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The {mail kinde I could neuer finde in any other place but :vpon the chalky cliffe going from 
the tovvne of Margate downe to the lea fide.vpon the left hand. 
The Time . -• 
They floure in Iune and Iuly. 
The Names. 
It {hall be needleffe to trouble you with any other Latine name than isexpreft in their titles : 
the people neere the fea fide where it groweth do call it Marfh Lauander, and Tea Lauander. 
± This cannot be the Limonium of Diofiondes , for the leaues are not longer than a Beet, nor 
the fialke fo tall as that of a Lillie, but you {hall finde more hereafter concerning this in the 
Chapter of water Plantaine. I cannot better refer this to any plant deferibed by the Antients 
than to Bntannica delcribed by Diofceridesjih. 4 . cap. 2 . 
The Nature . 
The feed of Limonium is very aftringent or binding. 
The Virtues) 
The feed beaten into ponder, and drunke in wine, helpeth the collicke, ftrangurie, and Dy fen- A 
tCr The feed taken as aforefaid, ftaieth theouermuch flowing of womens termes,and all other B 
fluxes of bloud. 
Chap. 9$. Of Serafim Turbith ) or Sea Stanvort. 
% Tripoliumvulrare mains'. . r~ t * Tripdiumvulgareminut. 
Great Sea Starwort. ? Small Sea Stanvort. 
«[f TheTefcription. 
I 'T’He firft kinde of Tripeliumhath long and large leaues lbmewhat hollow or furrowed, 
ofafhininggreenecolourdecliningtob'ewnef!e,likethe leauesof Woade : among 
which rifethvp a fialke of two cubits high, and more, which toward the top isdiuided iutomany 
fmall branches garnilhed with many floures like Camomill, yellow in the middle, fet about 
Mm or 
