the Hiftorie of Plants . 



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He hiftorie and fig 



afFertcd to be *«'a*s?« or *«' 



ijius his C7w* Pj?j? 

 iftus • for by diners places in Thco]>hraJt t 



colleftcd.it is euiden^thac his CcUflm was eucr greencgrevv vpon very high and cold 



an 



pe 



by 



es; that it floured 

 Winter, and that 



other vfc but to make ftaues for old men, ..... 



Now th is rrec growes but to a fmall heigh trailing a firme and hard body,diuiding it felf at the 

 top into fundry branchcs,which being yongarecouered with a green bark, but waxing old, with a 

 brownifh one j it hath many lcaues grovvingalwaies one again ft another^ nd thicke together, of a 

 deep (billing green aboue,and lighter vnderneath, keeping theirverdurc both wir;fcr and fti.nmei : 

 they arc of the bignes of thofc of ALxtcrnus, wot fnipt about the edges.but only a lirtle nickt, when 

 they arc yet yong tat the top of the tendered branches among the leaues.vpon footftalkesoffome 

 inch long, grow fine or fix little Homes, confiding commonly of Sue littkleaues of a yellowifh 

 green co!our,and thefe fhew themfclues in the end of Autumne or the beginningof winter,and a!, 

 foin the beginning of the Spring ; but if the Summer be cold and moift,it fhewes the buds of the 

 flotires in O &ober. The fruit growes on a fliort ftalke 3 and is a berry of the bignefle of a myrtle 3 firft: 

 green, then red of the colour of that of Afparagus,and laftly blacke when it is withered : the ftone 

 within the berry is little and as it were three cornered.containing a kernell couered with a yellow 

 filme. Where this growes wild I know not,but it was firft taken notice of in the publique garden 

 at the VniuerfitieofLeyden, from whence it was brought into fome few gardens ofthisKin^ 



dome. 



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fomewh 



cbesof the thickneffeofones thumbeand fomewbat more, and thofe couered with a greene barice 

 marked with whitifh fpots : the leaucs fomewbat refemble thofe of the Skarlet Oke, but greater 

 grcener,thicker,fomewhat prickly about the edgeM)f anaftringent taft,butnotvngratefuii'. The 

 floure thereof clufiu, did not fee : the fruit is a little blacke berry, ha iging downe out from the bo 

 forac of the leaucs,and containing a kernels ftone therein. It growes wild in many olacesof Por" 

 tugal,where they call it Azebo. rv ,. - 



The temper and vertues are referred to thofe fet down in the formerly mentioned chapter. 



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Qy Sf eird 





Tbeophrafti, Clttf. 



Mock- Willow. 









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f The Defer if tion. 





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I . - L •— ' ^" < -"niiuu l wnicnc/«^/wcon- 



rZ if"'? ", ay J be refer red to t h e Speir** menti- 

 oned by Theophraft^M. l . uf .^ .*/,,„,. x h ™ 



named in Englifl, ,Mock-willow : hoVfitly I know 



well pleafed therewith. But to the thing it felf It 

 isan,rubCfauhc/«^;fo m etwocubk!hiih h ° 

 reddirti barke 3 whereon grow many feaues without 



of 



Willow 



4 



M™,;n, ~ T o l & rcene aooue, and of a 



b lew, fh green vnderneatb, of a drvinff taft 1 • 



nod with fome bitwrncflc. tk. Z_- S "^J 01 



fmall 



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The tops^ of the bran- 



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fine leaues apiece o% ?f l^cZ^^ 

 forth manv Lui! \. vvhofe middle come 



ar fme! T f r Z Uh . thc ^hauing no peculi- 

 S^J5^*!» ift ^ floure of" the P Oi iue 



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there fucceed fmall fi 



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