Lib. 3. OF theHiftory of Plants. tj8 5 
£ 1 5 Erica Cork folio. p.Clnfj. many wooddy and twiggy branches, hauing vpon 
Small Auftrian Heath. them little narrow and longilh leaues ■ on thefe 
ftalkcs fpike fafhion to the tops of them, yet but 
on one, fide, grow elegant redde fioures, pointed 
with blacke. This growes in thattradt of Ger- 
many which leads from Bohemia to Noremberg 
on dry andvntilled places, and neere woods. It 
fioures in Aprill. 
1 2 This fhrubby Heath is commonly fome 
cubithigh, hailing flender branches which come 
out of the maine ftemmes commonly three toge- 
ther 3 and the leaues alfo grow in the fame order; 
the tops of the branches are adorned with many 
fioures of a darke purple colour, hollow, round, 
biggeft below, and (landing vpon long footftalks. 
CluftHs found this growing in the vntilled places 
of Portingale aboue Lisbone,where it floured in 
December ; he calls it Erica Com folio, 5. 
1 3 Befides all thefe (faith lobel, hauing firft 
treated of diners plants of this kinde) there is a 
certaine rarer fpecies growing like the reft after 
the manner of a fhrub in pots, in the Garden of 
Ml John Brancionithe leafe is long, and the purple 
fioures, which as far as I remember confided of 
foure little leaues apiece.grow on the tops of the 
branches. I know notvvhence it was brought, and 
therfore for rhe rarity I call it Erica pcregrwafhnz 
is, Strange, or Forreine Heath. 
14 This hath many round blackifh purple 
branches fome foot or cubit high, lying oft times 
along vpon the ground : thefe are befet with ma- 
ny narrow little leaues, almoft likethofe of the 
third deferibed, yet fomewhat longer, commonly growing foure, yet fometimes flue together, of 
an aftringent tafte ; the little fioures grow on the top of the branches, longifti, hollow, and of a 
light purple colour, comming out of foure little leaues almoft of the fame colour; when thefe 
are ripe and dryed they containc a blackifh and fmall feed; the root is hard, wooddy, and runnes 
diuers waies ; the wcake branches alfo that lie vpon the ground now and then take root againe. 
Clufuu found this growing plentifully in diuers mountanous places of Germany where it floured 
in Iune, and Iuly. 
15 Theweake ftalkes of this are fome foot high, which are fet with many fmall greene leaues 
growing commonly together by threes; the tops of the branches are deckt with little hollow and 
longifh fioures diuided at their ends into foure parts, ofa flefh colour, together wi .h the foure lit- 
tle leaues out ofwhich they grow, hauing eight blackifh little threds in them, with apurplifh 
pointall in the middle. The feed is blacke and fmall ; the root wooddy as mother plants of this 
kinde.Ciw/wfoundthisinfomemountanouswoods of Auftria, where it floured in Aprill and 
May. t 
«(f The Place. 
Heath growethvpon dry mountaines which are hungry and barren, as vpon Hampfteed Heath 
neere London, where all the forts do grow, except that with the white floures,and that which bea- 
reth berries, t Therearenotabouethreeorfourefortsthatlcouldeuerobferuetogrowthere. t 
Heath with the white fioures groweth vpon the downes neere vnto Grauefend. 
Heath which beareth berries groweth in the North parts of England, namely, at a place called 
Crosby Rauerifwaith,and in Crag clofe alfo in the fame countrey: from whence I hatiereceiued 
the red berries by the gift ofa learned Gentleman called M '.lames Thwattes. 
The Time. 
Thefe kindes or forts of Heath do for the rnoft part floure all the Sommer, euenvntill thelaft 
of September. 
«J rhe Names. 
Heath is called in Greeke, ,>•«. .• in Latine alfo Erica ■ diuers do falfly name it Myrica : in high 
and low Dutch, I^eilUetl t in Italian, Erica.in Spmifh,Brefo Qnirro : in French,5tKjte:in Englifh, 
Heath, Hather,and Linge. 
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