Chap. 84. Theatrum Botanicum . T r 1 b s 5. 
1. HcliantbemumvuLgaie. 3. Helienthenum Sabaudicvm. 
1 he ordinary dwar fe Ciftus or fmall Sunflower. ’The Savoy D warfe Ciftus. 
5. Chawtcittw Utifolitu . Broad leafed fmall Sun¬ 
flower or Dwarfe Ciftus. 
The fmall branches of this low or Dwarfe Ciftus doe lye 
on the ground, but the leaves are fomewhat broader then 
in any of the former, neareft in forme unto fmall Mirtlc 
leaves, and pointed at the ends:above the leaves on a fmall 
(hike (band foure or five fmall yellow flowers like the reft ; 
the heads forleede are three fquarc, and the feedc within 
them fomewhat rough and reddifh ; the roote is like the 
reft abiding long. 
< 5 . CloamAcifimhirftitM. Dwarfe Ciftus with 
rough leaves. 
The (hikes of this low Ciftus grow more upright then the 
former, more blacke alfo and more woddy, about halfea 
foote in length,having fo many fmall,rough and hairy darke 
greene leaves fet thereon,fomewhat like the laft, and fo 
thickc that they feeme to have foure at a /oynt: at the toppes 
of the (hikes and branches for they are divided into fmaller 
ones, (land ufually but one fomewhat large flower, and 
fometimes two, confiding but of one leafe, yet cut in fo 
deepe that it feemeth to be five round pointed leaves, of a 
pale purple or light blufti colour, with a long purplifh ftile, 
or pointellin the middle, compared about with ten fmall 
chives, tipt with blackifh chives, after which come five 
fquare round heads,conteining fmall yellow feede : the root 
is wooddy and fpreading. 
7. Cbar/jjciJltH Erica folijs. Heath leafed 
Dwarfe Ciftus. 
This Dwarfe Ciftus is like wife a fmall plant, having moft 
of the branches lying on the ground,and fome bearing them- 
felves upright, which are of two forts, the one with very 
(hort leaves,which is the lower, and in the other which 
rifeth higher much longer, let both fo fmall that they are 
moft like unto the leaves of Heather Tamariske, with fmall 
ChaMXc'fttA F/lpcus, The Dwarfe Ciftu* of Frtt\dan<i. 
