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Show Cuar.16. Theatrum Botanicum. Tribe 2, ofthe water,fecond isas I fayd before ufed at Venice, by the Phyfitions and Apothecaries inftead of E/xt (1 meanethe rootes ) in Beneditta Laxativa, purging pils and other medecines, becaufe it purgethforceably and with great Violence, as Pena ferteth it downe. The third is ufed in Candy,of the poorerfort asa ftrong purger, when they have occafion : but the laftis not mentioned by thofe authors thathave: written ofit, what forcible quality in purging it hath. ‘PRripe 2. The Theater ofPlantes. Cuar.16. re alwayes abide whitith, and are branched : the leaves alfo being almoft aslarge, are whiter and Nie ctaimed a kind of cotten or hairineff¢on them, which maketh them to be the eafilier knowne, by that difference : the flowersare of a paler yellow colour, notdiffering in feede or roote. 4+ Tithymalus Characias ferratus\Monjpelienfium. Dented W ood Sputge- : This wood Spurgerifeth up with many greenifh ftalkes,2 or 3 foote high,whereonare fet {mall long thick fat sreene leaves, {ome whatlike untotheleaves of the largelt Mirtle,bur more pointed at the ends and little dented Cuap, XVI. Tithymalus Characias, Wood Spurge. 72S thiskind of Spurge there arediverfe forts, which Ientitle Wood Spurge ‘as a difference tobee ¥ knownefrom others, althoughall of them doenotnaturally grow in woods, 1. Tithymalus Characias vulgaris, Englith woodSpurge. The Englith wood Spurge,hath diverfe tough woody brownith red branches, two foote high © ormore,bare or naked ofleaves, for a {pace next to the roote, and afterwardsfet up to the toppes, With many naftow andlong leaves, yet broader than thofe ofthe Sea Spurge, and nothing fo large as the next, fomewhat finoothinhandling, and without any dentes about the edges, turning reddifh More inthe formimer time : at the toppes of fomeofthe ftalkes, (for all of them doe feldomein the fpring, and flower at once, and are very thuch branched) ftand many yellow flowers, whofe under cups, that is thetwoalmoft round leaves compaffing the ftalke, are yellow likewife; after which come {mall round heads, almoft three {quare, ftanding upalittle higher in thofe cups; than the flowers did uponlittle ftalkes, are conteined fmall brownifh roundfeede, the rooteis long and fomewhat woody,every one byit felfe, wherein fpeading well under ground, butnotcreeping, : 2. Tithymalus Characias Monjpelienfium. Great French Wood Spurge. ; This kinde of Spurgeis fomewhat like unto the former, but groweth larger andbigger, having but one o¢ twoftalkes at one time ftanding upon the Troote, whichare reddifh, bare of leaves at the bottomes of them,on the ftalke that fowreth ftandeth harder and larger leayes than the former, which is divided at the toppe; into fandry {mall branches: whereon grow the flowers, ftandingin cuppesas the former doth, which are more ycle low in fome places, and moreblackith in others, the feede and rootes are correfpondent unto, the other, : ~ 3+ Tithymalus Characiasfolio lanuginofo, Hayrie or downie white wood Spurge, This white wood Spurge, hath ftalkes and leaves fomewhat like unto the laft, but that the ftalkes doe never I. 4. §.° Tithymalus Characias. Scrratus Monfp. Characéas anguffifolius. Wood Spurge. Great French woo Spurge. Narrowleafed Wood Spurge, 8. Tithymalus Myrfinites incanus: Hoatie Myrtle Spurge. SOETE, 2 VAQKY OiY79 25 about the edges,the {talks are branched very much at thetops,that beare yellow flowerslike unto the — but {inaller, whofe feede differeth not from them. The roote is white and very long,nothingfo hard or wooddy as the former, but as Pena faith having a more flefhy pith in the middle.and a morefoft fabftance withont, whofe barke doth fo neere refemble the Turbith of Alexandria, as no roote candoe more, §. Tithymsalus Characias anguftifolins, Narrow leafed Wood Spurge: : This fall Wood Spurge hath diverfe weake branches, that ftand not upright,butfer thicke with leaves es are white long and narrow, poe unto the firft wood Spurge, but nothing fo great; the flowers feede an iffer litt little.from the other.lunato flore Columne, , rootediffer "Tithymales Small wood Spurge with horned flowers. : “ This wood Spurge rifeth up tono great height, with hayrie {talkes, bareat the bottome, thické fet about the middle, with fomewhat hairie leaves {maller and fofter than the: lat, ofa blewifh greene colour, he fmaller ups wards: the flowers ftand in cuppesas the others doe,of a greenifh yellow colour, cee a oure tae peece, bowing outwards like unto an horne or halfe moone, joyning together at the oa . them, Migs be low threads in the middle : the feedeis like the other ; the rooteis very fmallin refpect of the plant,and blacke on the out fide. 7. Tithymalus Myrfinites, Mirtle Spurge, i sy : This Spurge hath divers whitith branches, leaning downeward,notftanding upright, ae are oonee thicke fet without order, many {mooth and whitifh greene leaves, fmallat the periee ce < ; mi fe endingina point fomewhat{mall and fharpe; fomewhat like for forme butnotfor hardne c oe a eaves: Knee holme,or Butchers Broome, the fowers are {mall and ycllowith, not fo many ftanding together asthe other, elfe alike, as the feede and rootesare. : 8. Yithymalus Myrfinites incanys, Hoary Mirtle Spurge. Chih. wh fe This white or hoary Sputge hath many upright reddith ftalkes, about afoote or more is » Wi eros fs et Without order, fich like leavesas the laft recited Mirtle Spurge, buta little larger, and of an a Me o colour and hayrie withall: the fowers are yellow {tandingat the toppes of the ftalkes like unto it, and the heads triangled bearing thelike feede : the rooteis {mall and differeth not much from the former. 9. Tithymalus verrucofzs Dalechampii, Wartlike Mirtle Spurge. ‘This Kinde ofSpurge hath {mall flenderftalkes, halfe a yard high, divided into branches, where- x0, Fithymalus arborens. Tree Spurges onare {ét without order, fmall broade whitith greeneleaves,like unto {mall Mirtle leaves: the flowers are {mall and yellowith, after which comeround heads, ftanding like. {mall wartes, whereofit tooke the name, wherein are fmaller feede, than any of the former s the roote is {mall and not long, with diyerfe {prayes running frond it. Ee 10, Tithymalus arboreus. Tree Spurge. ASN | —- CI [RSS BAN PCO IPS SA The ftemme ofthis tree {purge groweth up Nn & PINISSR 4 RES Cy 3 eS Bo QV YZ aN 4 \N NEY BS TAN GE i rei ay i S j yy a ‘ {\\ f Ze = right, as biggeas a mans thumbe, from the bottome, and being there bare without leaves for almoft halfea foote, then fhooteth forth diver{ 7, Tithymalus Myrfinites. Myrtle Spurge. (i pom 186 branchés, |