X RISE I 
The Theater ofPlant es. Chap.io. %<> 
4, Folium maritimum Supinum. Creeping pnrplePolcy mountaine. 
Creeping Poley mountaine hath divers (mail weake hoary branches lying upon the ground, which as they fpread 
takerooteatthe/oynts, being not a foot long, whereon doe grow many lmall and long leaves, as white and hoa¬ 
ry as any, a little dented alfo about the edges, but not eafily to be feene, unlefl’e one marke them well, and in the 
younger growne not at all: at the toppes of the branches grow fmaller heads of hoary hu:>kes,out of which come 
purpliftiflowers,and after them fmall and blackifh feed like the former. 
Of this kinde there is another found,bearing white flowers, not differing in any other particular from it. Flore 
5. Folium mon tan urn Supinum rpiinimum, xhe fmslleft creeping white flowred Poley mountaine. albo 
This fmall kinde hath many fmall weake branches,not halfe a foot long, lying creeping on the ground. (footing 
forth fibres at the joynts as they fpread, in the fame manner as the laft doth,whereon are let in the lame order,two 
leaves one againft another, all along the branches, being fmaller, harder, narrower, and greener than any of the 
reft, without any denting at all about the edges: at the ends of the branches come forth, three or foure lmall 
white flowers, like unto the other for forme and fafhion, but much fmaller : ti e feed is not unlike the other : this 
hath little or no feent at all. 
6. Palium mont anion lavcndnU folio. 
Spike lcated Poley tnoumainc, 
6 . Folium montantim lavend.nU folio. Spike leafed Poley 
mountaine. 
This Poley mountaine from a hard woody roote,fpreading out 
many fmall fibres fendeth out divers weake branches, not fully a- 
ble to ftand,but rather lying downe, whereon arefet many fmall 
long leaves, two together,one againft another,as in al the former, 
which are fomewhat greene on the upper fide, and hoary under¬ 
neath, lomewhat like unto the leaves of Rofemaryor kavender, 
and not a whit fnipt about the edges; at the toppes of the branches 
ftand forth many flowers, notbufhing as in many of the former, 
but loofely fpread, which are of a white colour, not differing in 
forme from the other,but comming forth ofagrayifli hu ke, not 
fo hoary as fome of the former: the feed is black like the refbthis 
kinde hath a fmall fw T eet feent, nothing fo pleafantas mod of the 
other: Lob el faith it hath little or no feent at all :Matthiolns faith 
that it fmelleth well, though not fo pleafant as his former, and 
that it is of leffe vertue and efficacy than it. 
7. Folium latifolium incanum Cretictim . Candy Poley with 
hoary broad leaves. 
The branches of this Poley are round and hoary, about a foote 
high, fpread into other fmaller branches, fet with two leaves at 
each joynt,which are fomewhat broad and round, and dented at 
the edges like Germander, or the Ivie leafed Chickweed, of a 
yellowifti greene on the upperfidc, and hoary underneath, with¬ 
out any manifeft taftc : the flowers have not beene obferved. 
8. Folium angnfHfoUtim Creticum. Vpright narrow leafed 
Candy Poley. 
This Candy Poley groweth almoft two foote high with up¬ 
right hard round wooddy ftalkes, whereon a e fet fmall and long 
leaves almoft round pointed, very like unto the common Polium 9 
but much fmaller,& not dented about the edges at all; the flowers 
and feed are like the common fort,the whole plant is very fweet. 
9. Foliummont anumpurm turn tenuifolium Africum. The fmall 
African dwarfe Poley. 
This fmall cieeping Poley, hath many very fmall and hoary 
white leavesjfet together at a joynt all along the ftalkes by diftances,the flower's are fmall and yellowifti growing 
at the toppes : the roote is fomewhat wooddy as all the reft of the plant is, and fomewhat fweet alfo. 
The P lace, 
r The firft as I faid being the moft common in this Land, (lufuis faith he found in the Kingdomes of Granada and 
Valentia. The fecond C lufius faith he onely found growing upon the hills in Spaine, The third he likewife faith 
groweth as well in the Kingdome of Valentia in Spaine , as at Mompeher in France . The fourth groweth alfo in a 
Province of Spaine ,and neereunto Venice alfo,upon the Adriatick fhore. The fife groweth neere Vienna in Auftria, 
and on the hills in Savoy, neere the Lake Lcmanus. Thefixt groweth in divers places of Germany , as upon the 
hills ofHamborough, the hills neere Turin , and neere Norembcrg alfo, as Camer arias faith. The feventh as Bau» 
hinm faith came to him from Honorius Bellus out of Candy , where the eight alfo groweth all along the Sea fide, 
and upon Mount Baldus alfo, as Pona faith: the laft was gathered neere Tunis in Barbary , by Boelius, and brought 
toDo&or Lobel&nd us. 
The Tyme. 
They doe moft of them flower in Iuly and Auguft, yet fome later than others. 
The Names, 
Folium recalled in Greeke ntyxmfic diclumpropter canitiem t o\:o< enim canitiem velcanum fignificat , quiacapitalum 
oabet canoru hominis infiar capillatum\btcm(c it is like unto the hoary haires of a mans head : but this is referred to 
the toppes or heads,and not fo dire&ly to the leaves as Pliny would have it,although the leaves alfo are fomewhat 
white and hoary; in Latine Folium,& thereafter all other Nations call it according to their diale&.The firft is called 
Polmm montannm vulgare , and ? olium montamm lutenm by Lob el and Pena\\i their Adv erf aria, as alfo in his ob- 
1} fervations^ 
