Pdlture Grounds. The other three in France 
Germany, and feveral other places. 
IX. The Times. They all Flower from the 
beginning or middle of May, and continue 
r lowering a Month or more, Gerard fays, 
till Auguji , and perfeU their Seed not Ions 
after ° 
X. The Qualities. They are all hot and dry 
in the fecond Degree, highly Abfterfive, and 
wirh all Cathartick. ’Tis more than probable, 
that thefe Milk-worts , not any of them, can 
be the Polygalon Dtofcorides , becaufe that , as 
Dtofcorides lays, breeds Milk in Womens 
Breads ; whereas thefe do rather the con- 
trary, diminifh the lame, which is manifeft 
from its Cathartick or Purging faculty, for as 
much as all purging things are inimical to that 
intention. 
the Virtues. 
XI. The Infufion in Wine. Gefner who calls 
it Amarella , becaufe of its bitternefs, fays, that 
a Handful hereof deeped all Night in Wine 
and drank in the Morning fading, will purge 
Choler effectually by Stool, without any dan- 
ger ; and this he had made trval of Upon him- 
couples with very fmall Leaves, like thofe of 
Herman a or Rupturewort. The Flowers are of 
a whirilh color, danding among the Leaves, at 
the tops in wharles, encompafling the Stalk, 
one above another. 
VI. The fourth, or French Milk-wort. It hat 
a Root which is much like the firft and fecond 
Kinds , being fmall, long, and white, from whence 
fpring up feveral upright Stalks , a foot or more 
high, having feveral longer and narrower Leaves 
on them , than thofe of the two fird forts, 
and fet without order. ' The Flowers grow one 
above another, in longer Spikes, than in the 
fecond fmaller Kind, and not fully like them 
hut of a reddilli color. The Seed which fol- 
lows is fmall, and contained in long cornered 
Husks. 
VII. The fifth , or Badard Milk-wort. Its 
Root eonfifts of fmall, long , and white Fibres. 
This fmall Plant fpteads it felf much, with many 
weak, Pender, round Stalks, upon the Ground J 
a fpan long or more, fet with feveral fmall 
Leaves without order, in fafhion fomething like 
unto Myrtle Leaves, but not fo much point- 
ed. The Flowers are very Beautiful, dand- 
ing in a fmall Spike, one above another 
with Leaves among them, confiding of fix 
Leaves apeice, of a fine bright fhining purple 
color ; after which comes fmall Seed contained 
in fmall Husks. 
VIII. The Places. Gerard fays , that thefe 
Plants or Milk-worts grow commonly in every 
Wood, or Fertil Padure, and that he had found 
them, where ever he had Travelled. The fird 
grows alfo in Germany, and Aufiria, and parts 
thereabouts. The fecond is more frequent with 
us, and is found in Barren and Untilled places. 
Heaths and the like , as well as in Fercil and 
CHAP. CCCCXC. 
Of MILK - WORT Seas 
OR, 
G L A U X. 
1 T H £ Ir is called 1)1 Greek 
M n /• r or y^. Which is 
Milk:) m Latino, Glattx , from the Greek 
Name, and nor a Glauco Colore as fome would 
have it: and in Englijh, Sea Milk-wort and 
Glaux, alfo Black Salt-wort. 
II. The Kinds. Authors have feveral forts here- 
of, but the following three are chief, viz i 
Glaux Manttma Major, Glattx latiore folio 
Thurtngiaca Bauhi/ii , rdraKnv P/inij • The 
Greater Sea Milk-wort. 2. Glaux Maritima 
Minor-, Glaux exigua Maritima Camerarij Do- 
donxt Lfbe/tj, Lugdunenfts, Gf Tabermmontani , 
The Lefler Sea Milk-worr. 3 . Glaux Maritima 
Veneta Alpitto, Glaux in Maritimii, Dorychnio 
£Wl Bauhino, The Venetian Sea 
Milk-Wort of Alpmus : bur Bauhintts would 
have this lad, to be of the Family of the 
Trefoils or Lotus , becaufe they are in fome 
things alike -, yet with Alpinus we think them 
to be differing Plants, and that this comes as 
near, or more nearly to the Glaux Diofcoridir 
than any other, 
the 
