Tribe 2. 
The Theater o/Tlants. 
'H A P.12. 2.05 
Chap. XX II. 
Laureola. Laurell or Spurge Laurell. 
HisLaurell or Spurge laurell (that it may be knowne from the Bay tree, which is of divers, called 
the Laurell tree) riieth up ufually but with one Itemme, yet fometimcs with more, very tough and 
pliant, covered with a whitifhthicke tough barke, branching forth into divers parts toward the 
toppes, whereon are fet many long, fmooth, thicke, fomewhat broad and (Lining darke greens 
leaves, Tome what like unto Bayleaves, but longer,fmoother,fofter,and not with hard veines therein 
as Bayleaves have; the flowers come forth towards the toppes of the (hikes and branches, and at the joynts with 
the leaves many fet together, which are fomewhat long and hollow, ending or fpreadinginto fourefmall leaves, 
ofawhitifh, yellow, greene colour: after which come fmall round, and fomewhat long blacke berries when 
they are ripe, wherein lieth a white kernell; the roote groweth downe deepe into the ground, and fprea- 
deth likewife tough long white firings, fomewhat woodic : both leafe and flower, both barke and roote are ve¬ 
ry hot and fharpe in tafte, heating and burning the mouth and throate of any that ihall tafte them: it keepeth the 
greene leaves all che Winter, and doth not fhed them. 
2. Chamsdaphnoides Jive Laureola Cretica. Candie Laurell. 
From a crooked fmall white roote, rife up three or foure crooked and bending blackiih ftalkes, thicke fee 
with leaves without order, covering them allmoft wholly, which are long and fmall towards the bottomes,and 
grow broader to the ends,being thicke and hard,greene above,and grayifh below, fading very hot, and burning 
both mouth and throate very notably; what flowers or fruit it beareth, hath not beene feene, but referred unto 
this Laurell for the forme and propertie, and groweth very low. 
The Place', 
The firft groweth wild in many places of this realme, as well as beyond thefeas, and being brought into 
gardens will there abide, and fiourifh diffidently well, the other was lent out of Candie to Trover Alpmus } yihi 
hath given this remembrance of it. 
Tke Time, 
- -i j tlC very early in the yearc,even in Ianuary or Fcbruary,and fometimes before, if the Winter be 
nulde, the berries are ripe about June; the other hath not floured, as is before faid. 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke HaQtmHea Lauri foliorum fimilitudine, and the Latines accordingly, LaureoU ipuafi pufil- 
la Lamm. Some doe appoint two kinds of Lmtreola , mas & fsmina, fome accounting this to be mas, and Cha- 
. Germanica to be fsmina, others this to be famina and Chams.Ua to be mas ; fo variable are divers in their 
opinions :Matthwlus taketh this to be Chamqdaphne oiDiofcorides ,and the ChamaUa to be Daphnoidesjom in both 
1. Laureola Fionas. 
Lawrell in flower. 
2. Laureola cum baecis, 
Laurell with berries. 
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