the Hiflory of Plants. 
1 5.97 
5 Cneorum album felije argenteu. 
White Rocke Rofe. 
CvjUiwavi^ 
Chamabuxui flore Colutes'. 
Baftard dwarfe box. 
rca«,whofent it to Clufius, would haueitt© 
beand cal it Dorycnium.- Itis a fhrubby herb 
fending fronvene root many fingle ftalkes 
fomehalfe cubit or better high: the leaues 
which grow vpon the ftalkes w ithout order, 
are like thofeof the 01iue,but fomewhat 
narrower, and coueredouer with a foft fil- 
uer-like downindfe : at the top of the ftalks 
grow many flourescluftering together, of 
the Chape of thofe of the lefler Bindewebd, 
but white ofcolour, This growes wilde in 
fome parrs of Sicily, whence Cefdpims calls 
it Dorychnium ex Sicilia. 
% The Temperature and Vert ties. 
The three fij-ft are very hot, and two fir ft 
hauea ftrong purging facukie,for taken in 
the weight of a dram with thedeco&ionof 
Cicers they mightily purge by ftoole, both 
fiegme,choIler, and alfowaterilh humours, 
and they are often vfed for this purpofe by 
the Countrey people in forae parts of 
Spaine. 
The faculties of the reft are not knowne, 
nor writtenofbyany as yet. 
Chap. 5. OfBafiard 
dwarfe ‘Box. 
The Defcription. 
T His which cluftui for want of a name 
calls Anonymos flore Colutea : Geflner cal- 
led chamtebuxus: to which Bauhine addes flo- 
re Colutca ; and Befler in his hortus Eyflettenfs, 
agreeable to the name I haue giuen it in En- 
glifh, calls it Pfeudochamabuxus. It is afmall 
plant hailing many crepingwooddy tough 
roots, here and there fending forth fmallfi,- 
bers. from the fearil'e many tough bending 
branches fome fpan long, hauing thicke 
fharpe pointed greene leaues, almoft like 
thofe of Boxe ■, and thefe grow vpon the 
ftalkswithout any order, andwhenyou firft 
chew them they are of an vngratefull tafte, 
afterwards bitter and hot ; at the tops of the 
branches, do come forth amongft the leaues 
three orfoure longiflr fioures,for the moft 
part without fmel! ; yet in fome places they 
fmell fweet, like as fome of the Narcifles 5 
they confift of three leaues apiece ; two 
whereof are white, and fpread abroad as 
wings, awhitifh little hood couering their 
lower ends : the third is wrapt vp in forme of 
a pipe, with the end hollow & crooked, and 
