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C lupus giveth two other l'orts of this kinde, one as tail, but creeping and {hooting forth branches abundantly, specks 
whofc leaves are fmaller, and the flowers paler; the other Tome what lower, having narrower and larger leaves j ai uedu* 
but not differing in any thing elTc. 
9. ChamsdrysJpuria minor latifolia. The Tmaller baflard Germander. 
This Tmaller baflard kinde hath many weake purpiiTh, or brownifh branches, lying rather on the ground, than 
ftahding upright, and not above a foote high, whereon a re Tettwo leaves at a joynt as in the reft, very like unto 
Germander leaves, and dented about the edges alfo,but Tomewhat leffer : the toppes of the (hikes are likewiTe 
branched Forth into Tpiky heads oFflowers, confiding oFfoure leaves, whereoFthe uppermoft alfo is the longeft, of 
a more excellent deepe blue than in the other, yet fornetimes it is Found with flowers oF a paler’ blue, or almofl of 
an alh-colour, and in Tome pure white *. the feed following the flowers is Tmall and reddifh, growing in a Tmall 
huske: the roote is bulhy and Tpreading under ground as well as above, like the other, and abideth like it, (hooting 
forth new (hikes every yeare : the tafte hereof is a little bitter like the other, but more aftringent. 
10. Chamzdrys fpuria minima. The lead: baflard Germander. 
This little baflard Germander(for the manner oFthe growing, and height of the plant is very like unto the Tmall 
Gentian oFthe Spring, let Forth in the Chapter ofGenrian or Tel worts in my other Booke ) hath two or three (mall 
Thort (hikes riling From the roote, not above two or three inches high , whereon doe grow two Tmall dented 
leaves together, as in the Former, but much Tmaller, rounder, and thicker, and (landing To clofe one joynt unto an¬ 
other, that they can hardly be diTcerned to grow feverally, but ail together: From the toppes whereof ilioote forth 
naked fliort foot-ftalkes, every one fuftaimngbetweene two Tmall leaves, one large flower in compariTon of the 
plant, made of foure leaves like the other, ofa pale blue or afh-colour: after which come flat and larger huskes 
than in the other, containing fuch like (mall Feed : the roote is of many fibres fhooting forth here and there fome 
other plants. 
11. Cham.tdrys Jpuria fylveftris, Common Wild Germander. 
The common wilde Germander that groweth every wherein the Mcdowes, fendeth forth divers fqijare up¬ 
right ftalkcs, yet Fornetimes a little bending, having two leaves fee at each joynt, one againfl another, the lower 
ones (ome what large,and almofl round, yet pointed at the ends, and dented about the edges, but Fmaller up higher, 
the tops of the flalkes are fpiked with divers blue flowers Fet about them,made 0F4.Final round leaves apeece, with 
a little white eye in the middle, fmall pointed, and fome threads alfo, after which come Tmall flat pouches, con* 
taining fmall Teed : the roote in Tmall and thready. 
12. Chamsdrys Jpuria minor anguftifolia. Narrow leafed wild Germandcr. 
This fmall Germander hath divers round reddifh flalkes, fome what rough, hard,and hairy, an hand breadth '.high 
bending do wne wards, whole lower leaves are fome what long and broad, round at the ends, and not dented at all 
about the edges: but thofe that grow up higher upon the flalkes, are fhorter and narrower pointed alfo at the ends, 
and (nipt about th£ edges *,the flowers grow fpike fafhion, being either of a pale blue colour or blu(h,made of foure 
leaves like the other, and To are both heads and feeds: the roote is blackifh.- hard and ftringy. 
1 3. (Jhamedrys Auftriaca laciniata . Jagged bafe Germander of Auftria. 
The leaves of this jagged Germander that grow upon the round rough flalkes, are hard and Tomewhat hairy, di¬ 
vided into many Fmall long pieces, the flowers are blue (landing in a long fpike, as many other of the Former doe, 
and round biforked heads, after them with very Fmall Feed in them. 
14. Chanutdrys Hifpanicafolijs tenuijftme divifts. Wilde Spanifh Germander with fine cut leaves. 
The round flalke hereof is more (lender than the laft and hairy, Fet with many j'oynts, and fhorter and narrower 
leaves thereat, full of Fmall leaves at the toppe, where itbreaketh forth into two Fmall foot-ftall.es, whereon ftand 
the fmall flowers,with each a fmall long pointed in the middle. 
The Place . 
The greater Germander is Found in many Countries, as well as in the upper Germany, as Cluftw faith, and the lef¬ 
fer in the lower, as Lobel faith, they arc onely found in gardens with ns. 1 he third groweth in the fields of Maples. 
The fourth groweth in Saxony , as Iohannes Thalius faith, and is onely preferved with thofe that are curious confer- 
vers of rare limples. The fifth we have often had among other Feeds out of Italy and Spaine from Boelius, and did 
grow in CardinalL Bembus his garden, as Bauhinus faith. The fixth Clujius Faith he found on the higheft toppes of 
the Alpes in Auftria and Styria, and Camerarjus faith it is found plentifully on the Hills,both in Savoy and Switzer¬ 
land, and in T>aulphine in France, as Lobel Faith. The feventh Pona fetteth downe in the defeription of Unions 
Baldus that he found there. The eighth and the two leffer kindes thereof, Clujius faith he found in Hungary, Au¬ 
ftria,Bohemia, and other places thereabouts. The ninth Clujius alfo faith hee found in the lower Auftria, about 
Vienna and Nervftadt. The tenth Clujius alfo faith he found in the toppe oFthe fnowy Mountaine in Auftria called 
Sneberge. The eleventh as I faid, in every Medow thorowout the Land almofl, as alfo by ditches and hedges (ides; 
The twelft in the Medowes by Bajfttl ; The thirteenth in Auftria, and the laft in Spaine, 
The Time, 
Thefe doe all flower in Iune or Iuly at the furtheft, except the Thorney Germander, and the Spanifli and Candy 
kindes,which come later. 
7 he Names. 
Germander is called in Greeke Cham&drys , quap humilis aut parva quercus,afoliorttmJimilitudine,nnd 
Chamadrops as Diofcorides Faith, in Latine Trixago & Trijjago, and Querent a minor,and of fome Teucriur, 7. 
The firft and fecond are generally called of moft Writers Chamtdrys, and of fome mas ■ and of fome as 1 faid Trix- 
a ?°> and Trijjago major or minor, repens is added according to the kinde, and of fome S err a tula minor, and of fome 
aUo as dhtatthiolns faith, herb a Fcbrium, and Febrifuga, from the effefls. The third is called by Columna Trixago 
Apula unicatflisforte Verbena retta Diofcoridis, and by Bauhinus nnicaulis . The fourth is called by Matthiolus 
Chamadrys altera, and fo doe Bur antes, Lugdunenfts , and Camerarius, -who accounteth it an errourin them that 
Would make it a Cham*pitys, as if it fmelt like Roflin, Fuchfius and others Chamadyys f*mina, Traqus calleth it 
Chamscypar ijfus agreftis, and firft alfo tooke it to be C ham spitys altera ‘Biofcoridis, whom ‘Bodon&us and"" Clujius fol¬ 
low, for he calleth it Chamapitys multifidisfolijs, and alfo Ajuga, and Tabermontanus Ivamofchatd. Lobel calleth it 
Chamxdrys laciniatisfoljs , and by that name it hath continually beenc Tent to us. Bauhinus calleth it Botrys Cham*- 
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