The (jar den of flea) ant timers. 
out any lent at all , and quickly fading or falling away , abiding feldome one whole 
day blowneatthe mod : after the dowers are part, there come vp round hard hairie 
heads in their places , containing fmall brownifh feede : the roote is wooddy , and 
will abide fome yeares with vs, if there be fome care had tokeepeit from the exrrea- 
mityof our Winters frofles, which both this, and many of the other forts and kinds, 
will not abide doe what we can. 
i.CiJlusfamwa. Thefetnalc Holly Rofe. 
Thefemale Holly Rofe groweth lower, and fmaller then the former male kinde, 
hauing blackifli branches, Idle woody, but not Idfe brittle then it : the leaues are fome- 
what rounder and greener, but a little hard or rough withall, growing in the fame man- 
ner vpon the branches by couples : the flowers grow at the toppes of the branches, 
like vnto the fdrmcr, confiding of flue leaues, but fomewhat Idler, and wholly white, 
with yellow threds in the middle, as quickly fading,and of as little fent as the former : 
the heads and feede are fomewhat bigger then in the former. 
3. c’mmttiSim Frijicus. The dwarfe Holly Rofe of Frifeland. 
Thisdwarfe Cidus is a fmall low plant, hauing diuers Ihootes from therootes, full 
of leaues that are long and narrow, very like vnto the leaues of the French Spikenard 
or Spied Celtic» ; from among which leaues flioote forth (hort flalkes, not aboueafpan 
high, with a few fmaller leaues thereon j and at the toppes diuers fmall flowers onea- 
boue another, confiding of fix fmall round leaues, of a yellow colour,hauing two cir- 
cles of reddidi fpots round about the bottome of the leaues, a little diftant one from 
another, which adde much grace to the flo ver : after the flowers are pad, there come 
in their places fmall round heads, being two forked at the end, containing within them 
fmall brown i(h chaffic feede : the roote is fmall and flender, with many fibres thereat 
creeping vnder ground, and ihooting forth in diuers places, whereby it much encrea- 
feth : the whole plant, and euery part of ir,fmdleth ftrong withoutany plcafant fent. 
4. C/ffar innaw. The Holly Rofe of ayeare. 
This fmall Cidus that endurethbutayear (and will require to be fownc euery year, 
if ye will haue it)rifeth vp with draight,but flender hard dalkcs,fet hereand there con- 
fufedly with long and narrow grcenilh leaues, very like vnto the leaues of the Gum 
Cidus or Lcdon, being a little clammy withall : at the toppe of the flalkes, and at the 
ioynts with the leaues, fland two or three pale yellow flowers, confiding of fiue leaues 
a peece, with a reddilh fpot neere the bottome of euery leafe of the flower,as quickely 
fading as any of the former : after which follow fmall three fquare heades, containing 
fmall feede, like vnto the firfl female kinde, but fomewhat paler or yellower : the root 
is fmall. and woody, and perifneth as foonc as it hath borne feede. 
5. Cist ut Led*». The Gum Ciftus,orSweete Holly Rofe. 
This fweete Holly Rofe or Gum Cidus, rifeth higher,and fpreadeth larger then the 
former male kind doth, with many blackifh woody branches, whereon are fet diuers 
long and narrow darkegreene leaues, but whitifh vnderneath, two alwayes flanding 
together at a ioint,both Aalks and leaues bedeawed as it were continually with a clan£ 
my fweete moidure (which inthe hot Countries is both more plentifull, andmore 
fweet then in ours) almod tranfparent, and which being gathered by the inhabitants, 
with certaineindruments for that purpofe (which in fome places areleatherthongs, 
drawneouerthebuflies, and after feraped off from the thongs againe, and put toge- 
ther) is that kind of blacke fweet gum, which is called Udinum in the Apothecaries 
{hops : atthetopsofthebranchesftandfinglewhiteflowcrs, like vnto fingleRofes 
being larger then in any of the former kindes, confiding of fiue leaues, whereof euery 
one hath at the bottome a dark purplidi fpot, broad below, and fmall pointed vpwards, 
with fome yellow threds in the middle : after which are paft, there arife cornered 
heads. 
