the Hiftory of Plants. 
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Chap. 4. Of Heath Spurge and %ocke %pfe 
TheDejcriflton. 
I l 'T _, Hefe Plants by right fhould liaue followed the hiftorie of TbymeUit,(ot in Ibape anil 
[ facnltie they are not much vnlike it. The firft is a low lhrub,fend ing from one root ma- 
ny branches of fome cubit long, and thefe bending,flexible,and couered with an outer 
blackifhbarke, which comprehends another within, tough, and which may be diuided into fine 
threds: theleaues are like thofe of yet leffer, (hotter and thicker, a little rough alfo, and 
growing about the branches in a certaine order: ifyou chew them they are gummie, bitter at the 
firfl.and afterwards hot and biting : the floures grow amongft the Ieaues,Iongifh,yellowi(h,and di. 
uidedat the end into foure little leaues : the fruit is faid to be like that of Thymtlea, but of a blic. 
kifli colour,the root is thicke and wooddie.lt growes frequently inthekingdomeof Granadoand 
Valentia in Spaine,it floures in March and April!. The Herbarifts there terme itSan/imunda,?aii 
the common people, Olt ierda-crtt^py rcafon of the purging facultie. 
I Stinimttnda i .Clttf. 2 Stmmnndu 2 .Cluf. 
Heath Spurge. The fecond Heath Spurge. 
2 The other is a fhrub fome cubit high, hauing tough flexible branches couered wi th a denfe 
and thick baTke,wliich,the 
root, may be drawn into threds like ™ »co.p • the vppc :rDt ^ of a hot & biting taftc: 
IheloureTaremany, little' and yeTlowithe root is thicke and 
growes vpon the fea coaft of 1 .tS^and they' only vfe it to heat their 
««*<Vnd the common people about GJrakar call it f Ctflin*, Cncorcn, and in the 
fquibufddm. 3 This 
