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Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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hap. 71. Of the nZAdjrtle tree. 



^ The Defcription. 



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coueredwitb 



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the height of a man,hauing 



like vnto the Laurell or Bay leafc^biit thinner and rmaIler,fornevvhatrcfembling the 

 leaues of Peruincle,which being bruifed do yeeld forth a mod fragrant fmell, not much inferiour 

 vnto the fmell of Cloues^as 4JI the reft of the kinds do : anaong thefe leaucs corn 

 floureSjin fhape like the flours of the Cherry tree,buc much fmallcr>and of a pie 

 do turne into fmall berries,greenc at the firft,and afterwards blacke. 



fancfauour 



I Myrtus Laurea maxima. 



The Myrtle tree. 





,$ 2 Myrtus Batic&Uti folia. 



Great Spanifh Myrtle. 



2 



Utifolia^ according to Ciu& 



r * /£ ^w,that hath leaues alfo like Bay leaues, growing by couples vpon his pleafant green bran. 

 c kes, in a double row on both fides of the ftalkes, of 3 light greene colour, and fomewhat thicker 

 Jnwjtbe former,in fentand fmell fweet: the flouresand fruit are not much differing from the fir ft 



. 3 There is likewife another kinde of Myrtus called Exotica^ that is ftrange and not common : 

 u groweth vpright vnto the height of a man like vnto the laft before mentioned,but that it is replc- 

 jjiftied .with greater plenty of leaues,which do fold in themfelues hollow and almoft double,broa- 

 er pointed,and keeping no order in their growing,but one thrufting within another,and as itwere 

 "Oiling one another confufedly 5 in all other points agreeing with the precedent. 



4 There is another fort like vnto the former in floures and branches,but the leaues are finoocfc, 



at and plaine, and not crumpled or folded at ail, they arcalfo much fmaller than any of tbe for- 



? c L r ;The fruit is in fhape like the other,but that it is ofa white colour, wberas the fruit of the other 

 '$ blacke. 



5 There is alfo another kinde of My«Ie,called tMyrtts miner vt noble My«W as bcingthe 



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