3 The eighth Ciftus hath likewifefhrubbie ftalks in manet of a hedge tree, whereon do grow 
at certaine diftances diners leanes clofc ioyned together at the ftalke, like thofe of the former, but 
fomewhat lower and narrower: the floures we haue nottexpreffed tn the figure, by reafon wc haue 
no certaine knowledge of them . 
9 This ninth Ciftus islikewifea wooddy fhrub feme foot high : the ftalks arc very brittle, as 
are all the reft of his kinde 5 whereon do growvery fmall leaties like thofe of Tyme: the floures 
are white, which maketh it one of the females. 
to Theloworbafe Ciftus with broad leaues, groweth likea fmall fhrub, of a wooddy fub- 
ftance : the leanes are many, ofadarkegreene colour : the floures are in forme like the other, but 
of a yellow colour : the roots are likewife wooddy. 
xi This narrow leafed low Ciftus hath diners tough branches leaning to the ground, whereon 
do grow without order many fmall narrow leaues fomewhat long, of a gummy tafte at the firft, afi 
terwards bitter : the floures grow on the tops of the branches, of a yellow colour, confiding of fine 
leaues, with certaine chines in the middle; after which follow three fquare cods or feed-ve(Tels:the 
root is tough and wooddy. 
Ppppp la The 
Lib. 3. Of the Hiftory of Plants. n 77 
5 The firft of the females is like vnto the male Ciftus in each refpeft, fauing that the floures 
hereof areofawhite colour, with diuers yellow thrummes’in the middle 4 and the others purple 
wherein confifteth tha difference. ^ 1 5 
6 The fecond female of Afaif/Wax deferiptionhath many hard and wooddie ftalks, branched 
with diuers armes or wings : whereon are fet by couples rough hoary and hairy leaues , of a darke 
ruflet colour: amonguvhich come forth fmall white floures like vnto thofe of the Iafrain: the root 
is tough and wooddy. t This I iudge all one with the former, and therefore haue omitted the fi- 
gure as impertinent, although our Authour followed it, making the fioure fo litcie in his deferip- 
tion. $ • F 
t 7 The feuenth fort of Ciftus groweth vp to the height of a fiqall hedge buffi, hanin^ di- 
uers brittle branches full of pith : whereon are fet leaues by couples, like thofe qffea Purflahedhat 
is to fay, foft, hoary, -and as k were couered oner with a kinde of mealinefle .-the floures 
and lelle than thofe of the former. 
8 Ciftjis folio LatunduU . 
Lauandcr leaned Ciftus. 
9 ' Cijhis folio Tlymi. 
Ciftus with the leaues of 
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