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The BRITISH HERBAL. 
Ic is a native of PVance, and flowers in June. 
C. Eauhine calls ic Cbam^cijius folUs thymi in- 
canis ; but this is not a good name, for the leaves 
are longer and narrower than thofe ot thyme. 
2. Short-Ifaved white Ciltus. 
Cijlus fiore albo foliis ldnceolat:s. 
The root is long, tough, fpreading, and full 
of thick fibres. 
The ftalks are numerous, firm, woody, and 
mort of tliem ftand erect. 
The leaves are not fo numerous as on the com- 
mon kinds : they ftand in pairs at diftances, and 
are fmall, fhort, of a figure approaching to ova', 
and fharp-pointed : their colour is a yellowifh 
green, and chey are a Httle hairy. 
The flowers Hand at the tops of the ftalks, 
and are large and white. 
The feed-veflel is rountiiDi, and the feeds are 
numerous, and of a duf.cy colour. 
This is common in many parts of Germany, 
and flowers in July. 
Tabernamontanus calls it Ue'ianthemiim album 
Cermanicim ; and moft of the later writers have 
copied from him in this refpetfl. 
. 3. Broad-leaved flirub Cidus. 
Cifius friitefi-eus foliis latis. 
The root is large and fpreading. 
The flem is woody, and covered with a brown 
bark : it grows to the height of three or four 
feet, and is very much branched. 
The leaves are numerous, large, and beautiful: 
they ftand in pairs, and they have long foot- 
ftalks : they are of a dead green in fummer, 
and toward autumn they commonly grow redifli: 
they are of a firm fubftance, and of a glofly fur- 
face: their fhape is like that of a heart, but that 
they run out into a longer point. 
The flowers ftand in little clufters on ftalks 
rifing from the bofoms of the upper leaves : they 
are large, beautilul, and white. 
The feed-veflel is fmall and pointed ; and rhe 
feeds are numerous and minute. 
It is a native of Spain and Portugal ; and 
flowers in Auguft. 
The tops of the young fhoots have a fine fra- 
grant aromatick fmeli : but this goes off when 
the leaves harden. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cijlus ledon folus populi mgr^ 
major. Clufius, Cifius ledum, latifolium fecundum 
majus. 
. 4. Narrow-leaved tree Cifius. 
Cifius arhorefcens angufiifolius. 
This is a very elegant fpecies. 
The root is large and fpreading : the fl:em is 
thick, woody, and branched : it grows to five 
or fix feet in height, and ufually with a beautiful 
regularity. 
The leaves are very numerous : they fi:and in 
pairs, and are long, narrow, and iharp pointed : 
they are at firft of a pale green, afterwards of a 
deeper green, and ufually toward the end of 
fummer purplifli. 
The flowers grow on the tops of the branches, 
and are very large and beautiful : they are as big 
as our wild role, and white ; but the buttons on 
the numerous threads in the centre are y-'How; 
and every petal has a dark, large fpot toward the 
bale. 
'J he rced-vefTt;! is hirge, but tlie feeds arc fmall ; 
they are roundifli, and of a dufky brown. 
Tiie young Hioots of this plant are for the moft 
pnrt of funimcr covered with a purple, refinous, 
and fragrant juice, iind may be fmelt at a great 
didance. 
It is a native of Spain, and flowers in July. 
C. Eauhine calls it Cijlus ladam'n-n hlfpanica 
incana. Ckiflus, . lednn primus cnguJUf alius. 
1 he leaves are fometimes hoary, fometimes 
fmooth i and they are not unfrequently curled at 
the edges: hence, fome have idly made diftiric- 
tions of three different fpecics of it. 
5. Narrow-leaved, fmail-flowered, ihrub Ciftus. 
Cifius anguftifolius fioribus nwiorihis. 
The root is Jong, thick, fpreading, woody, 
and covered with a brown bark. 
The ftem is thick, firm, woody, and four-feet 
high : its bark is purplifli, and it is divided into 
numerous branches. 
The leaves fland in prjrs, and they are long 
and very narrow, a little hairy, of a pale trreen 
colour, and marked with three large ribs. 
The flowers ftand on long, fiender footftatk?, 
at the tops of the branches. 
They are called fmall, in comparifon of thofe 
of the former fpecies ; but they are large enotigh, 
and very beautiful : they are of a pure white, and' 
they have gold yellow buttons on their nume- 
rous threads in the centre. 
The feed-veflels are fmall, and arc preferved 
in a hairy cup. 
The young tlioots of this kind are very fra- 
grant. 
It is a native of the fouth of France j and 
flowers in Auguft. 
C. Bauhine calls it Cifius ladanifera Mompeli- 
evfmm. Clufius calls it Cifius Icdcn quinlus ; and 
others diftinguifii it by his name. 
6. Common fmall Ciftus. 
Cifius arboreus foliis ovatis hirfiUus. 
The root is large, woody, fpreading, and di- 
vided : the ftem is thick, woody, uprioht. 
branched, and three feet high : the bark is of a 
deep purple, and the twigs are flcnder: fome- 
times the whole plant is erea; fometimes the' 
greateft part of the ftalks lie upon the ground. 
The leaves are fiiort, broad, and of an oval 
figure: they ftand' in pairs: they have long foot- 
ftaiks 1 and chey are of a pale greyifli green, and 
hairy both on the upper and underfide. 
1 he flowers arjs very large and beautiful : they 
ftand on ling footftalks rifing from the bofoms 
of the leaves; and they are white, fometimes 
with veins of yellowifh, and fometimes with a 
tinge of yellow throughout. 
The feed veffcl is roundifti, large, pointed, 
and a little flatted; and the feeds are large. 
It is a native of Italy, and other warm'er parts 
of Europe. 
C. Bau- 
