Tbeatrum ‘Botanicum, 
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in fome (ore havebeene let with the ocher Alyffa, the de- 
feription whereof is thus. From a tough wooddy rooce» 
grow up fundry pliant hoary greene [hikes, fpreading into 
branches,fet with divers hoary greene leaves together, con¬ 
trary to all the other Cyti/Ps.yez each leafe by it felfc,fomc- 
what like unto them, but thicker and hairy alfo, the flowers 
are many and yellow,'hat ftand at the coppes, fpike fafhion, 
cornpofed of foui e leaves like to Stockc Gilloflowers, after 
which come [cedes in round pods. 
The 'Place and Time. 
Threg of thefegrow in Sp*ine, the former two found by 
£ lupus, and the laft by fome ocher, the other two in France 
and Germany, andflov\erand feede in the time of the for¬ 
mer. 
The 'Names, 
The firft of thefc is the firft Cytifus of Clufiw , which Lo- 
b*l and Lugdunenfis call Cytifus Hifpanicwprimus, by Dodo - 
n * w Pfeudocytifiu prior , and 'Bauhinw Cytifus mmoribus foltjs 
ramulis teneUis vill fir. The fccond is Clupus his fecond Cy- 
tl f m > called 2 l\[qC ytifus fecundui Hifpanicus by Label and 
Lugdunenfis, and by Dodontus Pjeudocytifus alter. The 
third is the Pfeudocytijus feunigtr Cordi, the Cytifus niger 
five major of Camera-ins, The fourth Cytifus of (flujius,the 
Cytifus minor oiCjefner, which Lugdxner.fis calleth Cytifus 
C/efneri^r.d by Bauhinus Cytftss ^laber nigricans.The fourth 
is th cCytifus alter minor of Lobel, which Eyfietenfis calleth 
Trifolium arborefeens, 1 he I ail 'Bauhinus onely hath defen¬ 
ded in his Prcdrontus , by the fame title I doe here give it 
you. 
The Vert tees, 
We have nothing recorded of any particular, any of thefc 
bale [hrubbes are indued withall, and although fome may 
tbinke, chat they^are of the fame quality with the former, 
I am not of that opinion, in regard they are all much more 
bitter then the former, and fome intenfively Litter, which 
can re no helpe to cncreafe milke,iii any creature, nor yet to 
fatten them as the former doe. 
6. Cyiijus fade qu tbufdam Miff urn fruticans » 
A Cytifus-hkc unlike plant. 
Chap. L V I. 
Cupreffus, The Cyprcffe tree. 
Ome dec make two forts ofCipreffe trees, the male and the female, the one that fpreadeth more 
■hen the other, which groweth more upright not much differing in any thing die, which ma- 
kcr'i me thinke the cli* ctlity rifeth from the foyle or fome ca(ualty,and chat the mile which fprta- 
dech is not a diftineft Jpecies, which preferveth the kinde naturally as all other things doe, elpecially 
tbeing a^ Theopkraftus Taithj the one doth degenerate into the other, and that both doe beare nuts 
and feede alike. 1 fhall therefore under one ini ke mention of both forts, if they be fo, and fhew you that the 
Cypreffe groweth to be a great tall upright tree,fpreading out the branches fo even round about, that itfeemeth 
to be (o formed by Art, being (mall below,not farre above the ground, then fpreading out larger, yet keeping 
a round clofc coinpaffe and afterwards fpiringupto the toppe, lefle and leflc, very well reprefenting a Piramis 
or Spire flee pie,the.body and armes are covered with a reddifh barke, the leaves are ever green,but Ioofing much 
of the verdure in Winter, which it regaincth the next Spring after, and fomewhat long, (lender, and flactifh 
round, parted very much and fomewhat refcmbling Savine, of a refinousfent and ftrong tafle .• fome trees are 
ieenc in fome places to be more fpreading in their branches, and not abiding fo clofe, efpecially when they grow 
old,and doe beare their (mall yellow flowers,and their fruite, or nuts, as they are called afterwards, which grow 
here and tncrc am on? the boughs,cloven or opening into divers parts growing ripe, but clofe and hard while they 
are young.of aruflet.browr.e colour, wherein are contained fmall brownifh feede, but not fofmallas metes in 
the S[mt)e i 2 S'JHfattbiolus and o:ncrs make them to be the roote fpreadeth much,but not very deepe : the wood 
is reddifh, very firme and durable, not fubjedl to corruption orwormes, but defending all other things, by the 
ftrong heady fent it Inch, from all mothes and wormes, it yccldcth out of the body of the tree, a kinde of liquid 
llofien,Iike unto that of the Larche and Turpentine trees, of a very quicke and fharpe tafle. 
2. Cupreffus Americana, The Ciprefle tree of America. 
, Although r doc not take this to be a true Cipreffe tree, yet becaufe it hath obtained that na me bv all our travel¬ 
lers into me hether or No: theme parts of c America, where it is found in fundry Countries thereof, let me joyne 
it hereui.mil by a better regard 1 may place it in a fitter. It groweth in fome places to be a very goodly tallc-ec, 
.ifty s Ificty J yea eighty footc high, without any branch, and neere three fathome compafle at the lower end, and 
then fpreadeth fundry large armes and branches, befet with many winged leaves, which are very fine, fmall, 
fnnootri,platne,and net fquare,crumpled or plaited as the true Ciprefle is, and fomewhat longer slfo, fet on both 
ndes of the halkes, without any ccrtainc order,being not alwaies oppofite:the nuts are fomewhat like thofe of the 
Ciprefle but greater, \vith thicker.more open fcalcs and greater feede within them. The wood fmelleth fome- 
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