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one heed it very well : from the middle to the tops of the flalkes, 
at the j'oynts with the leaves, come forth purplifh flowers like 
the former, after which follow finall blackifli leed : the roote is 
fmall and fibrous, anddyeth every yeare after it hath given leed, 
but will come oftentimes of it owne lowing and fhedding. 
S. Cham&drys fpinofa C retie a. Thorney Germander of- Candy. 
This Thorney Germander is a fmall low plant, having many 
fquare hairy and hoary flalkes, not above a cubitehigh, full of 
joynts, whereat grow forth divers fomewhat round and long 
leaves, dented about the edges, in the lower much more than in 
the upper, which feeme to be without any denting at all: at each 
joynt with the leaves ftand forth moft ufually two thornes, and 
fometimes more, which are in fome fmall and Ihort, in others 
bigger and larger , and fometimes Ihooting forth from thole 
joynts fmall branches, which end alfo in a thorne : from the mid¬ 
dle ofthe flalkes upwards, come forth the flowers at the j'oynts 
among the leaves, (landing in fmall hairy and hoary huskes, very 
like for forme unto the flowers of Germander, but of a yellowifh 
red or browniih colour: after the flowers are paft the feed grow-' 
eth in thofe huskes, which is blacke and round. 
6. Chamadrys Jpuriamontana fifti fare. Mountaine 
Germander. 
The Mountaine Germander rifeth up with many weake and 
(lender browniih wooddy flalkes, about a foote high; whereon 
are fet without any order as in the former, many fmall leaves den¬ 
ted about the edges, very like the leaves of the common German¬ 
der, but fomewhat fmaller, greene on the upper fide, and gray 
or hoary underneath: at the end of every ftalke of leaves, there 
fhooteth forth a long (lender and hairy foote-ftalke, without any 
leafe thereon : on the toppe whereof ftandeth one large white 
flower, confiding for the mofl part of fixe leaves, yet fometimes it 
will have eight or ten, according as nature lifteth,and the fertility 
ofthe foyle is ready to produce, with many fmall threads in the 
middle: after the flowers are fihed, there come up in the’ir places 
large tufts or bufihes, of long hairy feed, like unto thofe of moun¬ 
taine Averts, but greater : the roote is hard and wooddy, Ihoo¬ 
ting long ftrings and fibres underground, and divers firings like- 
wile above the ground, which take roote as they lye, the flalkes 
that bore feed dying downe to the ground every yeare, and the 
roote renewing then againe in the Spring : it hath little feentto 
be perceived therein, but of an aftringent or drying tafte. 
7. Cbamadrys Alpina fax at ills. Rocke Germander. 
From a hard knobbed roote (hooting forth many blackifli fi¬ 
bres , Spring up divers round flalkes, about a foote high, not 
branching forth at all ■ whereon grow two thicke leaves toge¬ 
ther, in order up to the toppe, the lower being larger than thole 
above, fomewhat dented about the edges,but not fo much as thofe 
of Germander, of a fhining greene colour on the upperfide, and 
yet covered as it were with a little hoarineffe or downe, but very 
gray ifli, almoft white underneath : the toppes of the flalkes end 
in a long fpiky head of flowers, with leaves among them, every 
one confifting offoure or five,and fometimes of fixe or feven fmall 
pointed leaves, of a pale blue colour, with fome threads in the 
middle: after which come fmall round blackifli feed in fmall 
huskes: this lofeth not his greene leaves or flalkes in Winter, but 
being of fmall or no (cent at all, but of an auftere and harfli 
tafle. 
S. Cham&drys fpuria majorfiatefeens. The greater baftard 
Germander. 
This Baflard Germander (forfo I efteeme all of them, rather 
than true Germanders,which have not hooded and gaping flow¬ 
ers, as the true Germander hath, but confifting of foure or five, or 
more leaves as thefe doe, however their leaves bee like to make 
them beare the names ofGermander)hath many fquare and fome¬ 
what hairy flalkes riling from the roote, befet with two large 
leaves at a joynt, fomewhat like unto Germander leaves, but lar¬ 
ger, and deeper dented in at the edges • towards the toppes bran- 
■ ching forth into fpiky heads of blue flowers, confifting of foure 
leaves apcece, whereof the upper moft is the largeft, with fome 
Chamadrys Jpinofa Crctica'. 
Thorny Germander <}f Candy* 
