jj8z Of the Hiftorie of Plants. L I b.j. 
$ 3 This, faith C/«/?/«, which is the largeft that I haue feene, fometimes excceeds the height 
of a martjvery lhrubby, hatting a hard and blackifh red wood : the leaues are fmalland fhort.grow- 
ing about the branches by foures, of a very aftringent tafte : it hath plentiful flore of floures grow- 
ing all alongft the branches, fo tha t lomtimes the larger branches haue floures for a foot in length: 
this floure is hollow and longifh,weli fmelling, white and beautifull. It growes betvveene Lisbone 
and the V niuerfity of Conimbrica in Portugal where it floures in Nouember, December, and Ianu- 
irie. % 
t 4 Of this kind there is another fort with whitifh purple floures,more frequently found than 
other lort, which floures are fomwhat greater than the former, but in forme like, and flouring 
fametime. t 'j he leaues alfo are hairy, and grow commonly by foures: the hollow flouret 
, Tillering together at the very tops of the branches,and aretobe found in Inly and Au- 
. erowt son diners heathy places of this kingdome. ^ 
f roiled Heath groweth to the height of a cubit and a halfe, full of branches, commonly 
- along vpon the ground.ofa fwart darke colouriwheieon do grow fmall leaues, fet at certaine 
r ccs by twovpon one fide, and twoonthe other, oppo fire, one anfwering another, euen as doe the 
leaues of Croffe-wort. The floures in like manner ftand alongft the branches Crofle fafhion, of 
a darke ouerworne greenifh colour. The root is likewife wooddy,as is all the teft of the plant. 
* This Steeple Heath hath likewife many wooddy braunches, garnifhed with fmall leaues 
which eafily fall off from tbedryed ftalks ; among which come forth diuers little moffie greenifh 
floures offmall moment. The whole bufh for the moft part gtoweth round together like a little 
cocke of hay, broad at the lower part,and fharp aboue like a Pyramide or fteeple,whereofit tooke 
his name. 
7 Ericatenuifolia. 
Small leafed Heath. 
CAy^JLJL,e^c\^. 
8 Erica t emti folia calicttlata, 
Challice Heath. 
7 Th is fmall or thinne leafed Heath is alfo a low and bafe fhrub,hauing many fmall and (len- 
der fhoots comming from the root, of a reddifh browne colour j whereupon doe grow verie manie 
fmall leaues, not vnlike to them of common Time, but much fmaller and tenderer: the floures grow 
in tufts at certaine fpaces,ofa purple colour.The root is long and of awooddie fubftance. $ The 
branches of this are commonly whitifh, the leaues very green : the floures are fmalleft at both ends 
andbiggeftin the midddf, hollow, and ofafaire purple colour, which doth not eafily decay : it 
floures 
