84 Chaf.48. 
Tbeatrum c Botanicum. 
T R IBS 14. 
The Names. . 
ti , r r n _ m . f ; s taken f rom yliaZ °r >?.»;?, which is mflke, and the latmcs follow the Grccke name 
Cll«' G -nd not as lome thinke a alamo colony the Latine derivation cannot fuite with the Greeke word. PI,ay 
ilith 'iciscallcd alio yAaww.becaufc it reftoreth the decayed milke in Nourles breafts. Cordut on Tt^condes, and 
cJjori.* in horto ,mention the fiift, which Sauhinu, calleth Claux lauore f.hoThurmg.aca, Tbefecond,®^- 
vsw L„l,cl,C’Mn'rariui.Tabcrmontamtt 3nd LugdnKcujis fpcake of,and call it Glaux extgua mantma. The lall is 
mentioned by Alp,urn in hi. Bcoke of plants, by the:name of Glaux » mennmee, bmM^kam would 
referre it to Clufou his ®o 7 cfa.i» r<m^rr, as if they were both one plant,and of the Family of the Trefoiles,or 
Lotus \ et furclyhowfoever they be in fome things alike, they are moft likely to bee different plants, and 
therefore I have placed it here,being of Alpintu his judgement, that it doth comeasnecrelyifnot more, unto 
Diofcoridcj his GUkx then any others. 
The Vertuet. 
It wasufed to be eaten after it was boiled as a Sallet herbe.with oyle and falt.in general! by all, but in efpeciall 
by Nourles that wanted milke in their brelts, to hclpe to cncreafe it, for which purpofe alfo it 1. ufed now a- 
dayes. 
Chap. X L V III. 
Kali. Glaffe Wort. 
1 Av i nR by I kmw not what chance left out fome forts of Kali from the other formerly exhibited, 
1 "let me place them here among the Sea plants, rather then leave them cut altogether, 
1, ~Kali Hinofum. Prickly Glaffe wort. 
This fort of Kali or Glaffe wort rifeth up with one hard ft alke, three or foure focte long.fome- 
‘ -imes branched from the very bottome, each of them three foote long for the moft part, whereon 
1 are fet narrow leaves,without order ,in fome places but one at a joynt.at others two or three, (lan¬ 
ding oppofite all along, and others two or three together,fome longer then others,the longed being ufually about 
. l(alifpiVoftta. Prickly Glaflewort. 
two inches Jong* at icvcrall joynts with the leaves, 
both on the (calk 8c branches come forth certain hard 
husltes. pointed out into fixe fharpe prickelyends, 
formed fomewhat like a Starre, with a Imall white 
flower in the middle, which abideth not long, that 
mi Idle part afterwards (welling fomewhat higher, 
hach a fmall pricke thereat, in which head lyeth one 
feede.almoPt like agraineof Wheate: the rootc is 
fpread into fome branches, and perifheth or withe- 
rcth at the firft approach of Winter with us, al¬ 
though it will abide in the forme as it grewagreac 
while after it is withered and dry, 
2 . Kaliftoniumreplnt Neapolitanum Column*. 
Column* his Neapolitan Glafle wort. 
This (mail creeping or fpreading Glaffe wort, 
fiiooteth forth lundry vveake branches, lying for the 
moll part upon the ground, and railing it fclleupbut 
a little, parted likewife into branches, fet confufcd- 
ly with fmall, thicke, round leaves,at the toppes of 
the feverallbranches whereof, Hand many fmall 
u hire (lowers cluttering together, made of five or 
fixe fmall pointed leaves a peece, after whom fuc- 
cecde fmall heads opening into five parts, each being 
pointed at theends, containing within much very 
fmall brownifh feede, the roote is compofed of ma¬ 
ny (mail long firings and fibres at them : the whole 
plant is very fait.and covered with a rough mcali- 
neffe, as many Sea plants are, which although in 
its natural 1 place,or ia the wannerclimatts.it wila- 
bide in Gardens, yet will it not doe fo in our Coun- 
rry. 
5. Kali longijjimie fo/iji <*£gyptiacnm. 
Thelonyeft leafed Kali or Glaffewort of Egypt. 
This Kal i, that as Alpinm faith is more proper to 
Egypt then to any other place, rifeth up with a long 
weakc and a little hairy bending fialke branched 
f orth into divers parts, having the lower leaves ve¬ 
ry long and narrow, a little bowing backs wards and 
hairy with alfthofe on the ftalke and branches, up¬ 
wards,being like unto the other, but fomewhat ftiorter, and at the toppes foure or five much fmaller, and more 
bowing or bending downewards.from the middle of whom come forth many flowers,like unto Rofes faith mine 
Authour: the whole plant hath a fait and fharpe tafte,being fmait upon the tongue, 
4. Kali 
