Chap. LXXXVI. 
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Ciftm femina. The female Cidus. 
WJIllP !ii c ^ t:na * e Cidus aslfayd before isdidinguifhed from the male, in that it bearetb not redfiowet 
S'tI ,Ike ic > while ° r yellow', whereof there are many forts as the fucceeding delcriptionsdoede 
•ii&. x& ilu “arc not intending to fet downe in this place that fort that is exprefled in my former bookc andi 
c - ,e h 1 11 of Clufim in his Hiftory of Plants,although I fhew you the figure thereof. 
a. Ciftwfam'ma folio Halimt major. The greater Sea Purflane leafed Ciflus. 
This kinde of Ciflus tiro vech up with (lender hoary brittle branches, two or three foote high ufually at the mo# 
plentifully dored with thicke hoary leaves, very (ike unto Sea Purflane; fomewhat round pointed twr 
alwayesfct at a j'oynt.oie oppofite to another asisufuallin mod of the forts of Ci(lus ; the tops'of the branches 
are furmflied with many yellowifli flowers leflcr then thofe of the firft female Ciflus, with fome yellow thred* 
m the middle ofthein, after which come fomewhat long and three fquare heads conteining within them fmalk 
hrowniili feede. 
s - Cf m f^rmna folio Halimi minor. The Idler Sea Purflane leafed female Ciflus, 
i his other Ciflus rifeth up more high and upright then the former, but no Icffe hoary, and fet with fomewhan 
narrower and longer leaves then the former, and more pointed at the ends, the middle ribbe at the backe of the 
lioary leaves, being greater then in the other, yet both of an auflere, (harpe, and binding tafte, the flowers have 
not beene obferved by Clufiw who firlt let it forth and front whom all others have exprefled ir. 
3. Cijlmfaxina folio Stmpfucbi. Marjeromc leafed Ciflus. 
. The flendcr weakc branched flalkes ofthis Ciflus are thicke fet with many fmall hoary leaves, very like unto 
Marjeroine, but fomewhat lefler, and w’ith a thicker ribbe on the backe of every [cafe, two together as is ufu- 
all in the red ; the flowers are fmall and white, compofed of five round pointed leaves, with adarkc purplifb 
fpot at the bottomeofeveryleafe, with divers yellow threds in the middle : the feede hereof is eravifh that 
followeth in fmall three fquare heads. ° ’ ’ 
4. CiftiH famine Lmendulttfolio. Lavender leafed Ciflus. 
The chiefed difference in this Ciflus from the lad is in the leaves,being fmall and long like unto Lavender yea 
fo like that a sClufim faith,he verily thought them plants to be Lavender that he fird faw, and fo nesleflcd them 
untill feeing the flowers upon them which were wholly white, without any fpot in them, he plainelv then law 
that it wasakindofCidus. r ' 
S- Cijlmfcmina folio Thjmi. Time leafed Cidus.' 
Theflalkes ofthis Ciflus are brownifh and wooddy, tiling a foote high for the mod part without any leaves 
