Tribe 3. TbeTheater ofTlants . C ha f. 17 37^ 
leafej but ending in a point, without dent or cut on tile edges, of a fad or full greenc colour, each (landing upon a 
thicke round ftalke, of an handbrcadth long or more; among which after they have beetle up two or three 
moneths and begin to wither, rifeth up a bare naked round whicifhigrecne ftalke,loir,ewhat fpotted and ftraked 
1 with purple, like the flalke of Dragons, fomewhat higher than the'ieaves; at the toppe whereof, ftandeth a Iona 
hollow hole or huske, dole at the bottome, butiopen from the middle upwards, ending in a point; in the imdcls 
r whereof ftandeth a fmall long peftlc or clapper, fmaller at the bottome than at the toppe, of a darke purl 
blifh colour as the hole or huske is on the inlide, though greene without,which aftersit hath lo abiden for fome 
time, the hole or huske decaieth, with the peftell or clapper, and the foote or bottome thereof groweth 
I to be a (mail long bunch of berries, greene at the firft, and each of them when they are ripe, of a yel- 
lowifn red colour, of the bignefl'e of an Hafell-niit kernell, which abide thereon almoft untill Winter: 
therooteis round and fomewhat long, not growing downe right, but for the molt part lying along the 
leaves (hooting forth at the bigger end, which when it beareth his berries is fomewhat wrinckled and loofe 
i another being growen under it, which is foiid and firme, with many fibres or fmall chreds hanging thereat* 
which in the beginning of the ycare, when the leaves beginne to fpring yeeldeth a milky lappe being broken or 
cut: the whole plant is of a very fharpe and biting tafte, pricking the tongue upon the rafting, no lefle than 
Netles doe the hands, and lo abideth for a great while without alteration; the roote with the fharpeneffe hath 
a very ftrange clamminefle in it, ftiffening linnen,or any other thing whereon itis laid, no lefle than (larch : and 
informer dayes, when the making of our ordinary ftarch (which is made of thebranneof wheate) was not 
knowen,or frequent in ufe, the fined dames ufed therootes hereof, to fiarch their lumen, which would fo 
ding, exafperate and choppe the skinne of their fervants hands that ufed it, that they could fcarfe get them 
fmooth and whole with all the nointing they could doe, before they diould life it againe, 
1. Arum vulgare macttlatum. Spotted wake Robin . 
This Arum is in all things like the former, but that the leaves hereof are fomewhat harder in handling, fmaller 
pointed and have fome blackifh foots thereon, like the fpotted Arfemart, which for the mod part abide in the 
Sommer longer greene then the former, and both leaves and rootes, are more fharpe and fierce then it. 
3, Arum magnumrotundiorefolio. Round leafed wake Robin, 
This kinde hath fomewhat larger leaves, then either of the former, and more round pointed, both at the end 
and at the bottome next to the dalke, having fome white veines appearing in the leaves, and abiding greene 
longer in the Sommer,even almoft untill Autumne,the hofe or huskc.with the pedell or clapper,are both of a pale 
whitifhyellow colour, in which things this differeth from the other and in nothing clfe : ‘Proper Alpintt r’fec- Alteram 
«tcch fort an other fort found at the bottome of fome of the A/pirte hills, whofe leaves and flowers differ little from rotunda, mb 
the fecond fort, but therooteis round like unto the rootes of the round rooted Culcass tine. 
4, Arum Byrtantimm. Wake Robin of Gonftantinople. 
This Arum otConJlanthople, hath a reafonable great thicke roote, of an hand breaddth long, or there abonts ’ 
havingmany fmall round hcades, breaking forth on all fides thereof, from whence come forth manyfrefli 
greene leaves, very like unto the two firft forts of Arum So me whereof will be fpotted with fmall blacke fpots 
others not having any at all; from among which rifeth up a ftalke, having (uch a like hole or hood.as the Arum 
hath, and a peftle therein which are of a purplifh colour in thofc that have fpotted leaves, and white in thofe 
1. a. ArumvutgMemacuatuia&Mlunicultlturh 4. Arum Bftantinum. 
Spotted and unfpotted Wake Robin. " ,. . Wake Robin of Cmffimimftt. 
