194 Chap. i8. Tbeatrum Botanicum. Tribe 2. 
Efula rotunda five Peplus, 7- ?<•£'». Small purple Sea Spurge, 
Round headed Spurge, i 9 
or as Pen* compareth them unto Rupture wort: the flowers are the fmalleft and fo is the feede of all the reft, J 
fet in heads by couples like thelaft.' therooteis fmall and long, confiding of nothing but threds, and is of I 
no life. . 
9. F.fula exigaa filiit obtups. Petty Spurge with broad pointed leaves. 
This Petty Spurge likewife groweth clofe upon the ground, the fmall round branches not exceeding an hand ll 
breadth in length, with fmall long and narrow leaves, broad at the points or ends, as if they had beene cut off, fet :ij 
without order on them, yeelding milkeas the others doe : the flowers and feede is like thelaft, andfois the ll 
roote alfo. 
10, Tithymalus exigma fitxatilii. Rocky pettie Spurge. _ I 
This is the fmalleft Spurge of all the reft, the linall branches not extending two or three inches in length,with 4 
the fmalleft and narrowed leaves of any fet thereon : the flowers are fmall and fomewhat reddifh: theleede is u 
agreeable to the plant, and the roote as fmall as threds, 
li. Afioi five Tithymaku tuberefus. Tuberous or knobbed Spurge. 
Tuberous or Knobbed Spurge, hath diverfe fmall reddifh branches, lying upon the ground, with manyfmall 
leaves, fomewhat like untothofeof Saint Iohns wort fet thereon without order, every one having the middle :i> 
ribbe white therein ; fome of thofe beare a few fmall flowers at the toppes of them like unto the other Spurges, , 
and feede likewife in three fquare heads; the roote is tuberous in his naturall place, blackifh without whites) 
within, and formed fomewhat like a peare or figge, from whence the name thereof rofe : but a little differing in i|i 
enr climate, not keeping fo proportionable a figure as it hath come over tons, even as the blacke Raddifh hath ill 
done likewife; and therefore we may thereby plainely perceive the nature of the foyle doth alter much the 1 
forme of rootes, and leaves alfo in many things. 
12. Af'ies [tveTithymthts tuberofiu, oblong notice. Long rooted Tuberous Spurge. 
This other Tuberous Spurge, the figure whereof Clufim hadfenthim from Plateau, is fo like the former, that ll 
I verily beleeve (as 1 fayd before of the former) the foyle and climate was the caufe of the alteration therein, it 
yetbriefely to fhew you what he faith thereof, is this, it hath five or fixe branches riling from the roote lying! 
upon the ground, fomewhat reddifh towards the bottome of them, divided into other fmalfer branches: the :1 
greenc leaves, that are fet thereon by couples on both fides are fmall like the other, but a little rounder: tbe.lt 
flowers that grow at the toppes are of a yellowiflt red colour, after which come three fquare heads fomewhat ij 
rugged or fet with knobbes, wherein is conteined fmall round feede, like onto the other, the roote is long and c 
round, having many other fmall and long thicke rootes, iAiling from the lower end thereof, with many fmall fi- , 
bres thereat, blackiih on the outfide and white within, like the former. 
> ^. Tithymalm tuberofus Germanicus. Knobbed Spurge of Germany- _ I 
The knobbed fpurge of Germany, differeth from the former two forts of Apios, firft in the rootes which con- J| 
lift ofmany reddifh knobs, fet together with diverfe long fibres among them, like unto the rootes of Scropbula-w 
rit, or great T iggevyort: the branches are fmall and tender, whereon grow the leaves which are fmall and nar- , 
