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4. Aciroi five Cl'mopod turn rnajus. 
Great wild Bafill,or Scone Bafiil. 
T R I B E 
at the toppes ofthe branches, very like unto the flowers of the firft, but of a darke red colour; the rootes are ma¬ 
ny fmall blackilh (Irinas, which (hoot forth under ground newfprouts, thereby creeping about and incieafin" 
plentifully, abiding with his greene leaves, which perifb not. 3 
■1- Heines five Climf odium mttfiu. Great Wilde Bafiil, or 
Stone Bafiil. 
This wild Bafiil harh foure-fquare hard, Iiairie, and hoary 
{hikes, a foote high, or more, fet with two hairic greene leaves 
at a joynt,being covered alfo as the {talks, with an hoary downe 
fomewhat larger than any of the former, comming neereunto 
the bignefle and faftfion of the leaves of Origanum: the flowers 
grow m rundles, in more plenty than the former, of a pur- 
phfli colour.and lometimcs white, the liusks whereof are lome- 
what larger and rougher: the roots are a bufli of many firings 
fet together at the head , which (hoot forth flickers round a- 
1 bout. 
'Akui \Sy_\_ Of this kinde there is alfo another, whofe ftalkes are lower, 
the leaves lefler, and the Hhskes ofthe flowers fmallerthan the 
l former, not differing in any other tiling ftom it. 
5. Admit Anglica Clnsij. Our Enelifli wild Bafiil 
The Englilh wild Bafiil hath a few (lender foure-fquare bran¬ 
ches, not a foote long, lying on the ground, whereon grow di. 
vers finall grayifh greene leaves, two alwayes at a joynt fet to¬ 
gether, which are not much unlike the firth Field Bafiil, but 
fmaller, fhorter, and fuller of juyee, and not dented about the 
edges atall, very like unto the laft wild Bafiil. butfinaller of a 
certaine fweet feent , but not heady: from the middle ofthe 
branches up to the toppes,grow the flowers in rundles or (paces 
about the ftalkes, being very like unto the firft Field Bafiil,but of 
a more bluifh purple colour, with a white eye or circle in every 
flower, and after they are pad, come three or foure finall feeds 
like the firll,in the hushes where the flowers flood : it perifheth 
every yeare in my garden , and rayfeth it lclfe from its owne 
fowing. 
6 . Acinos latifolia Columns. Broad leafed wild Bafiil. 
The great leafed wild Bafiil rifeth from a buihyroote, with 
a rough or hayrie ftalke, (preading forth into divers other bran¬ 
ches, whereon grow larger leaves below, and {mallet upwards, 
two together ; at the letting on of the leaves, which are alfo 
rough or hairy.very like unto the leaves of the greater Bafil.but 
fomewhat fmaller and longer, endented about the edges, and 
each of them Handing on a long ftalke, towards the°tops the 
flowers grow much, and are many, fpike faftfion, of a pur- 
plifh colour, very like unto the flowers ofthe garden Bafiil, 
after which come the feed veffcls, containing within them 
fmail round blackifli feed, 
The Tlace. 
The firft groweth moil ufually in the borders of fields,even 
among the come, as at Sutton in Kent, not farre from ‘Dart- 
fori^ThetferimNorfiolki, and in other dry fandyand im- 
tilled grounds: The fecond groweth upon the hills that are 
neere the Baths at Baden in Aujlria, as (flttjius faith, and up¬ 
on Mount Baldiss, as Pona of Verona faith. The third alfo 
groweth upon Mount Baidas in Italy, as the fame Pona fet- 
teth downe,in the defeription ofthe hearbes growing there¬ 
on. The fourth is found fometimes in the corne fields ofour 
owne Countrie, but more often in the more open Woods, 
andin Copfes that have beene feldin many places of Eng- 
tend The fife Clufms faith he found likewife in Kent , while 
he frayed a while at the Lord Gobhams i wayting for his paf- 
lage over Sea, but it is found in divers other places of Kent , 
and other parts befides.Thc laft Fabius £olumna faithjgrow - 
eth plentifully at Naples in their Gardens. 
The Times. 
They doe all of them flower about the beginning of Iune, 
and their feed is ripe in Auguft,and fometimes fooner. 
The Name, 
CljnopodiHm is called in (Sreeke *>j?o 7 nJ)ov ejtsaji IcElipes 
quod [nr culi (alijs ut P linio ,orbiculati florum ambitus) fpeciem 
pe umleEliprAbeant, in Englifh Bedsfoot flower,becaufe the 
branches fay fome(but P liny faith, the round compaffe of the 
fowersj doe referable the feet ©fa bed, whereupon I have 
6. Acmshtifolia columns 
Broad leafed wild Bafiil, 
