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Part II. 
Of Shrubs. 
Sect. II. 
Of SHRUBS and ARBORESCENT Plants. 
CHAP. I. 
Of SHRUBS, chiefly. 
/ ’T"He DWARF-OAK. The Leaves Ibaped like thofe of 
the Bex, but not prickly. It differs not in the 
hardnefs of the Wood or Boughs, from the common 
Oak-, nor in the fhape of the Acorns it bears • feme 
whereof are alfo here preferved. Yet is it not above a 
yard in height. Sent hither by Mr. Winthrop , not long fince 
Governour of Connecticut. In the Inland Parts of New 
England grow whole Forrcils of this Oak. 
The SEED of the Male HOLLY-ROSE, called Cijlus, 
mas 5 and the firft in number, according to Clufius. Tis 
included in a fhelly Cover of a Pentagonal Figure 5 and 
is it felf alfo angular, ab<*it the bignefs of the Seed of 
P atience, or La pat hum Sativum. 
The SEED of the fecond Male CISTUS. 
The SEED of the Female CISTUS. The fhell of this, 
not fo big, norfo fharp at top, as of the Male 5 and both 
this and the Seed it felt blacker. It may be, becaufe older. 
Upon the Root of the Cijlus grows a Parafitical Plant, 
called HTPOCISTIS: thejuyee whereof, is commonly 
condenfed, and fo formed, like that of Liquirijh , into 
Balls, and fold as a Drug. 
The SEED of the CISTUS LEDON 5 being the firft 
in order according to Clufius. 
The SEED of the fourth CISTUS LEDON. 
Off of the Cijlus Ledon is gathered, the Drug called 
, , rrr L flBANVM: whichis a kind of Gummous Exudation, 
fee Belionius. chiefly found upon the Leaves. ’Tis gather’d (a) in the 
Dog-Days, and when the Sun (Fines hotted, and therefore 
not without intollerable labour. Thefe Shrubs grow in 
Cyprus, 
