36 Chap. 14. 
Theatrum Botanicum . 
Tribe 1 
Altertt 
minor. 
Chap, XIIII. 
Calcimmtbft. Calamint, or Mountainc Mint. 
--Livers Authors doe confound Calamint (calling it Catmint) with Nep, which is more properly 
' called Catmint, yet I thinke it better to intreat of them a part, then to joyne them both in one 
' Chapter. 
Calamint bx vulgar u- Common Calamint. 
1. CaUmmtU vulgaris. Common Calamint’ 
The ordinary Calamint that groweth ufually abroad in the 
dry grounds with us, is a fmall hearbe l'eldome rifin° above a 
foot high, with fquare hoary, and wooddy (hikes,and two fmall 
hoary leaves fet at a joynt, about the bignefl'e of Marferome or 
not much bigger, a little dented about the edges, and of a verv 
fierce and quick (cent, as the whole hearbis: the flowers (land 
at feverall (paces of the [hikes, from the middle almoft upwards 
which are fmall and gaping like unto thole of Mints, and of a 
pale blulh colour, after which follow fmall round blackifh feed- 
, the ™ ot 1S fmall and wooddy, with divers fmall fprigs fpreadine 
■ within the ground,and dyeth not, but abideth many yeares 
There is another of this fort which is like unto it in all things’ 
but fomewhat Idler, differing chiefly in the flowers u hich are 
J not fo large by the halfe, which noteth it to be a differing fpccics 
. 2. Calamimha momma praftmtior. The greateft Calamint * 
or Mountaine Mint. ’ 
This fweet Calamint rifeth up to be afoot and a halfe high, 
with his (quare hard,and hoary ftalkes,which arc many,and flen- 
derer than thofe of the wild Mints, whereon are fet at every 
joynt two fmall and fomewhat round leaves deepely dented a- 
\ bout the edges, yet larger than thofe of the former wilde kinde 
"being fomewhat hairy, and not fo hoary , but rather of a 
greene colour, of a very fweet feent, not flrong or heady as the 
other: the flowers are gaping, and like the other, but larger, and 
of a purple colour,after which commeth the feed,which jsblack 
fmall, and round, fomewhat like unto Purflan feed, the root is 
wooddy, but abideth and ftiooteth forth new branches every 
yeare. * 
3. Calamint ha altera odore Pulepi] folijs maculojls, 
Spotted Calamint. 
This fpotted Calamint differeth not much from our ordinary 
wild Calamint, but that it groweth not fo great and high,having 
, ,' . . fquare hard hoary (hikes, and hoary leaves thereon like it, but 
lpotted here and there, and of a flrong feent like unto Penny-royall; the flowers grow in the fame manner but 
fmaller, and of a pale purplifti colour. * 
4. Calamintha minor incana. Small Calamint. 
This hoary fmall Calamint hath fmall low and (lender hoary ftalkes not above a foot high whereon are fet twa 
leaves at a j'oynt, as in the other forts, butfmallerand more hoary, even fmaller than the'lcaft buffi Bafill ■ rl,,- 
flowers are very fmall, but like the laft. and of a lefl’e heady feent. al ‘ U ’ thc 
, CMmhaarvm/is verMIUtafive ysustic, Belgium Lobehj. Field Calamint with whorled coronets. 
Thisifmall Field Calaanint fendeth forth divers fquare hoary ftalkes full of joynts, and two (mall and almoft 
round hoary leaves fet thereat up to the toppes, fomewhat like unto the leaves of Penny-rovall of a quicke and 
fharpe, yet fweet feent like thereunto alfo: towards the toppes ofthe ftalkes and branches (hnd with the leaves 
many purplifh flowers divers fet together 111 a whorle or coronet: theroot is fmall and abideth lon», not oe- 
riihing after feed time. b ? 
The Tlace, 
The firft groweth on heaths and upland *y grounds in many places ofthefand: the fecond on the Euganstan 
hills neere TWm, and on the hills neere rscerzam Italy, and on the Rocky (hadowie cliffes of Fn . 
* s M om Csrmmj, m dother places, and in A^/Walfo, as Lcbd faith hee obferved. The third 
/f?, h l found on Lombardy, and in ftindry places of our owne Land, yet fcldome (potted. 
1 he fourth Qtmerartus faith he had the feed from Candy. The laft groweth in divers fields of our ownc Land, as 
well mmoiftmedowes 3 as plowed grounds. * 
The Time ] 
They doe all flower in Iuly, and their feed is quickly ripe afterwards. 
The Names. ? 
It is called in Greeke V ,afibon*vd Mills rJMentba, a good or profitable Mint. Thefirft is called CaU- 
Kimtha vulgaris vulgaris by moft Authors: and the leflfcr of this fort Bauhmus calleth Calamintha W- 
carss e.xtgttoflon _ The fccond is called of Lobel,Ctimerarius , and others Calamintha momma prafimtior, as the beft 
o a the forts or Calainints, in Bngljfh as it isin the title, Gerard giveth the figure of this for Seeredonia,or Salvia 
agreJHs, 
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