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% 3 This.faith C/u(tw,which is the largeft that I haue fecnfomriii^ ] — — 



a raan,very {hrubby,hauinga hard and blackifo red wood .-the leaues are fmT? thc hei § ht of 

 about the branches by foures,of a very aftringent tafte : it hath plentifull ftn ? ^ ° rt ' B rowin g 

 allalongft the branches, fo that fometimesthe larger branches haue flouroc £ r ures 8 rovvin g 

 floure is hollow and lon2ifli.weIlfmellinp.whir < »fln^K M ..r;f..ii t M,c r rora toot ions. Tdic 



growing 



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uuerfitieof Conimbnca m Portugal,where it floures in Nouember"Dec^I IXtLlsbonand thc 



m >» t 4 Of this kind there is another fort with whitifh Durole flom™ m™ r ' and Iani »«y. t 



Ct^f J>> the other fort , which floures are fomewhat greater tto^ft^^^y < ^ ^o 



at the fame time, * The leaues alfo are hairy,and grow commonly' by foiie th^ fl 2 U "°S 



. grow cluttering together at the very tops of the branches, and are tobe found in Tnr T* flourcs 



It growes on diners heathy places of this kingdome. * reroDetound 'nIulyandAuguft. 



5 CrofTed Heath growes to thc height of a cubit and a halfe full of h Mn ^«. • 

 ingalong vpon the ground.of a dark fWaft coloU r : hereon gJSfcfai'Zr/ 7 £ 

 two vpon one fide,and two on the other, oppofite one anfwenna -nwl™, 7 , a . in f P aces 



CrofcortThefiouresi„like m annerfc P nT^ 



greenilhcoIour.The root is likemfe W ooddy,as !s all the reS ^fTpto ' ' fadatk0lle ™ ,0 ' n 



6 This fteeple Heath hath lilcewife many wooddy branches eunilhn\ »;.h r m ,n i 



of faall moment The vrhole hurt, for the moft part growth r<£nd » SS5 

 hay,broad at the lorver part and (harp aboue like a py rlmide o, ftcepIe,»hereof it tool" fbi^™. 



7 Ericatenuifilia. 



Small leafed Heath. 



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*ic& tenui folia call 



Chalice Heath. 



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7 Th " fmall or thinne leafed Heath is 

 moots commine from the root, ofareddifh brownecolour 



and bafe fiirub,hauing many fa& 



o« muucscommmg trom the root, of areddiih browne colour 5 wnercu^.. — v flouiS ow 

 final! leaues not vnlike to them of rommon Tvmcbut much fmaller and tenderer.^ hc 



colour 



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branches of this are commonly whitifli ,the leaues very green : the *°™ s ? re v im * pafilv decay 



and biggeft in the middeft,hoUow. and ofafairc purple colour, which doth not ™» j _ flo 



