Tbeatnim Ectanicum. 
R I B 4 lb. 
The Names, 
calleth the firfl by the name in the title, as he dotu the fourth alfo. Tnefecondand third Clstfiu #cal- 
lethS atix pumiUlxti/oJuj the third here b ing.his firft, and his fecond, the fccond here. The fifth Lngdnnenjis 
cal!eth aborttv.i, as it is in che title. The fixt is remembred by Atpinw among his Egiptian plants, tailing it Ca/*f 
five Ban % and Veflingitts faith the Egyptians and Syrians call it Caleb zUo^RaHwolfiu faith the Syrians called it Sajfof. 
The laft Raurvoffitu i alio faith is called Garb by the Arabians, and Cjarrabby the Moores. 
Chap. XXXII. 
Salix-pumila angst(lifolia. Low narrow leafed Willowes. 
I Ereof there are divers kindcs which grow diverfiy fome in more wet places then others, andfirft I 
mud fpeake of the OJier s becaufe although it grow with longer twigges or roddes,then many of 
• the reft, yet it beareth narrow long leaves. 
I. S alix aquatic a humilis. The Ofier. 
The Oferhathaflumpeorftockeofatree, as biggeasonesarme at the mod, andnocabovea 
foote high,put with an headasbigge as a childes head,being kept thus low of purpofe, becaufe the 
(hootes or wands that rife out of it,are cut every yeare for ufe, the barke whereof in fome is yellowifli orwhi- 
tifn, in others brownifh, the leaves are long and narrow, yet broader then any of the reft for the moll part that 
follow,dented about the edges, darke greene on the upper fide, and whitifti underneath: this hath not beene ob- 
ferved to beare any flowers, becaufe all the fliootes are yearely lopped offclofe to the head, but the rods thruft 
into the ground will fpring to be young trees, to be dreffed in like manner,and fo will any branch of the former 
greater forts. 
• a 2. Salix ptsmiUanguJlifoliareEla. Theftraightdwarfe Willow with narrow leaves. 
The ftemmes ofthis Willow are (lender yet upright,not above a foote long, covered with a yeliowifh barke: 
the leaves arc narrow and long like unto thofe of Line or Flaxe, greene above and graybelow, the young ones 
being wholly gray and hoary : the bloomings or catkins are (oft and yellow, like the greater kindes, and come 
forth before the leaves, and paflTe into downe being ripe, tint is blownc away with the windc, che roote is 
blackc of a fingers bignefle with fibe rs thereat,growing a flope. 
3 - wmilji anguji if?l \ a re pens. Creeping iow Willow with narrow leaves. 
The branches of this low Wii!ow,growtobe a foote or more long,but (lender and leaning, and lying upon che 
ground,where it will fhootc forth rootes againe,fet with (horter and narrow leaves, divers comming forth coge- 
ther, greene above and gray below,in other things not unlike the former. 
I, Salix aquatic* humdU. 
The Oiler. 
2. sJ x pum'tl r angufliftlia rcBa. 
The ftraight dwarfc Willww with narrow leaves. 
