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Vceiuedifthe figure which T abtrnamomanus and our Author out ofhircrgaue by the name of Ci- 
ftus adult eiinut, were not of this. % 
1 3 Among the fhrubby bufhes comprehended vnder the title of Ciftus Ledum jitithttlus hath 
fet forth one, whereof to write at large were impoflible,con(idering the Author is fobriefe, and of 
our {'dues we haue hot any acquaintance with the plant it felfe: Dtofcmdes tohelpewhatmay be, 1 
faith, that it is a ilirub growing like vnto the ftocke or kindred of the Cifti .■ from vvhofe leaues is 
gathered a clammy dew which maketh that gummie matter that is in Chops called Laudanum: it' 
grovveth,faithhe,in hot regions (but not with vs:)the Mauritanians call the juice or clammy mat- 
ter Leden and Laden : of fome, Ladano^nd Odano : in Spanifh, Xara: and further faith, it groweth in 
Arabia w'here the bu(h is called Chafus: thus much for the defcription. t Our Author here feems 
to make Diofcorides to comment vpon Matthiolus;,\vhich fliewes his learning, and how well he was 
exercifed in reading orvnderftanding any thing written of Plants. But of this enough ; Theplant- 
here figured which CMatthiolus iudges to be the true Ledon , or Cuius Ladtwifera of Biofcondes, hath 
large ftalkes and branches, whereon grow very thicke leaues, broad alfo and long, with the nerues 
running alongft the leaues, the floureof this confifts of fine white leaues, and the Iced is contained 
in a three cornered feed veffel . t 
14 Ciftus Ledum Alfinum Clufij , 
The Mountaine Ciftus. 
f: 1 5 Ciftus Ledonfolljs Rorifmarini. 
Rofemary leaued Ciftus Ledon. 
14 The foureteenth Ciftus,beingoneof thofe that do grow vpon the Alpifli mountainc-s 
which Lobel fetteth downe to be Balfimum alfinum of Gefticn notwith (landing I thinke it not amifle 
to infert it in this place, hauing for my warrant that famous Herbarift Carolus Ckfius ■ this plant is 
one of beautifulleft, differing in very notable points, and yet refembleth them in the wooddy bran- 
ches and Ieauesut rifeth vp hauing many vveake branches leaning to the ground, yet of a wooddy 
fubftance,couered ouer with an afh coloured barke : the leaues are broad, and very rou<fti ofa fhi 
mng greene colour, and a binding tafteithe floures grow at the tops of the branches like little bels 
hanging downe their heads dnuded at the lips or brims into fine diuifions,ofa deepe red color on 
the out !ide,and dafht oner here and there with fome bluer fpots-on the infide ofa bright (Lining 
red colour, with certaine chiues in the middle, and ofa very fweet fmell, as is all the reft of the 
plant; afterwhichcomefma.il heads or knaps, full of feed likeduft,ofa very ftrong fmell, making 
the head of them to ake that fmel theretoithc root is long, hard, and vgry woody loftentimes there is 
found 
