Of the tiiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. 2 
7,10 
Chap. 43. Of Elites. 
C ^ The Description. 
1 r P He great white B lire groweth three or foure foot high, with grayiih or white round 
ftalkes : the leaues are plaine and fmooth, almoft like to thofe of the white Orach 
but not fo foft nor mealy : the floures grow thruft together like thofe of Orach rafter 
that commeth the feed inclofed in little round flat husky skinnes. 
2 There is likewife another fort of Blites very fmooth and flexible like the former, fauiiig 
that the leaues are reddifh, mixed with a darke greene colour, as istheftalke and alfo the reft of 
the plant. 
3 There is likewife found a third fortvcry Iikevntothe other, failing that the ftalkes, bran- 
ches, leaues, and the plant is altogether ofa greene colour. But this growes vpright, and crc-epes 
not at all. r 
4 There is likewife another in our gardens very like the former, failing that the whole Plant 
trailethvpon the ground : the ftalks, branches, and leaues are reddifh : the feed is fmall,and clutte- 
ring together, greene of colour, and like vnto thofe of Ruellius his Cmnopus, or Bucks-horne. 
$ 1 Blitum majus album. 
The great white Blite. 
2 Blitummajus ruhrum. 
The great red Blite. 
The Place. 
The Blites grow in Gardens for the moft part, although there be found of them Wilde many 
times. 
TheTime. 
Thc-y flourifh all the Summer long, and grow very greene in Winter likewifei 
. . „ , . „ , . . f The Names. 
It is called in Greeke, : in Latine, Blitum : in Englilh, Blite,and Elites : in French, Blites, 
or Blttres. 
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