defcription of ‘Diofcorides, is a {"mail low hearbncft above 
halfeafoot high, having divers hard round branches, ri- 
fing from a fmall wooddy root, with two fmall leaves let 
at every joynt, being fomewhat like the fmall or fine 
Bafill, a little dented about the edges; and in lome plants, 
and places a little hairie and rough, and in other lefle, or 
not at al ; the flowers grow at {paces with the leaves, like 
as Horehound doth, (landing in {mail greene rough ciippes, 
which are of a purplifh colour, and parted as it were into 
foure equall fhort pieces at the end, like the foure (quare 
foote of a Bcd-flead, and not hooded or open withfeverall 
leaves, like other hooded flowers; the feed is fmall and 
round, growing in fmall fwollen huskes: the plant hath 
fome {mall heate , but more drynefle in tire tafle thereof, 
fvveet alfo in feent, betweene Bafill and Calamint. 
2. (7 inopcdium Auftriacim. Auflrianwild Bafill. 
The Auflrian wild Bafill hath divei^flender hard foure- 
fquare (hikes, not a foote high,whereon are fet two greene 
leaves at every joynt,fomewhat like the former Field Ba¬ 
fill, but fmaller,being a little dented about the edges,which 
is forgotten in the figure : the flowers Band at the toppes of 
the (hikes, fomewhat like unto the flowers of the former, 
but much larger, and of a violet purple colour, fomewhat 
fad for themoft part, (but fome plants are found with 
white flowers) hanging downewards, and bending alfo 
backwards for the moll: part, in like manner as the former .* 
the feed is enclofed in fuch like fwollen huskes, blacke aud 
round three or foure together like Calamint,or fomewhat 
refembling the other: the rootes are many, hard and black, 
with divers fibres annexed unto them. 
3. Clinopodinm Alpirmm. Mountaine wild Bafill* 
The Mountaine wild Bafill groweth with divers low and 
creeping foure-fquare rough branches, having two fmall 
rough leaves at every Joynt,and fome fmaller alfo between 
them,growing all along theftalkes : the flowers are many 
growing in a head together, with the leaves among them; 
Clinopodium Auplatum, Auflrian wild Bafill, 
. Clkopodim Alpmm, 
