12.S4 Or the Hiftory or Plants. L 1 b, 3. 
5 The Divarfe Ciftus of Sauoy hath diuers tough branches, of a teddifh colour, very tough 
and vvooddy,diuided into diners other branches : whereon are fet fmall leaues, f'oure together, by 
certain fpaces - } the fiourcs grow at the top of the brancheslike rhofe ofour yellow Dwarfe Ciftus 
of a yellow colour : the root is very wooddie. 
6 This dwarfe Ciftus with narrow leaues,hath very many fmall flexible branches, of a browne 
colour, very fmooth,and ramping vpon the ground ; whereon do grow fmall, long, narrow leaues, 
like thofe of Time of Candie 3 from the bofome whereof come forth diuers other fmaller leaues: 
the floures grow on the tops of the branches, of a bleak yellow colour. -the root is likewifewooddy. 
t 7 To thefe I may fitly adde two more :the firft of thefe hath creeping ftalks,fome foot or 
two long, blackifh, and diuided into fupdry fmaller branches,: the leaues grow thick and many to- 
gether, fet by couples (though the figure do not wel expreffe fo much:)thefe leaues are fmal,ofthe 
bignes of thofe of Time, thick, green abouc,and whitifh vriderneath,and of a bitter taft : at the ends 
of the branches grow two or foure floures neere together, very fmall, compofed of fine little leaues, 
ofakindeofflelh colour: to thefe fucceed heads opening themfelues when they come toripeneffe 
into flue parts, and containing a very fmall feed : the root is hard and wooddie,lending out certaine 
fibres : alfo the branches here and there put forth fome fibres. This plant dryed hath a pretty plea- 
ling fmell. This growes vpon the higheft Auftrian and Styrian alpes, and is fet forth by C lupus by 
the name of Chumxcipnsfeftimus. 
t 7 Cbanuciftus fcrfWfoliut . ± 3 Cbamtciilus Frificus. 
8 The fame Author alfb in his Cur it Jiojleriorcs giuesvs thehiftorieof this, which he receiued 
vvtth ome other rare plants from Iohn Dortman,a famous and learned Apothecane of Groeningen: 
This little plant is in leafe and root almoft like and neere of the fame bignefi'e with the Celticke 
Nard yet the ftalks arevnlike, which are fmall,fet with a few longifh leaues, and at the tops they 
carry hue or fix pretty floures like thofe of Crowfeet, confifting of fix leaues apiece, ofa yellow co- 
lour yet with (ome few fpots of another colour, and thefe fet in a double ring about the middle-af- 
ter thefe follow heads or feed veflels with forked tops, filled with a chaffie feed : the whole plant 
fme ls fomevvhatftrong. lt growes together with Gramen PernaJJi in rotten moorifh places about 
^ the county of Drem.DmmM called this Hirmlus F ripens .- Clupns addes ,<j«i Chanucifti 
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