Tribe.!. The J heater ofTlants. Ch a p.2q. 
Chap. XX. 
Horminttm . Clary. 
Here are (fivers forts of Clary, fome manured onely, called Garden Clary, others growing wilds 
whereof 1 lhal! here Ihew you many, colle&ed from fundry pirrs., 
'i. HvaiMmfatftjum -jut&irc five Sclarea* 
Garden Clary. 
r. Hormiatm fxtivHmvutgare [iveSclarea. Garden Clary. ' . 
Our ordinary Garden Clary hath foure-fquarc ftalkes, with*-' fiW 
broad, rough, wrinckled, whitifh, or hoary greenc leaves, fome-. 
what evenly cut in on the edges , and of a ltrong fweet feent, 
growing fome neare the ground, and fome by couples upon the 
ftalkes. "The flowers grow at certaine ditlances, with two fmall 
leaves at the joynts under them, fomewhat like unto the flowers 
of Sage, but fmaller, and of a very whitifh or bleack blue colour : 
the feed is brownifh. and fomewhat flatt, or not fo round as the 
wild, the rootes are blackifh, and fpread not farre, and perifh after 
the feed time : it is moll ufuall to low it, for the feed leldome ri- 
feth of it owne (hedding. 
2. Hormimm ferutmumfativumDiofccridis. The true garden 
Clary of Diofcorietes, 
This fmall Clary rifeth up but with one fqnare hairy {hike, a- 
bout ha lie a yard high, (as farre as ever I could yet obferve) divi¬ 
ded into feverall fquare branches, whereon arefet at every joynr 
two leaves one againft another, which are fomewhat broad and 
round, a little rugged like nnto Horehound, but more greene than- 
white, and of a reafonable good and fmall feent; at the toppes of' 
the ftalkes {land divers leaves, one row under another, of a very 
fine deepe purple violet colour, yet the lowed are paler than the 
uppermoft, and feeme a farre of to be flowers, but nearer obferved - 
aredifeernedto bee but thetoppe leaves, the flowers comming 
forth under them at fpaces about the ftalkes, of a whitifh purple 
colour, fmaller than any of the forts of Clary, Handing in brow¬ 
nifh purple huskes, which after the flowers are part, while the 
feed ripeneth, turne themfelves downeward, whereby the feed is 
loft, if it be not gathered in fit time: the roote is fmall and perifh- 
eth every yeare, requiring to bee new fownein the Spring, for it 
feldome commeth of the leed that it (hed, the Frofts and Winter 
mod likely killing it. 
3. HorntinttmSyriacum. Afllrian Clary. 
Aflirian Clary is fomewhatlike unto Garden Clary, having a 
fqurre ftalke about two foote high, very little hairy, divided to¬ 
wards the toppes into fmaller branches, whereon doc grow at the Joynts two rough leaves, thole below being lar¬ 
ger than thole above, and fomewhat fmoother, as long and large as a mans hand, unevenly waved about the edges: 
the flowers are like unto Garden Clary, forthe gaping forme,but fmaller, and of a white colour, after which come 
fmall flat grayifh feed, having red ribbes and black lines on them, when it is in flower,it fmelleth pretty and fweet, 
but elfe not. 
4. Horminmn GcrmayncMnbHmlle . Low Germane Clary. 
This fmall low Clary of Germany hath fquare and fomewhat hairy ftalkes, a cubit high,whereon doe grow large 
leaves, very like unto our garden Clary, two growing at a Joynt on the contrary part thereof, one unto another, 
which are very rough and hairy, fomewhat torne in on the edges, and deepely dented likewife, both Idle hoary, 
and of a Idle ftrong (cent than it; the flowers grow at fpaces about the ftalkes to the toppes, bowing their fpiky 
heads, which are of a purple colour, not much bigger than Lavender flowert-, after which come fmall blackifti feed; 
the root i9 of the thickndfe of a mans thumbe, blacke on the outfidc, with divers fibres fet thereto, which perilheth 
not, but abideth many yeares. 
5. Hcrminum fylveftre vulyttre. 'Our ordinary wild Clary, or Ocul:u Ckrifli. 
The wild Clary (that groweth in many places of this Land)hath many fquare ftalkes, twoor three foote high,' 
whereon doe grow broad darke greene leavfs, dented about the edges, fomewhat rugged and hard in handling, 
the flowers grow along towards the toppes of the ftalkes,like unto the gaping or hooded flowers of the garden 
Clary, but fmatler.and of a bleack blue colour, after which come round brownilh Iced,; the roote is long, tough,and 
black with divers fibres annexed to it, whereby it taketh fad hold of the ground 1 this hath a ftrong fmell therein, 
but nothing fo quick as our garden Clary. There is another kinde hereof, the toppes of whole ftalkes are purplifh, 
with flowers ot a deeper purple colour,and fomewhat larger leaves, And another likewife hereof,differing onely 
in that the tops of the ftalkes arc green, and not purple, the flower of a pale blue colour,and the leaves a little torne 
in on the edges. 
6 . Harmimm fyheftrehcxuHmfhre alio. Hoary wild Clary with a white flower. 
This white Clary differeth little from the former, but onely that this hath more hoary leaves than it, a little dee¬ 
per indented into t-he edges, and the flowers are wholly white, 
7. Hormi- 
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