T r ib e.2. The Theater of'■Plants. Chap.uS. 
13. 'Itti./mtlaiHcUofcipm. 
well in our Land as in 'Cjermany, Hungary and other places. 
The fecond at Mompelier and other places in France, as alfo 
in the Kingdome of Valentin in Spaine ,as Clufiui faith. The 
third groweth likewife in Spaine and France , as alfo in 
(fiermany and in Switzerland. The fourth Label and Pena 
fay, groweth no where, but in the Country of Narbone or 
Languedocke, yet Cluftut faith he found it in the kingdome 
of Vulentia in Spaine. The lift is fayd by Label to grow in 
Narbone, and Provence, and not to be feene any where elfe 
but in gardens. The fixt Calumna faith he found on the hils 
nijprenfcs in Naples, The feventh groweth as Camerarius 
faith, on certainc hils in Italy, but in thefe parts, chicfely in 
the gardens of the curious. The eighth was fent out of Italy. 
The ninth groweth in the dry fandy grounds, nigh unto 
Lyons by the river Rhodanus, The tenth is found onely in 
the hot Countries of Spaine, Italy, and Narbone in France, 
and is kept with great care and regard from the frofls of our 
cold winters. The eleventh was found by Clufiui in Spaine. 
The twelfth groweth in many places of Germany, and as 
Lobel faith in his obfervations, in a wood belonging to M r ; 
John (fioltes, nigh unto Bath very plentifully.The thirteenth 
groweth wilde with us in many and diverfc places, as well 
as in other Countries. The laft groweth zsTragus faith, in 
the moylt grounds upon fome of the Alpes in Switzer land, 
and Pena and Lobcl fay in the gardens of the Low Coun¬ 
tries, with them that are lovers of plants. 
The Time, 
All thefe flower in the Summer months oflune and Iuly, 
fome earlyer or later than others, and their feede is ripe 
foone after : thefirft Myrtle leafed Spurge is obfervedby 
Camerariut to abide the winter better, than fome other, 
that come from hot Countries. 
The Names, 
The fiyfl is called in Greeke n 9vW©- j m's CrTithy . 
malus Charados alfo in Latine, that is to fay Vallaru, be- 
caufe it ufually groweth in the low moylf places of the woods, or in trenches that have beetle made to drayne 
the water, and isthe firft Tithymalus Characias of Dodonatts, and with Lobel Tithymalus Characias /.tmiydaloides - 
Tr tiI 1C , m En f liCh W°° d TithymaS ,or wood Spurge,becaufe it is more ufually found in woods,than am where 
cllc. 1 he lecond is called by Lobel and Pena Tithymalus (fiharaciat jHonJp.ec Characias (imply by Matthi. Lacuna, 
Lomccrus,Lugdunenfis,inA.Tabcrmmtimusfioy Clufiui Tithymalus Characias legitimus, called allows 
ampla re patula coma & Amygdaloides afoliorstmforma ,by Dodoncus Tithymalus Characias alter.! he third Clufiui 
maketh to be another fort of this fecond kind, but differing In the fmotbnelfe and woollinefle of the leaves. 
J he fourth is called by LobclTithymalusferratus Monfpelienfium, which is the fift Characiat by Dodonatts, and bv 
Clufius called Tithymalus Myrtitcs Valentinus, for he faith the true Myrtitct of Diofcorides is neither knowne ira 
Spaine not in France. The fift Lobcl in his obfervations callrth /Myrfinites altera, yet faith it better agreethwith 
a Characias or Wood Spurge, then Mirtle Spurge: it is the fourth Characias of Dodonatts, who faith they doe a- 
“i*j™ call it Myrfinites, Clufius calletll it Tithymalus Characias tertins AufiriacUst it is the third Afyrfinites 
unguftifolius of: Tabermontanus, and by Bauhinus Tithymalus Characias amufiifolius. The fixt Fabius Colttmna 
calleth Tithymalus lunatoflare, fromthe likenefle ofche flowers, and 'Bauhinus thereupon calleth it, Tithymalus 
falvaticus lunato flore, taking it to be the Dinar aides of Coulus upon Diofcorides and the PlatophyllosofAnguil- 
nr,t, but with no reafon that I know, for itanfwereth unto neither as you may perceive by the defeription. 
The feventh is called famina by ‘Diofcorides, and f TVyrfinites by Cdlatthiolus, Gefner,CamerariusTDodonaus , Label 
and others. The eighth Bauhinus calleth Tithymalus incanus hirfutus, and thinktth it may be the plant, that (fa- 
merarius calleth Tityufa Anglica, becaufe Do&or Pennye fentithim; but becaufe it hath leaves lolike unto the 
former Spurge with Mirtlesicaves, I have /oyned it next thereunto. The ninth is called by Daleih.tmpius Tithy¬ 
malus verrucojus, and by Bauhinus in his Pinax, Tithymalus Myrfinites frullu vcrrncofo, and faith Guilatsdintts 
Was wont to call it * Alypium. The tenth is called Tithymalus Tlendroides by Matthio/us, Cjefner, (firmerarius and 
others. Xufc/callcth it in bis Adverfaria and Oblbrvations ,Dendroidesfive arboreus Aiyrlifolms, Myrthci [peciei 
uonafoliis fed a fi-utice,which as it feemeth made Dodonsus to account it~a kind of Characias, and fet it for his 
tit 0 r r, at , . ?• T ^ e Eleventh is called Platophyllos of Clufius, who judgeth it to be the right or true Platte 
phy lot °t Diofcorides, and fo all others fince him, becaufe there is not any of thefe Spurges, Found to have fo 
great and large leaves as this hath; although Pena and Zufar/tooke the Characias Monfpchenfiamfo be Platophyllos 
Which afterwards changing their minds, they acknowledged this of Clufius to be the moft probable. The twelft 
is called tlulamayar ,and Efu/a major Germanica, by Tragus.Dodovaus, Lobel, and Luoduntnfis, and by Bauhinus 
in his Pinax Tithymaluspalufiris fruticofus. The thirteenth is generally by all writers, taken to be the true Helio- 
Jcopius ,that is Solfetjuus of Diofcorides, and by Brunfelfius and Tragus called Sfula vulgaris. The lad is called by 
/ vagus Tfuta aulas f or thereafons fhewed in the defeription, whom diverfe others fince have followed: Tragus 
mmtelre laith that many would referre it to Miliaria of Plinie, but this may bee plainely feene to be a kinde of 
a tthymall, ( amtranus m his bonus medieus, nameth a kinde Tithymalus arvenfis annum, which hee faith is like 
fisreuntp. 
