L i b. 2. Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
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Chap. O/mlde ‘Bafill. 
The Dcfcription, 
‘Hewilde Bafil or Acynos , called of PenajClinopodium 
1 ' l '1 Iewilde Bafil or Acynos , called of PenajClinop, odium vttlgartjnaxh fquare hairie ftems,be- 
1 fet with little Ieaues like vnto the fmall Bafil,but much fmaller 3 and more hairie.fharp 
pointed, and a little fnipt towards the end of the leafe^vith fmall floures of a purpIecolour,'fafhi. 
oned like vnto the garden Bafill. The root is full of hairie threds,and creepeth along the ground, 
and fpringeth vp yearelv anew of it felfe without fowing. $ This is the Clinop odium altenmoi Mat- 
thiolus. $ 
2 This kinde ofwilde Bafill called amongft the Grecians ««o>k, which by interpretation is 
Sine fcmine fit Sterilis ,hath caufcd fundry opinions and great doubts concerning the words of Plinie 
and Theophrastus, affirming that this herbe hath no floures nor feeds . which opinions I am fure of 
mine owne knowledge to be without reafon : but to omit controuerfies,this plant beareth purple 
floures, wharled about fquare ftalkes, rough Ieaues and hairie, verie like in fhape vnto Bafil : £ The 
flalkes are fome cubite and more high, parted into few branches, and fet at certaine fpaces with 
ieaues grow ing by couples . This is the Clinopodium vulgar e of tJAlatthielu-. f,and that of Cor dm , Gef- 
ner, and others - it is the Acinos of Lobel. $ 
3 Seraph and others haue fet forth another wilde Bafill vnder the title of Molochi.i ■ and Lobel 
after the minde of Tohn Brandon, callcth it Corcoros, which we haue Englifhed,Fifli Bafil’l, the feeds 
whereof the faid Brandon receiued from Spaine, faying that Corcoros Plinij hath the Ieaues of Bafil.- 
the ftalkes are two handfuls high, the floures yellow, growing clofe to the ftalkes, bearing his feed 
in final long cods. The root is compact and made ofan innumerable companieof firings, creeping 
far abroad like running 1 ime. ^This figure ofLobels which here we giueyouis(as earner anus hath 
oblerued)vnperfedt,for itexprefles not the long cods wherein the feed is contained,neithet the two 
little firings or beards that come forth at the fetting on of each leafe to the ftalke. 
i O cymum fyluefire. i Acynos. 
Wilde Bafill. 
Stone Bafill. 
