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Of the Hiflorie of Plants, 
Li B. z. 
$ y Sideritis Sco rdioides. 
Germander Ironwoort, 
4: 6 Sideritis Alpha Hyjfopi folia. 
Hy flop-leaned Iron-wort. 
2 Befidesthis there is alfo another de- 
fcribed by Fuchpus : the ftalkes hereof are 
thicke, foure fquare,now and then two or 
three foot long : the leaues be broad, long, 
hoarie,nickcd in the edges, hairie as are al- 
fb the ilalks, and much broader than thole 
of the common Horehound: the floures in 
the whorles which compaflc the italke a- 
bout, are of a purple colour ; the feedeis 
round and blackilh : the root hard & fom- 
thing yellow. 
t 3 This thorny Suchys hath leaues 
before it comes to fend forth the ftalk„like 
thole ofthe lefler Sage, but more white & 
hairie, thofc that grow vpon the ftalkes are 
much narrower : the Ilalks are fquare fome 
foot high : and at the parting of them into 
branches grow alwaies two leaues oneop- 
pofrt againft another: the tops ofthe bran- 
ches end in long fharpe thornie prickles : 
the floures grow about thetoppesof the 
branches like thofe of Sage, butoflome- 
whata lighter colour. This grows natural- 
ly in Candy, about a T owne called Larda, 
where Honornts Bellas firftobferued it, there 
it is called Guidarothymo, or Afles Tvme, 
though it agree with Tyme in nothing but 
the placeof growth. Clnftus fets it forth by 
the name of Stachys fiixofi. 
4 Lobel hath giuen vs the figure and 
firft defcriptionofthis by the name of£r,'r- 
ch'ys Luptamca. It hath creeping and dow- 
nie ftalkes fome handfull and halfeliigh, 
fet with little leaues : amongft which in 
rundles grow final floures like thofe of the 
other vvilde Horehounds’- the whole plant 
is offoitiewhata gratefuli fmell-l 
5 There isanotherwilde Horehound' 
of Mountpelier, called SidcritisMonjpelliaca 
Scordioidcsfiue Scordij folio: being that kind 
of Sideritis or wilde Horehound which is 
like vnro Scordmm , or water Germander, 
which grovveth to the height of a handfu 11 
and a halfe, with many final! branches ri- 
ling vprighr, ofawooddiefubftnnce, ha- 
iring the tops and fpokie coroners of Hyf- 
fbp, but the leaues do referable D ofcorides 
his Scordium , fauethat they be fomewhat 
lefler, ftiffer, more wrincklcd or curled and 
hairie, than Tetrahit, or the Iudaicall herb : 
the floures dort fcmble thofe ofthe com 
mon Sauorie, intafte bitter, and of an aro- 
maticall fmell. 
6 Mountaine Sideritis beeingalfoofthekindesofHorchound, was firft found by Valcrandm 
DonraTfm the mountains of Sauoy,refembling very wel the laft defcribed,but the leaues are much 
narrower,and like thofe of Hylfope : the floures grow in fmall rough rundlets or tufts, pale ofco- 
1 our like Marrubium or T etreihit . the root long and bending,of a wooddie fubftance,and purple co- 
lour, bitter in tafte,but not vnpleafant,whofe vertue is yet vnknowne. 
The Place. 
Thefe herbes are forreiners,tbey grow in rough and barren places, notwith Handing I haue them 
growing in my garden. 4 My kinde friend M r . Buckner an Apothecary, of London the laft yeare, 
beeing 
