the Hiftory of Plants. 1601 
TheDcfiription. 
x rp He hiftory and figure of this tree are fet forth in Clufiut his Curx pofier. and there it is 
I alferted tobethe *«'«««, or •‘“■o’ otTheophrafius ; for bydiuers places in Theopbrafitts 
there colledted, it is euident, that his CcUJlus vvaseuer greene, grew vpon very high 
and cold mountaines, yet might be tranfplanted into plaine and milder places, that ic floured ex- 
ceeding late and could not perfcdt the fruit by reafonofthe nigh approch of winter, and that it 
was fit for no other vfe but to make ftaues on for old men. 
Now this tree growes but toafmallheight,hauingafirmeand hard body,diuidingit felfeat 
the top into fundry branches, which being yonge are couered with a greene barke, but waxing old 
with a brownifh one ; it hath many leaues, grovvingalwaies one againft another, and thicke toge- 
ther, of adeepe fhining greene aboue,and lighter vnderneath, keeping theirverdure both Winter 
and Sommenthey are of thebigneffeofthofe of Altfcrnus, not Inipt about the edges, but onelya 
little nickt, when they are yet yong ; at the top of the tendere ft branches among the leaues, vpon 
footftalkes of fome inch long, grow fiueor fix little floures confining commonly of fine little 
leaues of a yellowiih greene colour, and thefe fhew themfelues in the end of Autumne, or the be- 
ginning of Winter, and alfo in the beginning of the Spring ; but if the Sommer be cold and moift 
it fhewes the buds of the floures in Odtober ; the fruit growes on a fhort ftalke and is a berry of 
the bigneffe ofthe Myrtle, firft green, then red, of the colour of that of 4fparavtu> and laftly blacke 
when it is withered : the ftone within the berry is little, and as it were threecornered,conteining 
a kernell couered with a yellow filme. Where this growes wilde I know noc.butitwas firft taken 
notice ofin the pub like Garden at the Vniuerfitie of Leyden, from whence it was brought into 
fome few gardens ofthisKingdome. 
2 The firft P/jy/lyriao(C/ufius, may fitly berefer’d to the reft of the fame tribe and name de- 
feribed formerly in the 59 . chapter of the the third booke. It growes fomewhat taller than the 
Scarlet Oke, and hath branches of the thickneffe of ones thumbe or fomewhat more, and thofe 
couered with a greene barke marked with whitifh fpots , the leaues fomewhat referable thofe of 
the Scarlet Oke, but greater, greener, thicker, fomewhat prickley about the edges, of an aftringent 
tafte, but not vngratefull. The fioure thereof Cluftus did not fee, the fruit is a little bjacke berry, 
hanging downe out from the bo fome of the leaues, and conteining a kernell or ftone therein. It 
growes wilde in many wilde places of Portugale, where they call it Azebo. 
The temperature and vertues are refer d to thofe fet downe in the formerly mentioned chapter. 
Chap. p. 
Speir&a Tbeophrafii, Clttf, 
Of cA'focke'JVillove . 
Tbc Dcfcription, 
T His Willow leaued fhrub, which Clufius 
conie&ures may be refer’d to the Spar** 
mentioned by Tbeopbrafttit^ Itb. t.cap. 25. biff, 
plant. I haue named in Englilh, Mocke-Wil- 
lowjhowficly I know not-, but if any willim- 
pofea fittername I (hall be well pleafed there- 
with; but to the thing it (elie. Ic is a fhrub, 
(faith Clttfim) fome two cubits high, hailing 
flendcr branches cr twigs coin red ouerwitha 
reddifh barke, whereon grow many leaues 
without order, long, narrow, like thofe of the 
Willow, fnipt about the edges, ota light green 
aboue, and of a blewifh greenevnderneath, of 
a drying tafte conjoyned with fome bitternes. 
The tops of the branches for fome fingers 
length carry thicke fpikes of fmall floures clu- 
ttering together, and confiding of fine leaues 
apiece, out ofwhofe middle come forth many 
little tbreds of a whitifh red or flefh colour, 
together with the floure, hailing no peculiar 
T 1 1 1 1 C ftnell. 
