Tribe, i. 
The Lheater of Tlants. Chap. 23. 7* 
4. Rafm.trixum floraduplici, Double flowredRofemary. 
The double flowred Rofemary thus farre differcth from the former, that it hath ftronger ftalkes while it is youns 
then the laid, or not fo ealie to breake, fairer alfo, and larger leaves than the firfl, and the flowers double like as till 
Larkes heele or fpurre : and all this narration is but by information, not fight. 
•). Rofmarirntm/tlvcflre Matthioll 
Al4tt\)iolus h s wild Bohemian Kofmary, 
S- Ldutn SJtfiatiim c’ufii. 
f . Rofmarinumfylvcjlre Robemtcum MattkioliJive Ledum Silejiacum Ciusij. Wild fweet Sildia Rofmary. 
This wild fweet Rofemary of Silefui rifeth with wooddy alii coloured branches, two foote high or more, 
which ftioote forth other branches of a purplifti colour covered with a brownifh yellow hoarinefie, on which are 
fet many narrow* long greene leaves, like unto thofe ofRofemary , but covered with the like hoarinfefl'e as the 
ftalkes are, elpecially in the naturall place, but not fo much, being tranfplanted and folding their tides fo clofe 
together, that they feeme nothing but ribbes or ftalkes, of an excellent pleafant and fweet feent: at the endb of 
the branches grow certaine brownifh fcaly leaves, out of which lpreadeth a tuft of many flowers, conftfting of 
five white leaves apiece, with ten white chives or threads in the middle, and in fome plants with fixe leaves 
and r 2. threads or chieves, after which follow long and fivefquarc heads, lpotted with filver like white fpots 
while they are greene, but grow brownifh when they are ripe , andturne downe their toppes, opening their 
huskesatthe llalkes, left; the feed which is as fmall as dull;, fhould fuddenly fall out: the roote is wooddy with 
ihort fprayes, 
( 5 . Rofmarinumfylvefire Vnfavory wild Rofmary. 
Becaufe this plant doth fo nearely relemble Rofmary, I have thought it meetetojoyne it with the reft, al- 
though it be-not fweet like them : It groweth above a foote high, having divers reddilh branches which divide 
them felves into other fmaller, of a whitifh colour, fet confufedly with long and narrow leaves, greene on the 
upperfide, and hoary underneath, like thofe of the dwarfe willow, of no pleafant lcent at all, but of an aftringent 
tafte: at the toppes of the branches ftand divers heads, compofed of many fhort feales, out of which thruft forth 
lundry flowers, (landing on long foote ftalkes made of five leaves a peece , of a fine delayed reddifti, orfleft- 
colour, after which rife fhort five fquarc heads with blunt points, containing fmall pale coloured feed. 
7. Rofm,<rmum[ylveflrc mhmi noftrat. ®ur wild Roitnary. 
Our wilde North-Country Rofmary groweth notfo high, with fmaller leaves, nothing fo great and long as 
Rofmary leaves, but thicker and (horter, of a darkc greene (hilling colour above, and fomewhat yellowilh 
greene underneath, fet very fparfedly on very (lender and pliant blackilh greene twigges, at the toppes whereof 
grow the flowers, not out of fcaly heads as in the former, as farre as I could perceive by thofe plants, that were 
fent me and others out of Liwcafhire, of a reddifti colour; the whole plant hath as little feent as the laft, which 
is none at all that I could perceive. 
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