Jcorides) is a fmall low bufh or Girubbe,not riling much above a 
cubic high.ftored with divers branches and lharpe fhort cr ,oked 
thornes,bending downewards fee on them, as alfo many fmall 
greene leaves,divers fet together on both lides of the middle 
ribbe,no bigger then Lentil) leaves,and (uch likewiicthe young 
branches have,but fmaller : the flowers Hand on the ftrongcr 
thorny branches, three or fonre or more Handing together of 
the falhion of Broome flowers, fometimes more yellow and 
fometimes paler, after which come fmall feedes in Imall 
pods. 
2 . Afpalathns alter fee tin dm Clnfij, 
(flufvu his other fort of Afpalathui. 
This other Afpalathui of Clufiui groweth greater higher and 
Hronger then the former, and fee with fharpe crooked thornes 
as plentifully as it, with imall leaves on them in the fame man- 
ner,at the toppes wheieof grow the flowers like the other, but 
alwayes of a paler colour, in the reH there is little difference to 
be difeemed betweene them. 
g. Afpalathtu alter tertiui hirfutui. 
Small Afpalathui with hairy leaves. 
This fmall Afpalathtu groweth ufually lower then the firft, as 
not exceeding a foote in height furnifhed with more Gender yet 
prickly ffalkes, but divided into many fach fmaller branches, 
that they feeme almoff as fmall as thole of Southernwood, be¬ 
ing hard and prickly; from the elder branches fhoote forth in 
the Spring of the yeare other fmaller ffalkes bearing many hoary 
leaves like thofc of Lentills but fofterand larger then thofe of 
thefirff fort: the flowers likewife being yellow like the other 
are greater then they by a little -• ths feede Likewise keepetha 
proportion like unto the reff. 
4. Afpalathui fecundus ‘Diofcoridia legitimus Porta. 
Diofcorides his true fecond fort of Afpalathui according to Toua. 
The true Afpalathns alter^DiofcoridU (firft deferibed by Homo - 
ritu Bellasoicatidyw\h\i firftEpiftle to Clufius and the figure 
thereof afterwards exhibited by * 7 9 en 4 in his Italian 'Baidas, 
4 . ^Jpalatbus fecundus Dio florid is legitmus P ana. 
"Diofcorides iiis true iecond fort o(djpalitbui according to Vona. 
?. Malatui primus Diofcoridis odor aJu f. 
Incnrtt and fvvectc -^Jpalaibus of Z>/, J 
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