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I o. Maxum t/JEgjpt inrum Albino, 
The Egyptians CM arum by Alpintu without fent. 
This plant laith Alpintu accounted a Alarum with the £- 
gipti.vif and growing among rubbifh and in dry places doth 
fomewhat refemble a wild Clary in the leaves and growing, 
being voyd of tafle or favour, efpecially the lowed, yet thole 
that rile up with the flalkc and (lowers, are flrongand not un- 
pleafant,the leaves thereon being of a cubits height are white 
and hoary,and the flowers like thofe of Clary,the leedis lmall 
and round like Cabbage feed. They ufe to lay it among their 
garments,and Phyficaliy coexpcll winde powerfully,and to a- 
bate Iwellings. 
5 . Origanum Indicum. Indian Organy, 
or baftard Marjeromc. 
Proffer 9ydlpir.ru in his Booke of Egiptian plants fetteth 
forth one,he faith is there called Zatarendi , and deeferibeth it 
to grow flowly with (tindry branched flalkcs and almoft round 
thicke whitifh leaves on them, full of lap or j'uyce, and very 
fweet, bearing neither flower nor fruite : they ufe it in their 
mcates as others doe Origanum : thus much A/pint*. ButVe* 
fitr.gm taking upon him tp correct and amend him fairh, that 
the plant called SatarherJi by them is this plant (whole figure 
I here give you from him, and a6 he faith did fpring with Sig¬ 
nor Coutarini ofVer.ice 9 \i there be not fomc fallacy or miftake 
in the matter, for befides that Alpmws figure ha: h little firaili- 
tude unto this, he faith, who it is likely observed it long by 
faying it grew flowly. he obferved in all the time of his abode 
in Egypt that it bore nothing : but as foone as it came into 
Con tar inis hands, it bore according as other forts of Origanum 
both flowers and fruite yet larger. I put this but as a doubt in 
the matter) and deferibeth it in thismanner.Thisdainty plantrifeth up co a foctes height, wkhftraight ltalkcs 
and foft tender Marjeromc like leaves, upon them,covered with a whitifh downe,or woolf, being almoft round 
but pointed at the ends, with fundry pale coloured veincs in them : It bearcth many white flowers at the tops of 
the (lalkes, bowing their round heads a lictle,which are made of many final l leaves fet together. It is fomewhat 
aromaticall in taftc with fomc ple-fing acrymony,and a little aftringent withall, but exccedeth in fwcetnes that of 
Car.dj. 
z, Origanum OvitU Matthioli. 
Wnicc Organ/ of G tccce. p, 1 y. 
<. Or ^immludicum. Another Indian Organ , 
or ballard Marjeromc, p.15. 
