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T Ri BE, 5, 
The Theater of Tlams. 
,HAP.p2. 
erved that thofe plants that naturally abide notgreene 
1 winter in thefe parts, being carried thither have 
:onti ued greene all the Winter, contrary to their 
tourfe here. 
Verbena rspensnodifiora. Round headed Vervaine. 
r Th* round headed Vervaine hath from a (mail fibrous 
roote a fmall fquare, fmooth trayling joynted flalke, 
avhereat grow fmall leaves almoft round, yet pointed 
lat the ends, and dented from the middle of them for- 
(Wards, at each joynt alfo with the leaves come forth 
(Other f mall branches, and a bare fmall flalke, bearing 
at the toppes a fcaly round head, from whence flare 
forth ftch like (mall flowers as arc in the ocher forts, 
and fuch like feede alfo following them. 
, The Place. 
Tbefirflgroweth generally throughout the Land in 
divers places, by the hedges andwayfides, and other 
wafle grounds : the fecond is not found in our Land, 
although gcrard faith fo, for it will not indtire a Win¬ 
ters blaft before it feede with us: the third is of the 
Well Indies,ind the lafl is naturall of Naples, 
The Time. 
The firfl flowreth about Inly, and the feede is ripe 
foone after, and fo doth the lafl fometimes; but the 
other is I fayd doth feldome flower before the Winter 
with us, and therefore cannot bring his feede toper- 
feftion,ftr in the naturall places it flowreth notuntill 
the end of /*//,andin Augufl. 
The Names, 
It is called in Greeke U&.0nim Niera botane,ideft, 
kerb a [acra 3 and eeeioi^iZvPeriJlercon quod Columbe in 
talibcntcr verfantur, m&facrabcrba tejle TUnio, quod 
e.i olim aputl Romanos domm pnrgabmtiir,fami/U lufira- 
IrntUT, lovit mewfa ad facrijtcium cf epu/as verrebatur, 
& faciolis in facrii legationibw iHa coronabatur, vet ut 
Viofeorides inquittfuodin expiationibw fufpenfa, & Hl>- 
1. Verbena va'gais. 
Common Vervaine. 
