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Salmon j- Herbal. Lib. 1. 
iM.j, V C dy. brow/njh, ted branches ahut two Jcet 
high or rmreflire or naked of Leaves for a /pace from 
the Root, and afterwards Jet up tothe 'Lops with ma- 
ny %arrow and long Leaves , yet broader than thofe 
of the Sea Sparge, and nothing fo large as the 
Garden Spurge , almofl like to the Leaves oj the 
Almond Tree ; fomcthing fmooth in handling, and 
without any dents about the Edges, turning reddtjh 
in the Spring , and more in the Summer time. 
At the Tops of feme of the Stalks ( for all of them 
do feldont flower at once, being veiy much branch- 
ed) ft and many yellow flowers, wbofe under Cups 
(viz' the two almoft round Leaves encompafftng the 
Stalk) arc yellow alfo. After which come J mail 
roundifh Triangular heads, flanding up a little 
higher in thofe Cups , than the flowers did upon 
the Stalks, each head by it felf, in which is con- 
tained / mall browmfh round Seed. 
V. The third, or Our Leller Wood Spurge. It 
has a long Root defeending deep into the Ground, 
with Several fibres or Strings Springing from it. 
It is but a fmall Plant, and has fever al flender 
Branches or Stems pretty thick fet with Leaves, 
which are whitijh, long, and narrow, much like to 
S purge Wood fmall. 
the Hr ft Wood Spurge , but nothing fo large , nar- 
rower alfo, and nothing at all hoary. The Umbels 
or Tufts of flowers are of a greenijh yellow , which 
before they be open'd do reprefent the long Jhape 
or form of a very fmall Damfon, but in its color 
it is like to the reft of the Leaves •, which opening 
it yields its flowers and Seed , which in color , form , 
or Jhape , are like to the former but fomething 
lejfer. 
VI. The fourth, or Myrtle Spurge. Its Root is 
fmall and long and accompanied with many f ibres , 
Strings , or Threds. It has many upright reddifh 
Stalks riflng from the Root , about a Loot high or 
more , fat and flender , on which grow without any 
order many hoary and whitijh green Leaves , like 
Spurge Myrtle. 
in form , but not in hardnefs to thofe of Knee-holm , 
or of the Myrtle JjuJI) ( whence came the Name) 
which Leaves are fmall at bottom , larger in the 
middle , and ending in a fomewhat fmall and Jharp 
point. The flowers are fmall and yellow , but not 
fo many , flanding at the Tops of the Stalks , like 
the other Spurges , of which follow like heads and 
Seed. Diofcorides deferibes it after this man- 
ner. Ramulos (Dixit iile) ab Radice mittit do- 
drantales. Folijs crefcit Myrti proximis, fed ma- 
joribus, firmis, in Cacumine acutis, & pungenti- 
bus. Fru&um fert alternis Annis, Nhci fimilem, 
mordaci guftu. The Figure We have given you 
from Matthiolus, which is before it comes to its 
f lowering and Seeding. 
VII. The fifth or lhrub Spurge. Its Roots are 
not fo great and long as fome of the former , yet 
fufficiently fpread in the Ground to fuflain the 
whole Riant , which Lobel compares to a Myrtle 
Shrub , for its magnitude , and form of growing , 
but not as to the form of its Leaves. The Stem 
of this Jhrub grows upright to the thickncfs of 
a Mans Thumb, almoft like to that of the Fine 
Spurge, from the bottom , being there bare without 
Leaves for 6 or % inches, and then fpreads it felf 
forth into divers branches of a fingers thicknejs, 
fomewhat hairy, and not red as the others, but 
white on which grow narrow long Leaves of a 
whitijh color, fomcthing like to the Sea Spurge, or 
rather the Marfh, or Great Efula ^ having larger 
yellow Flowers and Seed, but in other points like 
to the reft of this kind. 
VIII. The P laces. The firft, which is Our 
Common, kind grows in molt Woods in England, 
which are dry and warm ^ I have gathered it in 
Uornfey Wood near London. The fccond and 
third grovy in Woods in many parts of Our Land, 
as alfo in France and Spain, and in feveral of Our 
Gardens. 
