Tkeatrum Botanicum, 
T r i b e 9. 
5 . E rittacea H ijpanica ' lufij. 
Cbfiushu spanijb Hedgehog tliorne. 
6. Echinopoda [ratex Creticut. 
The Hedgehog Thorne ot Candy, 
7 . Efhinus Creticui. 
The fmall round Hcdgel* § Thorne of Candy. 
feme few fro ill [caves to bee fcene upon *c in fund y 
places,but they prickly witner and fall away, leaving 
tbebmh wfthout a kale thereon all thejyeareafter, 
which by the round forme of the branches with the 
thorne, flicking forth.doth repr/fent a Hedgehog fo fitly 
that the inhabitants thereupon have termed it trize, 
that is, ail Hedgehog, the roote fpreadeth many long 
filings and fibres on them under ground. 
^ 6 Schmotooda frvtcx C.reticus» 
The Hedgehog Thorne of Candy. 
This other fmall Thornie bufn groweth up with ma¬ 
ny thornv grecne fpriggesand branches let clofe toge¬ 
ther,having alwayes three prickes or thornes growing 
together at every place,and is kldomefeene likewileto 
have any leaves thereon betake they fall away 10 quo k- 
]y. (Alton* faith it never beareth any) the flowers 
hereof groweth at the toppes of the branches in great 
plentie (but Abinus denyerh tt and taith it beareth but 
very fewlare vdt nv but like the other in forme, ■ berof 
the Bees never doe talk. Handing in wh.tifh scene 
busker, a little hoary all over, and al ter wards fmall pods 
with very fmall feede Jn them; this is very tender to 
keepe, not enduring any cold place kmmet or V, inter. 
7 Echinw Cret CfiS ‘ 
The fmall round Hedgehog ThO'ne of Candy. 
This Thorne (faith Alpine) doth better refemble a 
Tra^c.,ntha then the former Bduntftda as 
iff to would have if. for this round fomed thorne 1 
not much bigger then a hand Vrchin or H edghog, fcar.t 
tiling above two or three fingers from the e.rth, ut 
Wading the Hacke branches, halfe way within the 
PVGUiid, ven thicke fer together, and (hootingout fmall 
routes at the j ,ynts as they fpread.ali whtchend in fmall 
<hort white and broad (ha sp thornes thwarting one ano¬ 
ther thereby forming as it were erodes or ftarres,not ha¬ 
ving anv leaves at all upon them, but innumerable lm.ll 
flowers like nnp Hyacinths for their forme, but much 
fmcileri after which fucceede fmalllong pods like unto 
thofc of the other Tr.igactmth : it groweth round ana 
fpreadeth not further out ^of that forme ; the Can iot» 
call it Cabfckirrida. The Pitta. 
The firft as Cbjius faith groweth on the hills neare the kingdome t%te!bouti 
Rauwtlfvts found about Altfft in Syria : the thud C/«/«roun inte „ SeUomni faith groweth in 
fmall towne called Sieiettgu.u molt plentifully, which is in the way to Maanu.tm tan 
Candy, and Htmorins Belltts faith in all gratia like wife bolides. cr 
Thi 
