Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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Ithdpeth the drop fie and the iaundife,and procureth vnto women their defired fickneffe. -N 
" OurAuchor here alfo gaue the two figures of Tabcr>umontJrvu J the firftby thenameof Laununu, orthc male Bay tree, and th£ other fe'vihc namcoF Lmm 
^emifMjthct'cmalcBayuhc difference in chfffigurcs was little Or none, wherefort I hauc made one fcruc. 
2 Tinrn Lufiunied groweth verie like to Cormis F <cmi»A, orthe Dog-berry tree, but the branches 
be thicker, and more ftiffe,couered with a reddifh barke mixed with greene : the leaues are like the 
former, but larger, hailing many finewes orvaines running through the fame like as in the leaues of 
Sage : the floures hereof grow in tufts like the precedent, but they are of colour more declining to 
purple: the fmall branches are likewifeofapurple colour: the leaues haueno fmellat all, cither 
good or bad : the berries are fmaller than the former, of a blew colour declining toblackncffe. 
The Place. 
The wilde Bay groweth plentifully in eucry field of Italy, Spain, and other regions, which differ 
according to the nature and feituation of thole countries: they grow in my garden and profper ve- 
ry well. 
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Chav. 69. Of the Wilde 'Bay tree . 
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t T Auras Tintu , or the wilde Bay tree, groweth like a (hrub or hedge bufh, hauing many 
tough and pliant branches, fet full of leaues very like to the Bay leaues, but fmaller and 
more crumpled, ofa deepe and fhining greene colour : amongwhich come forth tufts 
ofwhitifh floures,turning at the edges intoa light purple : afrervvhich follow fmall berries of a 
blew colour.containing a few graines or feeds like the llones or feeds of grapes : the leaues and all 
the parts of the plant are altogether without fmell or fauotir. 
I Lauras Times . 2 Lauras Tinas Lnfitanica. 
The wilde Bay tree. The Portingale wilde Bay tree. 
