Lib. 2 
Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
521 
Chap, i-j.8. Of Turfkne. 
The Defcription. 
i r | ’’'Heftalkes of the great Purflanebe round, thicke, fomcwhat red, full of juice, fmcotb 
I glittering, and parted into certaine branches trailing vpon the ground .-the leaues be 
an inch long, fomething broad, thicke, fat, glib, fomevvhat greene, whiter on the nei- 
ther fide : the floures are little, of a faint yellow, and grow out at the bottomeofthe leaues . After 
them fpringetb vp a little huske ofa greene colour, of thebigndfe almoft of halfo a barly corne, in 
which is fmall blacke feed : the root hath many firings. 
i PortuLudome\lica. 2 Porti'laca fihejlris. 
Garden Purilane. Wilde Purllane. 
2 The other is IefTer and hath like ftalkes, but fmaller, and it fpreadeth on the ground : the 
leaues be like the former in fa fit i oii, fmoothnefle, and thickneffe,but farre leffer. 
^y The Place. 
The former is fitly fowne in gardens, and in the waies and allies thereof being digged and dun- 
ged ■, it del ighteth to grow in a fruitfull and fat foile not dry. 
The other commeth vp ofhis owne accord in allies of gardens and vineyardes, and oftentimes 
vpon rocks: this alfo is delighted with watery places being once fowne, if it be let alone till the 
feed be ripe it dotheafily fpringvp afrefh for certaine yeeres after. 
^y The Time. 
It may be fowne in March or Aprill ; itfiourifhethandisgreencin Iune, and afterwards euen 
vntill winter. 
The Names. 
Purilane is called in Greeke,*^o6s>'in Latine, Porfc/ata •' in high Dutch, 2SUtbClltC8Ut . 
French, Poupier: in Italian, Prochdccia : in Spaniih, V erdolagas : in Englilli, Purilane, and Porce ane. 
