io Chap. 4* 
c rbe at mm Botanicum. 
Tribe, i. 
j. Epithjmm. The Dodder of Tv'me; 
2. Cufcutj. Dodder, 
fincr.as the property of the plants whereon it groweth,and 
the climate doth lilfter, ( although Mmhiolns a n d others 
have thought it to grow without roote)creeping and fprea- 
dino on that plant whereon it faftencth, bee it high or low, 
hearfcef'as ^ W 'S n ? ne e!le - (although Ruellius faith it groweth not on the ground, but on 
, obferved : thefe firings have no leaves at all upon 
fas one would thinLV S 7 themfe l ves J thicke oftentimes upon a fmall plant,that it taketh away all comfort 
heiVht rh-ir , 1 ,, ^, Ptbe ^ Un ?( om It,al . ld r ^ady to choake or flranglc it; after thefe firings are rifen up to that 
cround thr-v hem™ if l ' oun ^ me ^"V^'rP tbc P* ant > y°“ (hall lcarfe lee ar,y appearance of firings from the 
thee meetf with no I if * 1 off > e,tber by the flrength of their riling,or withered by the lieate of the Sunne, ( and if 
fclfe fowYn^r r er , be “ P ,an V wh f rcon r to fpteade.they will foone perifh of themfelves, as I have tried my 
vme^that m S i^e S ‘‘\ a , PO n- by themfelve3 < & & <*ferved their fpringing ) from whence divers have i „7 
Uifenfihlv from S,, ®, row as Mo(1e upon trees.or like Miffelto; but I think rather as Ivic,by drawing nourifhmertt 
o r - Thorh f . ants wbereon11 groweth, & thereby partaketh of the nature of the fame plants: upon thefe 
of which dart trh & , ll P?" ^ hat plancscrherbe foever they grow,are found duffers of fmall heads or huskes out 
*biWas Ponove S'‘Towers ? !l JJ ch \ ferwards < ma » P ale coloured feede, fomewhat flat and twice 
on I have ^ -ranch 1 thought good to let all others undcrftand,bv that experience and obfervati- 
of y . Ct K 9 u WnC ob ^ ervation > 1[ reade much to this purpofe in T mg :ts t in his chapter 
r' /' 7 , 1 a / by this which I have trucly related , it may appearc nlainely roamvibat neither Tvrac 
r C • r herbe,do e naturally oftheir owne feede bring* thefe fringes or laces, but that they lprin"fr-rn 
hearbsthat arc fowne' The'nl^'*"^^dofthemfelves upon tile ground,or comming among the feedcs of.other 
leatDstnat are lowne The plantes whereon thefe laces doe grow, are obferved by diverse be Vines 
in Trr“ d i n . fo T C P lf.« ofr..«, %,upon trees and thornes.and fome other 
uroweth nnrrZTA h rt - 3 • c Chap -°f h l sfccondbookcot tnc caufes of plants, dothfetdowne, that 
word no doi Srh™ d bufl ' e l 1 " y m >J' h >ch ^altereth to C<#«; in the laff chap, ofhis. C-. bookc, by win, fe 
as it is rrenmllu ^ m . eailt ^ plant, for ltdiftereth not much from C.tJ/iu y as many others have it, or Cnf-:::ta. 
mill? ;I C 7 h e^ rab i 3n name being Cbafiub and Cufaith the heaths are 
a lid alfo verv ^ me ’ VUarj'm,, Suh, IVtllrort, K'finury, and others as Autfew hath recorded, 
li,,: ,„i ?S „, “ fllUy 111 ma "y places of our owne land upon Nettles,and upon Line or Haxe.and cal! id p,i „,, 
leaft makerhff UP r n "*j r f salPo more aboundantly in fome places, where itdeflroyeththe pulfe,ur attbe 
arovhnnnnV-^V r ° rfc - and ,s called of rhe Country people ll'll-r,«de, becaufe they know not ho w to 7 
beiifg whm- ll! * fn ,learbes l, P on Ha mpttead heath.as I lately found my lei fe,thc firings & flower s 
WgKngr^ P hCgra UkeW ^ ori Biack-heath in Kent, on the very groundf,not riling an Inch or two 
!.,r a thinkel't to 77^7* arb /^ c ‘5 tlt !X as 1 t * 1 ' n ^ e exprefied before, yet in particular. Tragus and 
vEtins -Iclu’r'; A , °1 M ‘ T > ‘°fcorides, but erroniouffy: for Sfithymim as Mttthulut (hewteh(out of 
tst.tms,AU,,aru,s and others, is the threads.™- 1 ,„. m.f_/ ...u_i. ■ ■ 
rome. 
