buck-thorne. 



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grccnc colour: the root is wooddy as in other 

 (hrubsiCluJiM found this growing in themoun- 

 tanous places of Auftria, and calls it spin* i»fc- 



ftori&fumiU. 



I This other hath branches fomc cubit 



Iong,and of the tbickeneffe of ones little finger, 

 or lefler, couercd with a blackc and fhriuclled 



barke: and towards the top diuided into little 



boughs,which arc coucred with a thin & fraoo- 



ther barkc,and commonly end in a fliarp thorn: 



the leaues much rcfcmble thofe of the Slo-trce 



yet are they fhorter and lefler, grccne alfo,and 



fnipt about the edges- fir ft of an aftringent, and 



afterwards of fomewhat a bitterifh tafte ; the 



floures which grow amongft the leaues are of 



an herby colour,and confift of foure leaues : the 



fruit is not much vnlike that of the former ; but 



diftinguiftiedwithtwo,&fomttmes with three 

 crefts or dents 5 firft green,and then blacke when 



Clufi 



ooddy and 



of Baden , hec calls it Spina inferior iafumil a 2. 

 This Matthiolat and others call Ljcium ltdicum: 

 and our Author formerly gaue the figure o£ 

 MAtthioltu and Tabernamontanus by the name of 



Hip 



filutivus* which made me tokcepc 



being defcribed in neither. $ 



forme 





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