Of the Hiftorie of Plants, 
Lib.j, 
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The Kinder. 
i '"p H « e are many plants that belong to this kindred of the Sideritides, or Iromvoorrs and 
1 font e of them are already treated of, though in feuerall places, & that not vtrie fitly l y 
our Authour • and one of them ts alfo fet forth hereafter by the name of Clownes Alhca'e- thefe 
that are formerly handled, and properly belong to this Chapter, are firft the Herb, iuda,c Lobe «, 
being 111 the fourth place of the 2 25 .Chapter. Secondly, the St achy s Fuchfu (being the firft S/i- 
oiDiofcrides) deferred in the fecond place of the laft chapter. Thirdly, the Sideritis Sen di- 
oida fet forth m the hft placeymd fourthly th e Sideritis Alvina Hytfopifoli , f et forth in the fixt nlace 
ofihe laft chapter. Now befides all thefe,I will in this Chapter gnie you the Defcriptions offome 
others like to them m face and Vertues,and all of them may be referred to the firft Sideritis of Dt- 
ojeondes his defcription. y a 
a? Z> efeription . 
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1 r ^T His hath ! juare flalkes fonre cubite high, rough, and iointed with two leaues at each 
f ioint which are wrinkled and, hairie, of an indifferent bigriefte, fhipt about the edges, 
of a ft tong fraell , and of a bitterifh andfomewhat hottifh talfe : almoft forth of euerv 
ioint grow hranelfcs, fet with lefter leaues : the floures which in roundles incompaffe the tops of 
the ftaiks end in a fpike, being fomevrhat hooded, whitifh, well fmelling, and marked on the infide 
with fanguine fpots. The feed is rough and blacke, being contained in fine cornered feed veflels. 
The root is hard and wooddie, fending forth many ftalkes. This is the Sideritis pr ma of Fuchfu,, 
CordusfUfiu! ,and others ■ it hath a very great affinitiewith the Panax Cobmpi Clownes Al-heale 
ofour Authour, and the difference betweene them certainly is very fmall. 
^ 3 Sideritis proenmbens ramoft. 
Creeping branched Ironwoort. 
$ 3 Sideritis procumbens non ramofal 
Not branched Creeping Ironwoort. 
aboue a foot highland it is prefently from the 
long apd narrow with fome nerues or veines run- 
ning 
