Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
573 
Chap. 174.. Of (jar den Time. 
«(y TbeDefcription. 
1 He firft kinde of Time is fo well knowne that ic needeth no defeription ; beeaufe 
^ there is not any which are ignorant what T hymum durius is,l meane our common gar- 
den Time. 
2 ThefecondkindeofTimewithbroad Ieaues hath many vvooddy branches riling from a 
tlrreddy root, befet with leaues like Myrttss. Thefloures arefet in rundles about the ftalke like 
iHorehound.The whole plant is like the common T ime in tafte and fmell . 
I T hymum durius . 
Hard Time. 
f 2 T by mum Inti folium. 
Great or broad leaned Time. 
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3 Timeof Candy is in all refpe&s like vnto common Time, but differeth in that, that this 
kinde hath certaine knoppy tufts not much.vnlike the fpikes orknots o(St<ncitdos,b\.\t much lelfer, 
befet with fender floures of a purple colour. The whole plant is ofa more gracious fmell than any 
ofthe other T imes,and of another kinde of tafte, as it were fauouring like fpice. The root is brit- 
tle, andofa vvooddy fub fiance. 
4 Doubt lelfe that kinde ofTime whereon Epit hymum doth grow, and is called for that caule 
Epitbymum, and vfed in drops, is noth ing elfe than Dodder that growes vpon T ime ; and is all one 
with ours, though Matthiolus makes a controuerlie and difference thereof: for Venn trauelling oner 
the hills in Narbone neere the fea, hath feenenot onely the garden Time, but the wilde 1 ime alio 
loden and garniflred with this Epithymnm. So that by his fight and mine owrie knowledge I am 
allured, that it isnot another kindeof Time that bcareth £/df/ryw«w, but is common Time :for I 
haue often found the fame in England, not onely vpon our Time, but vpon Sauorie, and other 
herbes alio: notwith (landing thus much I may coniedf ure, that the clymate of thofe Countries 
;reater aboundance than ours, by reafon of the intemperance of cold, 
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doth veeld the fame forth in gre, 
tv hereunto our countrey is fubieef. 
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