TrIB E 2 . 
The Theater of T lants. 
Chap.57, 
6 - Rubio minima hxatilis. 
The [mail rock c Madder. 
fmall grcenifh flowers for the moft part (landing toge¬ 
ther upon a foote ffalke, each of them confining offoure 
leaves, withcertaine (mall threds in the middle, after 
which rife fmall heads fomewhat rough, which when 
they are thorough ripe and dry are more fharpe and prick¬ 
ly, divided into foure parts as arme; or wings on each 
fide of the head, the middle part alfo being prickely, 
wherein is conteined fmall yellow feede : it flowreth by 
j degrees, the lowed joynts firft, and the higher after- 
»wards. 
8 . Rnbiaargentea Cretica. Candy filver- 
leafed Madder. 
This fmall Madder is like the former fmall Madder, 
but that the leaves are longer and whiter, and the flowers 
yellow. 
The Tlacc, 
The firft groweth in Candye, and abideth well with 
ns: the fecond groweth upon the hils not farre from 
tJMompelicr-. the third in Germany in the fields neere tre 
bathes cf Luke, and by Cipfwick^allo : the fourthonthe 
1 hils in Switzerland, Sc about Strafbourg likewife: the fift 
groweth plentifully in many places of our owne land .- 
the fixt groweth alfo in diverfe places with us, and upon 
thechalkie hils neere Drayton , over againft the file of 
fright- the feaventh was found by Fahtu Columnus, on 
the ruinous moyft walls of Dioclefians bathes in Rome-, the 
laft in faridye as A/pinus faith. 
The Time. 
They all flower in the Sommer Moneths, and give their feede (hortly after. 
The Names. 
AH thefe fmall Iff adders have their denominations in their titles, as they are called by C lupus, Banhinw and o- 
thers that have mentioned them : onely the fift I take to be the Myagrum alterum minus Dalechampii of Lugdu- 
nenfis- and thefeaventh is called by Fabius Columnx, Cruciatanova Romana minimamuralis, and peradventure is 
the fame that Cefalpinus calleth Cruciata minima in maritime,which Baukinus hath altered,and called Rubia echi- 
nata [dxatHis. 
The Venues. 
Thefe fmall Madders, as by their tafie and temperature may be gathered, are of the fame property with the 
' greater kindes, but are leffe cffeftuall in every refpeft. 
Chap. LVII. 
Pfyllium. Fleawort. 
He ancient writers have delivered us, but one fort of Fleawort, but there hath beenc in later times, 
fotnc others knowne, which fhall be here fet forth together. 
1. Pfyllium vulgare. The ordinary Fleavvorr. 
The ordinary Fleawort rifeth up withaflalke two foote high or more,full of joynts and branches, 
on every fide up to the toppe, and at every jovnt two fmall long and narrow whitifh grecne 
leaves, fome what hayrie : atthe toppesof every branch (land diverfe fmall fhort, fcalie, or chatfic heads, out 
of which come forth fmall whitifh yellow threds,fuch as the Plantaine heads doe give, which are the bloomings 
or flowers: the feede enclofed in thofe heads is fmall, and fhining while it isfrefh, very like unto fleas, both for 
ilcolour and bignelte, but turning blacke when it groweth old : tlie roote is not long, but white hard and wood- 
,:die, perifhing every yeare, and raylingit felfeagaineofit owne feede, for diverfe yearesif it be differed to fhed: 
:the whole plant is fomewhat whitifh, and hayrie duelling fomewhat refinous or like Roden. 
a. 1 'fyHiummajwfemper virens. The greater ever greene Fleawort. 
if This Fleawort differeth not from the former in the manner of growing, bntonely thathis ftalke andbran- 
!| c hes, being fomewhat greater doe a little more bow downe to the ground; the leaves are fomewhat larger, the 
1 heads fomewhat lefler, the feede alike ; and the roote and leaves abide all the winter, and periflh not as the 
.iformer. 
5. Tfytlium Indicumfohis crenatis. Indian Fleawort with dented leaves. 
r._ Indian Fleawort hath a wooddy reddifh rough (lalke, next to the ground, about a foote high, fpreading forth 
t into diverfe branches; the leaves that (land at the joynts thereof are fomewhat long, narrow pointed at the end, 
and notched, or rather fomewhat rorne on the edges, and hayrie alfo like the former; the toppes of the branches 
a are more flored with heads than the former, but of the fame bigneffe and fafhion, with flowers and feede fhiniiw 
like the other. . * 1 * 3 4 
4. Pfymum minus. Small Fleawort. 
“,.The fmall Fleawort hath fmall round reddifh branches, leaning downe to the ground,not above a handbreadth 
• high, fpreading into more branches, as having three orfoure at a joynt, and two leaves Handing at every of 
:hem, one againft another as in the former, but very fhort and narrow: the fmall heads that Hand at the tups 
- jf tne ftalkes, hive two fmall long leaves, and fometimes more, fet under every of them, one longer thenano- 
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