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Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
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% 6 Sideritis latifolia glair a. 
Smooth broad leaued Alheale. 
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ning alongft them, being alfo very hairie, but 
not fnipt about the edges : the flbures show 
alongft the branches, and vpon the main ftalk 
in roundles like thofe of thefirft mentioned 
but le Her, and ofadarkecoIour,wirha yellow! 
ifh fpot on their inlides : the feed is alfo con- 
tained in fine cornered veflels like as the for- 
mer. It floures in luneand Iuly,and growesa- 
mongft the come in Hungarie and Auftria 
This is onely fet forth by Clufius, and that vn- 
der the name of Sideritis 6 .Parmonica. 
3 This hath fome branches lying alono- 
^ , vpon the ground, flender, quadrangular , & haa 
'* rie,which at certain fpaces are fet with leaues 
growing by couples, almoft like thofe of the 
nrft, but much lefTc 3 and fnipt onely from the 
* middle to the end : the floures grow after the 
manner of the former, and (as Clufius thinkes) 
are like them, as is alfo the feed.' Clufius hath 
this by the name o f Sideritis 4. 
4 The fame Authourhath alfogiuenvs 
another, which from the top of the root fends 
foorth many branches, partly lying fpred on 
theground,and partly ftandingvpright,being 
hairy, iointed, and fquare like thofe of the for- 
mer, and fuchalfo are the lcaues,but that they 
are lefle fnipt about the edges:and in their bo- 
fomes from the bottome of the ftalkes to the 
top grow roundles of whitifh floures fhaped 
like others of this kinde. Clufius calk this Si- 
deritis 5 . He had onely the figures of thefe e- 
legantly dravyne by the hand of Iaques Plateau, 
fom f ThiS u r0 u 3 fma11 w0 ° d ^ le foot fends forth a fquare hairfo ftalke fome halfe foothigh and 
S r Cmfil!£ e w ar ^ th n fta ke mo , (dc o n , lmon ’y ^ends forth fome foure branches, which fubdi- 
de them felues into fmaller ones, all of them fometimes lyingvpon the ground, and the ftalke 
obmf" fo V mt C i the T UCS g r by r CDl, P! es at each ioinr > from a broader bottome, ending in an 
ob ufe point, the lower leaues being fome inch long, and not much lefTe in breadth .- the floures are 
l onfofo hi! 1 * * * * * 7 ? f T e ’ fma j 00d c ed ’ en - min S the ftaIkes in roundles , which falling, foure 
1 °^' Ilh . b; ^acke feeds are’ contained in flue cornered veflels, I firft found it Auguft 1 in ffoure 
T af ?■ 8 tbe , corne in a fi e!d ioining toa wood fide nor far from Grcene-hiue in Kent, and 
t that time.not finding it to be written of by any, called it Sideritis humilis U to obtiifo folio ■ but 
"a 6 tllat BaU nr ‘ C 13t 1 ^ ec f° rt fi m Prodromus by the name of Sideritis Alfine Tr/jfiigi- 
. • t "f Ta berriamontanus calls Aly([ H mGermanicufo, and whofe figure was formerly giuen 
with the fametttle by our Authour in the 1 1 8 Chapter of the former Edition, with a Defcription 
no waies agreeing therewith) grows vp with fquare ftalkes fome cubite high, fe t with pretty large 
n greenc fmooth leaues fnipt about, the edges : the floures grow in roundles at the tops of the 
ranches, being hooded, and of a pale yellow colour. This grows in the Corne fields in fome pla- 
< dwit > l amm^latifoli i^lb and K 1S l ' atSldnitt5 J ’°f Matthtolus in B, whines opinion, 'who cals it Si 
. 7 Th f c f anoth r e f plant that groives frequently in the Corne fields of Kent, and by Purfleet 
tn . c “ ‘ 7 ‘ ly y be 10111ed to the fofor Camerarius calls it Sideritis arvenfis h lore ritbro and in 
the Hiftona Lugd. it is named Tctrahit angufli folium, and thought to be Ladanum fe?etum of Plini 
mentioned lib 79 .oaf. 8. and lib. 2 6 . cap. r 1. It hath a.ftalke fome foot or better high/et with fliarp 
pointed longifh leaues hauing two or three nickes on their fides, and growing by couples ■ at the 
op of the branches, andalfo the mainc ftalke it felfc,ftand in one or two roundles fairered hooded 
floures: the root is fmall and fibrous, dying euery yearewhen it hathperfedfed the feed. It floures 
m ally and Auguft. This is alfo fometimes found with a white floure, *■ 
The Time, Place, frc. 
All thefe are fufficiently deliuered in the deferiptions, 
7 he 
