Of the Kiftorle of Plants. 
66 o 
Lib. 2. 
4 This Dwarfe Germander fends vp ftalkes fome handfull high, round, not branched : the 
leaues grow vpon thefe ftalkes by couples, thicke, fhining,a little hairy and greene on their vppc 
fides,and whitifh below : the tops of the ftalkes carry fpoky tufts of floures, confifting of foure or 
fiueblewifh leaues; which falling, there followes a feed-veflell, as in the Veronicas. The root is 
knotty and fibrous, and grovves fo faft amongft the rockes that it cannot cafily be got out. It flo.i- 
reth in Inly. Ctufius defcribes this by the name of Tcucrium 6 . Pumilum : and Puna fees it forth by 
the name of Veronicapetr&afemper virens . f 
5 This SpanilTi Germander rifcthvp oft times to the height of a man, in manner of a hedse 
bufh, with one ftiffe ftalke of thebigneffeofa mans little finger,couered ouerwith a whitiih bark, 
diuided fometimes into other branches, which are alwayes placed by couples one right againft a 
nother, of an ouerworne hoarie colour ; and vpon them are placed leaues not much vnlike the com- 
mon Germander , the vpper parts whereof are of a grayifh hoarie colour, and the lower ofa deepe 
greene - ofa bitter tafte, and fomewhat crooked, turning and winding tbemfelues after the manner 
ofa welt. The floures come forth fromthebofomeof the leaues, (handing vpon fmall tender foot- 
ftalkes ofawhite colour, withoutany helmet orhood on their tops, hailing in themiddle many 
threddy (brings. The whole plant keepeth greene all the Winter long. 
6 Among the reft of the Tree Germanders this is not of leaft beauty and account, hailing ma- 
ny weake and feeble branches trailingvpon the ground, ofa darke reddifh colour, hard and wood- 
die ; at the bottome of which ftalks come forth many long broad lagged leaues not vnlike the pre- 
cedent, hoary vnderneath, and greeneaboue, ofa binding and drying^afte. The floures grow at 
the top of theftalkes,notvnliketothofeofC//?«i/tt7»i»a,orSage-rofe,and are white of colour, 
confifting of eight orninc leaues, in the middle whereof do grow many threddy chines without 
fmell or fauour : which being paft, there fucceedeth a tuft of rough threddy or flocky matter, not 
vnlike to thofe of the great Aliens or PulfatilU •• the root is wooddy,and fetwith fome few hairie 
firings faftned to the fame. 
«[ The Place. 
Thefe plants do ioy in ftony and rough mountaines and dry places, and fuch as lie open to the 
Sunneandaire,and profperwell in gardens :and of the fecond fort I hauercceiued one plant for 
my garden of Ml. Garret Apothecarie. 
^y The Time. 
They floure, flourifh, and feed when the other Germanders do. 
The Names. 
Tree Germander is called in Greeke*.**'^, retaining the name of the former Chamndrys, and 
it.xfw, according to the authoritie of D'ofcondes and Plmy : in Larine 7V»<r/#»z .■ mEnglifh, Great 
Germander, vprighc Germander, and Tree Germander. 
The Temperature and Vert ues. 
Their temperature and faculties arc referred vnto the garden Germander, but they are not of 
fuch force and working, wherefore they be not much vfed in phyficke. 
Chap. 214.. 
Of JVater Cjermander , or Cjarlicke Cjermander . 
«y TheVefcription. 
1 ^ Cordiumox water Germander hath fquare hairie ftalkes creeping by the ground, befec 
with foft whitiili crumpled leaues, nicktand fnipt round about the edges like a Saw : 
among which grow fmall purple floures like the floures of dead Nettle. The root is 
fmall and threddy, creeping in the ground very deepely. The whole plant being bruifed fmelleth 
like Garlicke, whereof it tooke that name Scordium. 4 This by reafon of goodneffe offoilevari- 
eth in the largenelfe thereof , whence Tabcrnamontanus and our Author made a bigger and a le(Ter 
thereof, but I haue omitted the later as fuperfluous. f 
^y The Place. 
Water Germander groweth neere to Oxenford, by Ruley, on both fides of che water , and in a 
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