Tribe 5. The Theater of "'Plants* Chap. 4^561 
which is the Idler Vva marina, or Sea Grape, by the name of Androface, as it is declared before in the Chapter 
ofPolyfona baccifira , Berry bearing Knotgraffes, Anguillara accounteth the Cufcntato be the Androface of 
Diofcorides which is without leaves, according to thole copies that have it fo, and as Tragus before him doth, 
who faith that Antonin Mufa, and Ericius CWm were of the lame minde before him, which is not without 
fome probability, in that it carryeth no leaves but heads of flowers and feede, upon a number of fmall threds, 
1 but that this is not ofa Sea plant, as Diofcorides his Androfacesis, nor IS white as fome copies have it, or with 
v (lender rufhv (hikes, as other copies have, and therefore I thinke we may ealily conclude, that Cafcuta is not 
I ‘Diofcorides his Andro faces ,but the Vva marina Sea Grape,may be thought & is by many,to come necrer therunro, 
fj and I fhould with BeUonius thinke fo alfo of it, if it were an berbe.andnot afhrubbe, and if it had white and 
0 (lender(talkes, as it hath wooddy, and diming, bearing red berries, which it is . likely Diofcorides Would not 
1 have omitted, it he had meant that plant, and for that firftSea plant of Matthialw, for any^ tiling we can per-, 
, ceive. it is but an excrelcence of the Sea, not bearing any heads withfeede, but fmall round Navell-like leaves, 
si and therefore at oMompclier ,cMtt& Vmbilicm marinia, which grow hard and white, being out of the water, 
•| although tender underneath it, as Corall,Coralline, and fome other Sea plants doe, whereof you fliall heart 
1 more in the proper place, which is ofSea plants, the other sAndroface that Matthiolu , fettech forth and calletlr 
A altera was fent him as he faith, hy Cortufm, for Androface , which although It agree not unto that of Diofcorides, 
y yet all other writers fmee, have fo called it, but both Clufvu and LobeI deny it to be any Sea plant however (for. 
« tufas faith, it came from the places, neare the Sea in Syria. The firft here defcribed is generally called Androfa , 
3 cos altera Mattbioli, who as jt fhould feeme, held the reading of Diofcorides his text, to be tenues ffargens jmcos 
cum folds, fpreading fmall rufh like ftalkcs with leaves, for fo hath this plant, and as I faid before is referred 
0 to the kindcs of A/fine, Chickweede; but for the reafons before alcdged, X doe as ye fee diftinguifh them, but 
t Baubinm calleth it Alfine affini, Andrcfaces dilia major. The fccond is called by Baubimi m his Pinax and Pro. 
A drormis-A/fme affntis Androface dilia mmor. A a d the laftis called alfo by him, in the places beforenamed, Alfine. 
0 verna Androftces capitulis. I have called it in Englifh, (not Amply Navel-wort, for I fee no reafon why fuch a 
J name fhould be given it) as others doe, but Matthiolus his Androface, or Navel-wort, as a dilhnflion be- 
1 tweene it and the Cotyledon altera, called alfo Navel-wort. 
The Virtues. 
This Navel-wort, being fomewhat (Faroe hi tafte, is accounted hot and dry in the fecond degree, and doth 
both elenfe old fores and ulcers, and ftayeth thofe that are corroding or fretting from their malignity, and after- 
1 wards dryeth up the fuperfluous humidity, which hindertfth their healing,and clenfeth alfo theskinne out ward - 
[ ly from roughneffe, Sunburning or the like difcolouring, the juice clarified and dropt into the eyes, clenfeth 
them from thofe filmes or 6kinnes, that by growing over the fight, caufe blindeneffe. 
Chap. XLIII. 
Sagina Spergula. Francking Spurty or Spurrewort. 
:fe plants alfo as the former, I might as others doe, referre unto the kindes of Chickeweedes, but 
eir qualities being not alike, nor the forme of them, but very little conformable, I muft likewife 
|8r for this worke disjoyne them, howfoever for another they may be joyned. 
1, Sagina Spergnlamajor. The greater Franck Spurry,or Francking Spurrewort. 
The greater Spurry or Spurrewort, fendeth forth divers fmall round and upright ftalkcs, fearfe 
halfe a foote high, whereon at feverall diftances or joynts, grow many fmall and narrow leaves, fet together 
in the manner of aftarre, or the rowell of a fpurre, whereupon came the name, theflowers are many, fmall, 
and white, (landing at the toppes of the ftalkes, which turne into fmall round heads, containing therein blackd 
feede,the roote is fmall and threddy, perilhing every yeare after feede time. 
2. Safna Spergalxminor. Theleffer or Sea Spurry. 
This Sea Spurry is not much differing from the former, but that it hath not fo many long and narrow leaves 
fet together at the joynts of the ftalkes, which doe not rife fully fo high, and doe fomewhat more leanedowne- 
wards to the ground, which together with the leaves are more white, and of a faltifh or brackifh tafte, if it 
grow neere the Sea fide, as mod Sea plants are, otherwife nothing fo hoary white,or brackifh at all,thc flowers 
likewife are fewer, but of a white colour, and the leede blacke like the other, the roote is likewife, fmall,long 
and fomewhat hard, with fmall fibres thereat. 
0. Sagina Spergula minima. The leaft Franck Spurry. 
The fmallefl Spurry hath likewife divers weake ftalkes,but fomewhat bowing downe to the ground,feldome 
above an handbredth high, full of joynts, and at every of them, two fmall (hort leaves, compafling them at 
the bottome, from betweene the ftalkes and the leaves com? forth other fmall leaves without number, towards 
the toppes of the ftalkes from the laid joynts come forth the flowers, every one upon a fmall footeftalke, which 
are of a pale blew colour, and fometimes more blew, or tending to a purple, after which come fuch like round 
heads with blacke feedes in them, as are in the former, the roote is fmall and long, withfomo fibres, or threds 
at it. 
4. Ajleriatfive Stellaria MonfpeUexjiam. French Spurry,or Spurrewort. 
The French Spurry, is likewife not much differing from the laft fort, but that the fmall fhort and narrow 
leaves, that (land at the joynts ofthe fmall low ftalkes, are all of an equall length, and being differ and harder 
ftand ftraight outright in an equall diftance, one from another like aftarre, the flowers hereof are fmall, having 
five narrow pointed leaves laid open abroad like a ftarre alfo, but ofa reddifh colour, fo that whether you re- 
fpedf the leaves or the flower.they both refemble aftarre, and from thence tooke the name, and yet vve know 
there are many other herbes fo called,muchdiffering one from another. 
The Place . 
Thefedoe all grow in dry Tandy grounds, as well among the Come in divers Countries, as in unfilled and 
(hadowy 
