Lib. z. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
505 
hath many branches and leaues creeping on the ground of a paje greene colour 
mmt, but giuing milke as all the other Tithymales doe, bearing the like feed pcuch 
but 1 mailer in each-re fpedh c ^ 3 and nouresj 
22 The two and twentieth kindeofTithymale hath a round root likeafmall Turner, 4 
Authonr doth report: yet my felfe haue the fame plant in my garden which doth greatlv in ^7 
of which I haue giuendiuers vnto my friends, whereby I haue often viewed the roots whiehT* e ’ 
peare vnto me fomewhat tuberous, and therein nothing anfwering the defcriptions wh ,VU ? ap f 
Jes PenaM others haue exprelfed andfet forth. This" Vrguet^that either 
lelcnbed the fameb, lieaic-6,,ordrc the plant doth dc,;cnci..tebeingt,o„.ht from hi ™ 
. ,* , ° llr Aut . hoi ; r herL ; wrongfully taxes other Writers ofpIants,& & Pem bv namr 
which fhewes that he cither neuer read, or el fe vnderftood not what they writ for neither of rh 
(nor any other that I know of) refembles the root of this to a Turnep.but fay it hat! a tubeS 
peare failuoned root &c. as you may fee in 1 77 .and in the Adi faring 204 Th' 
leaues alfo grow not by couples one againft another, as in FraxMU, but rather alternate! IA 
withoutanycertaine order, as in other Tithymales. £ “> r eile 
$ 23 This, faith C/nfius, hath alfba tuberous root, but not peare fa fhioned like as the former 
but almoft euery whereof an equall thicknefTe, beeing about an inch and fometimes two “s 
ong, and the lower part thereof « duuded into foure other roots.orthickc fibers, growing 
1. b y Ilttlc f nd hctle b a nd fending forth feme few fibers : it is blacke without, and white within v 
11 of a ™ kle unce : the d f !kes are fl lort an d weake, fet with little leaues like thofe of the for. 
mcr : the Homes are ofa yeflowifh red colour, and the feede is contained in fuch veflels as the o" 
ther Tithymales. This is Tithjmalus tderofispr Ifchai altera. viclufiut.% 
*[[ The Place. 
• vf firft , £ ° fSpUr ? C S ro "' eth b y the Sea vpon the fowling Sand and Baich as at r ee 
pl-K^ 5 atLan S- trce P ointrl S hta g ainft Harwich, at Whicftablem Kent, and in many other 
The fecond groweth in grounds that lie wafte, and in barren earable foils, almoft euery where 
England! d ^ ^ aS * f ° the follreteenrh and eighteenth, grow in gardens, but not wilde in 
wame SpUrSC Cal ' Cd Cbmc ' w § rolveth in moft Woods ofEngland that are drie and 
f TL e el § hte enth and nineteenth grovv in fait marfbes neere the fea, as in the ille of Thanet by the 
lea nde 5 betwixt Reculvers and Margate in great plentie. ' 
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Thele plants floure from Iune to the end of Iuly. 
c c ■ ■ . f T/ 5 c N^atnes. 
1S u Ca - ed V Larine Tit 7 mdKS P ardltts •• in Spanifh, Lethe trefia • in hi^h Dutch 
IBoIfcC tmlct), that is to fay Lujjmm, lac, or Wolfes milke. Wood Spurge is called Tithmalut 
Charaaas Thefirft is called m Englilh Sea Spurge, or Sea VVartwoorr. The fecond sllsZt 
Swhoufe^rf n^ lrC c ^P t1r S c fifi- 11 Cyprefle Spurge 5 or among women, VVelSm e g to 
an- 1 ninth vvv c’ Pine S P ur § e ’ thc Peuent h fhrub Spurge, and tree Mirtle Spurge • the eighth 
The T emperature 
indhbina kin |v f T itkVmaIeS ° r c PUrgeS arehot and drie almoft in the fourth degree ofa fharo 
and biting qualitie, fretting or confirming. Firft the milke and fap is in fpeciallvfethen lt fmTr 
™ 0t “ .THe nronseft kindc of 
by re , P °r ofotI ’ crs >tIiat it infl ameth exceedingly, but my felfe fpeak by experience ■ 
fim . r D . ■ a T ° n - 1 th ? ^ ca C0a ^ at mBflo, with a Gentleman called M '.Rich dwelling in the 
. L ow ne, I tooke but one drop of it into my mouth • which neuertheleffe did Vo inflame and 
fivell m my throte tliat I hardly efcaped with my life. And in like cafe was the gentian wWch 
rr) 1 ' C V £ t( t takc ° :,r b°. rles ’ an d F°fi e f°r our lines vnto the next farme houfe to drinke feme rr in- 
to quench the extremitic of our heate, which then ceafcd, 6 f ° me miik 
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