Lib. 2 
654 Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
«' The Dcfcnption. 
1 'T' He firft kinde of Folium, ox in Englifh Poley of the mountain, is a little tender and fweer 
fmelling herbfjVerie hoarie, whereupon it tookehis name : for it is not onely hoary in 
part, but his hoarie flockinefle poffelTeth the whole plant, tufts and all, being no leflc hoarie than 
Gnaphalium, efpccially where itgrovveth neerethe Sea at the bending of the hils, or neere the fan- 
die fhores of the Mediterranean Sea : from his wooddie and fomewhat threddie root fhooteth 
forth ftraight from the earth a number of Tmall round ftalkes nine inches long, and by certainedi- 
ifances from the ftalke proceed fomewhat long leaties like Gnaphaliump hich haue light niches a- 
bout the edges, that ftand one againft another , inclofing the ftalke: in the toppe of the ftalkes 
ftand fpokie tufts of flourcs, white of colour like SerpiUum. This plant is ftronger of fent or fauour 
than any of the reft following, which fent is fomewhat fharp,and affedting the.nofe with his fwcet- 
nefle. 
2 The tuftesof the fecond kinde of Folium are longer than the tuftes or floures of the laft be- 
fore mentioned, and they are ofa yellow colour- the leaues alfo are broader,otherwife they are very 
like. 
1 From the wooddie rootes of this third kinde of Folium proceed a great number of fhootes 
like vnto the laft rehearfed, lying flat vprightvpon the ground, whofe flender branches take hold 
vpon the vpper part of the earth where they creepc. The floures are like the other, but ofa purple 
colour. 
4 The laft kinde of Folium, an d ofall the rtft the fmalleft.is of an indifferent good fmeli,in all 
points like vnto the common Poliurn, but that it is foure times leffer,hautng the leaues not fnipt,& 
the floures white. 
t 5 This fends vp many branches from one root like to thofe of the firft defcribed,but (hot- 
ter and more fhrubbie, lying partly vpon the ground; the leaues grow by couples at certain fpaces, 
fomewhat like, but leffer than thofe of Rofemarieor Lauander,greene aboue.and whitifh beneath, 
not fnipt about their edges; their tafte is bitter, and fmell fomewhat pleafant: the floures grow 
plentifully vpon the tops of the branches, white of colour, and in ftiape not vnlike thofe of the o- 
ther Poleyesahey grow on a bunch together, and not Spike fafhion : the feed is blackifh and con- 
tained in fmall veflels: the root is hard and wooddie, with many fibres. Cluftus calls this Folium 7. 
all/o flore.lt is the Folium altcrum of xJH atthiohapnd Folium recentiorum faemina Lavandulie folio of Lo- 
bcl. I here giue you(as Cltflius alfo hath done) two figures to make one good one : the former (hews 
the floures and their manner of growing ; the other,the feedc veflels, and the leaues growing by 
couples, together with a little better expreffionoftheroot. £ 
3 Folium montanum purpiircum. Purple Poley. 
«■ The Place. 
Thefe plants do grow naturally vpon the mountaines of France, Italie,Spaine,and other hot re- 
gions. They are ftrangers in England, notwithftanding I haue plants of that Poley with yellow 
floures bythe gift of Label. 
f T he Time. 
They floure from the end of May,to the beginning of Auguft. 
If Th ‘ 
