1458 C h a f<46. Tbeatrum Botanicum . T r ib e 16. 
like Cherriesbucfive fecdes (or the moft part,being flatsndwhite: the roote is vvooddy with fome fibres joy- 
red thereto : this holdech the greene leaves all the Winter. 
4. Vaccinia rubra buxeisfolijs, Red whorts with Box: leaves. 
This red Whort rifech up like unto the great blackc Whort,having fundry harder leaves like unto the Boxecrec 
leaves, greene and round pointed Handing on the feverall branches, at the toppes whereof oncly, a^d not fforr 
the |]des,as in the former come forth divers round and fomewhac longhallow flowers, ofapale red colour, after 
w hich iucteedc round reddiih fappy berrycs,when they are ripe,of an acide and aftringent tafle : the roote run¬ 
neth in the ground like the blacke : the leaves hereof fall not away in Winter. 
5. Vaccinia rubra longioribwfolijs . Red W harts with longer leaves. 
This other red IVhurte is like a low creeping fhrub.but groweth fomewhat thicker and greater then the former 
reJ,the leaves whereof are longer narrower and fharper pointed then it, and growing reddifh toward Autume 
but yet abiding on the branches like the former, and not falling of in Winter: the flowers are like the other and 
fo is the fruite, but not fappy, or with juyee therein, but dry and faplcffe, and without any manifeft talk. 
6. Vvaurfi GalemClufio, The Spanijh red Whort. 
This Spanijh Whort like wife differeth not much from the former red forts, having (lender flexible (hikes and 
branches,about a foote long, lying on the ground, covered with a reddifh barke, lomewhat like unto the tender 
branches of the Strawberry cree, having lundry leaves let thereon, neere refernbling the Strati berry tree leaves 
but lefler, being thicke and fappy but not hairy at all,and fomewhac bitter with the aftringent tafle: at the ends 
of the branches grow divers bottle like or hollow round flowers, growing in cluflers of the fame whitifh blufh 
colour that the; are of, after which follow round red berries,like unto fmall Cherryes, but of an acide tafte ; the 
leaves hereof like wife abide on the flalkes and fall not away in Winter. 
7. Vitii ld£a tenia Clufj. The Freud) honey 1 weete Whortes. 
This rifeth higher then any of the former, to be foure or five cubits high, wich fundry thicke fmooth wooddy 
ftemmes from the rooae, the lower parts being fomewhat rough and covered with a blackifh barke, theupper 
branches being greene, ftored with many leaves thereon,fet without order, which are fomewhat long with the 
roundnefie, and a little dented about the edges, of a fad greene colour above and very hoary underneath : at the 
joynts with the leaves come forth many white flowers, confiding of five leaves a peece, after which come fmall 
round berries fomewhat bigger then Hawthorne berries,and blackc when they are ripe, having a fmall crowne 
as it were of five fmall points which were the flowers, flicking at their toppes, and being fappy of a fweetifh 
tafte like honey,with fundry blackifh feede within them. 
8. VitU Id&a Cretica elatior. The taller red Whortes of Candy. 
This fmall fhrubby plant lending forth fundry (lender wooddy blacke fhootes from the roote, the wood being 
hard and white without any fent, buc fomewhat heating the tongue on the tailing, parted into divers branches, 
furnifhed a: the joynts,by uneqtiail fpaces, fometimes with fingle leaves, but ufnally with two, and fometimes 
with throe or foure together, which are fomewhat hard and almoft round,dented alfo a little about the edges,be¬ 
ing fomewhat like unto Holly, but nothing fo hard or prickely,of a fad greene colour on the upper fide and gray- 
Hn the lower, at the ends of the branches, and at the joynts alio with the leaves come forth fundry white* Cher¬ 
rylike fiowcr^each on a long footeftalkc^nd after them fmall round and fomewhat long reddifh fruite, of a plea- 
fant r„ftc,of the bjgncfle of a Beane,having a freezy or woolly crowne at the toppes,and being dry turneth blacke 
and hard. 
9 . Vitij Idea Cretica htimxlior. The lower Candy red Whorts. 
This other Candiot groweth much lower, fuller of fprigges fiendercr alfo and fhorter whereon at unordinary 
ipaces, (land unor Jinary leaves,three or fom c fometimes together, being almoft round like unto the laft, but letter 
fofter,(moother and not fo much dented about the edges, neyther yet of fo lad a greene colour on the upperfidc, 
nor fo gray on the under, at the joynts likewilc with the leaves come forth long flalkes, with manythclike 
white bloflomes m aclufter, turning into (mailer berries; of a darke red colour, and a little downy at the head, 
fomewhat like unto Mirtle berries, which are familiarly eaten by the Shepheards, and others of the Country. 
The Place and Time. 
The firft groweth in m^y heathes,woods and barren hilly places of this Land, as Hampjl cede Heath, Finche - 
and Saint Iohtts wood, not farre from London, and in fundry other places. The firft red fort in the North 
parts, as Lanca/hire,2nd lorkefj'tre, on the hills,&c. Thereft grew in HungariafBavaria, andCJermany, and in 
other Countries alfo. The lixth Clufiw found in Spaine , and the branches and berries were fhewed me by Bocl, 
that brought them out of Spaine. The feventh groweth as Lobel faith on every of the hils in Provence France, 
and Clufeui on the hils nigh Vienna . T he two laft in They all flower in March and Aprill, and the fruite of 
the blacke is ripe in Inne and July, the other later. 
The Names. 
The firft blacke forts are taken generally by the beft later Writers, to be the a/amh©- oPTbeopbraflur, 
that is, Vitis ex parte Id £l ejuam vacant 'Fhalacras, but Tliny falfly put in Alexandria inftead of 7^,in Latine 
by them l 'itU 1 d £ <x?h ophr afli,2nd becaufc all the reft have a rcfemblancc thereunto,they are all called Vites ld £a , 
Iikewife, with their feverall diftindions,as you (hall prcfently heare • they are many of them alfo called Vaccinia, 
by divers,thinking the black fort to be the Vaccinia nigra of Virgil ,,& by the tranfpofition of a letter Vaccinia nigra 
parva ejuafi bacca j but tbaterrour is exploded by many good Authours, that {hew T^putteth his Vaccinia 2^ 
mong flowers and not fruiter; for as he faith. Ft fun t VioU nigra,&Vaccinia nigra, intending the colours were 
both alike,as a kmde cf Hyacinth , which he might meane is as the Violet flower. Vitruvius and Pliny ir.deede 
iuve a T accimum which giveth a purple dye to lcrvants or others garments,which may very wel be this,for fuch a 
purple colour will the juyee hereof give,if it be rightly ordered. It is alfo called Myrtillus, and by feme Myrtil- 
ru Uermamca becaule the PhyGtions and Apothecaries in Germany and thole parts,tooke them to be true Mirtle 
bernes, and fo ufed themtintill they were fhewed their errour.and fince have forfakenir, as we have done alfo. 
Cjejner a fo in horns (heweth, that fome did take the Vitis ld £a , to be that V ine that bcarech Currans, but faith he, 
that noD.e \ me groweth not on fo high or fnowy mountaines, but rather in the Planes and open hils,aud ordered 
by the indulfry of men. The firft Tragus calhth AfyrtiUm exiguw ,and fo doe Mattbiolm and Lugduntnpt. T>o. 
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