

.L iB* 3. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



Chamdrbodcndros Alpigcna 



Dwarfc RofeBay. 





Lauras, 



The Bay tree. 



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1407 



the hills as you goe from Trent to Verona, 

 which in Iune and Iuly are as it were coue- 

 r ed with a fcarlet colored carpet, of an odo- 

 riferous fauorand delegable afpeft , which 

 being fallen, there commeth feed and f aire 

 berries like Afparagus. 



«ir The Place. 



defcription. 



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This may be called in Engliffydwarfrofe 

 Bay of the Alps. I find nothing extant of the 

 vermes, but am conflraincd to leaue the reft 

 vnto your owne difcretion. 



f the other plant of our Auchor, formerly defer i 

 the fecund place,by the name o£ fbamtrododtndros 



omittcd.Decajfe he let it rorth before by the name ofcjlm Ledum Sift* 

 eiim#uin« wo figures an4 one ddcrjpc I on,in t^c 1 1 and la pUces of tbc 

 FChap.ofthis 3 Booke. r 



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HAP. 68. 



Of the "Bay or Laurel Tree, 



f TbeDefiriftion. 



HeBayorLaurelltree commeth 

 oftentimes to the height of a tree 

 6f a mean bignefle : it is full of boughes, co- 

 hered with a green barke : the leaues thereof 

 arc long 5 broad,hard>bf coloin green,fweetly 

 fmelling,and in tafte fomewhat bitter. The 

 flours along ft the boughes and leaues are of 

 a green colour- the beriesare more long than 

 round,and be couered with a blackc rinde or 

 pill; the kernell within is clouepinto two 

 parts like that of the Peach and almond, and 

 other fuch/tf a brown yellowift* color, fweet 

 offmelljin tafte fomewhat bitter 3 r/ithalit. 

 tie fharpor biting qualitie. 



There is alfo a certaine other kiade 



out 



of the roots many off-fprings • which not 

 withftanding grovves not fo high as the for- 

 mer, and the barkes of the boughes be fome- 

 what red 5 the leaues be alfo tenderer^ not 

 fo hai-d • in other things not vnlike. 



Thefe two Bay trees Diofcorides was not 

 norant of 5 for he faith that the one is car- 



nd the other broader or rather 



Harder leafed^ 



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ore like. 



H The Place. 



The Laurell or Bay tree gro^efh natural- 



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