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Chap. 40. Tbeatmn Botanicum. Tribe 1. 
4. Scordotis alter uni Pftv'tj Pons." 5. jltiaria. Sawcc alone,-or lacke by the hedge. 
Another GsriickcGcwnandcr of Pliny . 
leaves, but fomewhat larger, and roundly dented about the edges, two at every j'oynt, and two branches with 
them likewife,havingfpikedtoppesofreddifhflowers. 
•i.Lkllima. Sawfealone,orIackeby thehedge. 
The lower leaves of Sawfe alone are rounder than tlwfc that grow towards the toppes of the (lalkes, and arc fet 
finely one at a joynt, being fomewhat round and broad, and pointed at the ends, dented alfo about the edges, 
and fomewhat refembling Nettle leaves for the forme, but of a frefher greene colour, and not rough or pricking: 
theflowersare very finall and white growing at the toppes ofthe [hikes one above another, like unto Rocket, 
which being pad, there follow fmall and long round pods, wherein arc contained finall round feed fomewhat 
blackifh : therooteis ftringy and threaddy, perifhingevery yeare after it hath given feed,and raifeth it felfe againe 
from its ownc fowing: the plant or any part thereofbeing bruifed, finelleth of Sarlickc, but more pleafantly, and 
tafteth fomewhat hot and fharpe, like almoll unto Rocket. 
... • This is fometimes found with larger and rounder leaves, in nothing elfe differing. 
M-fyor. g. Scoriio ajjimi El-fhas Celttmm. The Germander-likehearbe of Naples. 
This Germander-like hearbe hath a fquare tender hollow Ifalke, fomewhat hairy, and of a whitifh greene colour 
as the leaves are Iikewife, two alwaies fet at a j'oynt, the lowed being fmaller than the other that grow upward to 
the middle ofthe [hike, being fomewhat like unto Mint leaves.but rounder atthe points,and roundly dented a- 
botit the edges like Germander, but more fparingly: from the joynts with the leaves on all fides, from the very 
bottomealmoft ofthe dalke, fpring forth branches fet with the like, but fmaller, longer, and more pointed leaves, 
towards the toppes whereof come forth gold yellow gaping or hooded flowers, every one upon a {lender foote- 
tlalke,betweene the leaves like the head of an Elephant, with the bowed fnowt, and two crooked teeth on each 
fide thereof, and pnrplifli fpots like eyes under theupper hood, of a very fweet feent, and flowring by degrees one 
after another, after which come grayilh Iced contained in heads, with very thinne skins that they may be difeerned 
thorow them : the roote is long and white, with fome tranflucid graines like wheate cornes growing at 
them. 
The Place ', 
The firfl: groweth in many wet grounds, and by water Tides in many places of England ; Dio for ides faith as well 
on the Hills, as by water Tides, for it will abide well if it be tranfplanted into a garden, an d Cameron** that 
is found to be ftronger and (harper that groweth on high gtounds. The fecond groweth in woods and by wood 
Tdes, as alfo in divers Helds and by-lanes in many places with us; the third as is faid groweth in Candy, whereas 
Henorius Bellas faith, the people gather it promifcuoully with the former fort, and fo ufe it, or fell it to others: the 
fourth doth "row alfo in Candy , and fent to Signer Contanni, from whom Pond faith he had the knowledge thereof. 
The fift groweth under walls, and by hedge Tides, and path- wayes in fields in many places: the laft on the hill Cm- 
poclari in Naples ,as Columns faith. 
The 
