1178 Of the Hiftory of Plants. L 1 b . 1 . 
pompion: the roots are fmall,fpreading farre abroad in the ground,and confiding of blackc and 
tough twigs, which cannot endure the inturie of our cold clymate. 
The Place. 
This admirable Thiftle groweth vpon the cliffes and grauelly grounds ncere vnto the fea fide, in 
the I (lands of the Weft Indies, called S. Margarets and S Johns I(le,neere vnto Puerto rico, or Porto 
rice, and other places in thofe countries, by the relation of diners trauellers that haueiournied in- 
to thofe parts, who haue brought me the plant it felfe with his feed ; the which would not grow in 
my garden by reafon of the coldnefie of the clymate. 
The Time. 
It groweth, floureth,and flourifheth all the yeare long, as do many other plants of thofe Coun- 
tries. 
The Thames. 
It is called Cardans Echinatus , CMelocarchuu Echinatus, and Echino Melocattos : In Englifb , the 
Hedge-hog Thiftle, or prickly Melon Thiftle. | Such as are curious may fee more hereof in Clu. 
fuss his Exoticks fib. \. cap.i^. $ 
The Temperature and Venues. 
There is not any thing extant fet forth of the antient or of the later writers, neither by any that 
haue trauelled from the Indies themfelues^ therefore we leaue it to a further confideration. 
*[ The Dtfription, 
1 T*t Vphorbium (whereout that liquor or gum called in (hops Euphorbium is extracted) hath 
P, very great thicke grofle and (preading roots, difperled far abroad in the ground : from 
which arife long and round leaues, almoft like the fruit of a great Cucumber , a foot 
and a halfe long, ribbed, wal led, and furrowed 1 ike vnto the Melon ; thefe branched ribs are fet of 
" - - - - - - - armed 
C h a p.4 92 . Of tkejriunmie Tbijlle , called Ettphorbium. 
1 Euphorbium. 
The poyfonous gum Thiftle. 
a Anteupborbinm. 
The Antidote again!! the poyfonous Thiftle, 
