Tbeatmn Botanicum , 
T R I B E I, 
Chap. 18. 
i. St achy j maj or German'ica. 
Great Dutch Bale Horchound, 
Stachys Lvfitavica. 
Portugal! Bafe Horehound, 
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ches, ending all of them in Iharpe thornes, whereof' themid- 
dlemoft is the biggeft and ftrongeft: the flowers are of the 
bignefle, forme, and colour of the flowers of Spanifli Ger¬ 
mander, or rather of Sage, but fomewhat paler,and the upper 
part thereof fomewhat more bowed downeward, Handing 
thinly fcattered on the branches , very quickly fading and 
falling away *. it feldome beareth feed, in regard it flowreth 
fo late with us, but when it doth, it is black, and fomewhat 
uneven or rugged, and not round : the roote is very great 
for the fmalnefle of the plant, and wooddy, dilperfing it felfc 
into many fprayes under ground: the whole and every part 
thereof, hath no good feent to commend it. 
The Place. 
The firft groweth plentifully in Italy, as Matthiolus faith: 
and in the fields about Rome, as Caftor Tiurantes faith : and in 
Germany alfo, as others have let it dovvne. The fecond is na- 
turall of ( yermariy , as Tragus, Lonicerus , Camerarius, Thalius , 
Gefner, and others doe fet icdownc. The third from the feed 
that came out of Candy, did the plant fpring. The fourth 
groweth upon a fmall hill in Germany, called fVaperfalU The 
fifth groweth in TortineaH,^ Lobel firft relateth it- The fixt 
and laft Honorius Bellas found in Candy, and fent the feed to 
Clupus, who faith that heehad the figure and fome notes 
thereof alio fent him from Iacobus Tlateau, who had not 
thought that Clupus had feene any fuch plant before. 
The Time. 
The foure firft doe all flower about the middle or end of 
Iuly, but the other two are very late, not flowring for the 
moft part until! September, whereby no hope of feed could 
be expe&ed. 
The 
