Tribe z. The Theater ofTlantes. 
Chap. \ 6 . 
turne red, but alwayes abide whitifh, and are branched : theleaves alio being almoft aslar^e, are whiter and 
iofrer in handling, with a kind of cotten or hairineflc on them, which makerh them to be the eafilier knowne 
by that difference : the Sowers are of a paler yellow colour, not differing in feede or roote. 
4. Titbjmalm CharaciM ferratiu OWonjpeli'nfium. Dented Wood Spurge. 
This wood Spurge rifeth up with many greenifn ftalkes,r or 3 foote high,whereon are fct finall lone thick fat 
grecne leaves, fomewhat like unto the leaves of the largell Mirde.but more pointed at the ends and a little dented 
about the edges, the ftalks are branched very much at the tops, that beare yellow flowers like unto the other, but 
fmaller, whofe feede diftcreth not from them.The roote is white and very long,nothing fo hard or wooddy as the 
former, but as. Penn faith having a more flefhy pith in the middle,and a more foft fubftance without, whofe barke 
doth 1 0 ncere refemble the Turbitb of Alexandria, as no roote can doe more. 
S. Tithjmalns Char act ns anguflifolms , Narrow leafed Wood Spurge: 
This finall Wood Spurge hath diverfe weake branches, that (land not upright,but fet thicke with leaves which 
are white long and narrow, much like unto thefirft wood Spurge, but nothing fo great: the flowers feede and 
roote differ little from the other. 
6. Tit by malm lunatojlore C o limn a . Small wood Spurge with horned flowers. 
This wood Spurge rifeth up to no great height, with hayrie ftalkes, bare at the bottome, thicke fet about the 
middle, with fomewhat hairie leaves lmaller and fofter than the laft, of a blewifh greene colour, and fmallcr up¬ 
wards: the flowers ftand in cuppes as the others doe, of a greenifh yellow colour, confiding of fourc leaves a 
peece, bowing outwards like unto an home or halfcmoone, Joyning together at the backe of them, with yel¬ 
low threads in the middle -■ the leede is like the other : the roote is very fmall in refpeft of the plant,and biacke 
on the outfide. 
7 * Tit hy malm My rfinite s. Mirtle Spurge. 
Tins Spurge hath divers whitifh branches,leaning downeward, not (landing up right, whereon are fomewhat 
thicke fet without order, many fmooth and whitifh greene leaves, fmall at the bottome, and larger in the middle, 
ending in a point fomewhat fmall and fharpej fomewhat like for forme but not for hardneffc, unto the leaves of 
Knee holme,or Butchers BroGine, the flowers' are fmall and yellowilh, notfo many (landing together as the 
other, elfe alike, as the feede and rootes arc. 
8 . Titbjmalm Myrfnites incamu. Hoary Mirtle Spurge. 
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This white or hoary Spurge hath many upright reddifh ftalkes, about a foote or more high, whereon are fee 
Without order, fuch like leaves as the laft recited Mirtle Spurge, but a little larger, and of an hoary white colour 
and hayrie withall: the flowers are yellow (landing at the toppes of the ftalkes like unto it, and die heads triaji- 
gled bearing the like feede the rooteis fmall anddiffereth not much from the former, 
Cf . Tt thy malm verrucofus D alechampii . 
.. Wartlike Mirtle Spurge. do. tithymalus arboreus. Tree Spurge*' 
This kinde of Spurge hath fmall (lender ftalkes, 
halfe a yard high, divided into branches, where¬ 
on are fet without order, fmall broade whitifh 
greene leaves, like unto fmall Mirtle leaves: the 
flowers are fmall and yellowilh, after which 
right, as bigge as a mans thumbe, from the bot¬ 
tome, and being there bare without leaves for 
almoft halfe a foote, then (hooteth forth diverfe 
come round heads, (landing like fmall wartes, 
whereofittooke the name, wherein are fmaller 
feede, than any of the former ; the roote is fmall 
and not long, wich diverfe fprayes running from 
10 . Tithymainsarhorius. Tree Spurge. 
The ftemmeof this tree fpurge groweth up 
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