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Of the Hillory of Plants. 
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andvnbridled ficultie of purging, which many times doth caufc Dyfinteru , and filch likeimim- 
derate fluxes, efpecially when one not skilfull in the vfe thereof llnall adminiiter the ponder of the 
Ieaues, mixed with any liquor. This plant growerh in manner of a fhrub, like CbameLea.i ndbrin- 
geth forth many final, tough, and pliant twigs, fet aboutvvith a thinand cottony hairmdle,3j hath 
many Ieaues of a glittering filuer colour,growing from the lowed part euen to the top. altogether 
like Alypum before mentioned .-and vpon thefe tough and thick branches (if my memory fiule not) 
do grow final! floures,firft white, afterward ofa pale yellownhe feed is ofa ruflet colour: theroot 
hard and wooddy, not very hot in the mouth, leaning vpon the tongue fome of his inbred heat and 
tafte, fomewhat refcntbling common Tnrbith,and altogether without milke. 
«J The Place. 
Thefe plants do grow vpon the mountains in France, and other places in the graueliy grounds, 
and are as yet (hangers in England. 
*\ThcT imc. 
They flourifliin Auguftand September. $ The firft Chip us found flouring in diners parrs of 
Spaine,in Fcbruarieand March; and I coniedhire the other flourcs about the fame time, yet I can 
finde nothing laid thereof in fitch as haue deliuered the hiftorie of it. t 
Cj' The Hames. 
There are not any other names appropriate to thefe plants more than are fet forth in the titles. 
$ The firft of thefe is the Alburn montis Ceti,lk Herba terribilis otLobel-^ cluf.csXh it Hippo? lojfum 
Valent in Hifi. Lugd. it is named Alypum Petia,&c Empctrum pbacoidcs.lhc fiecond is the Tar. 
tonrairc Galloproatncm Maff diets fiitm, in the Adtier [aria^S efamoidcs mains mn/lornmo{Ddlc/i.£c the Scja- 
moides maim Scalegeri oiTabernby which title our Author alfo gaue his figure, i n the 397. pag. of 
the former Edition, t 
T he Temper ature and Vert ucs. 
There is nothing either of their nature or vertues, more than is fet forth in the Defcriptions. 
$ Both thefe plants haue a ftrong purging faculty like as the Tithymales; but the latter is far 
more powerful!, and comes r.ecre to the qua 1 itie of cJwc^VnWjwherefore the vfe of it is dangerous, 
by reafonof theviolence and greac heat thereof, t 
CiBif. i.j.1. Of Herbe zAloe^or Sea Hon fleece. 
% 1 Aioevulgaris, five sempervinum marinttm . 
Common Aloe , or Sea-Houlleeke. 
5 Ksiloe folio mucronato'. 
Prickly herbe Aloe, or Sea Houfleeke. 
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