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Show 4 88 Cuar.i6. Theatrum Botanicum. Trip re, branches, ofa fingers thickeneffe, whereonare fet narrow tong leaves, fomewhatlike unto the Sea Spurge, or rather the marfh Spurge, or great E/#/2, having — yellow flowers and feedes, butlike the other former forts: the rootes are not fo great and longas {ome of the former, yet fufficiently comprehending inthe ground,to fa. ftaine the whole plant,which Lobe/compareth toa Myrtle tree,for the bigneffe and fafhion of growing but not to the leaves. . : 11, Tithymalus latifolins Hifpanicus, Broad leafed Spanifh Spurge. _ This broad leafed Spurge{pringeth up fometimes, but with one ftalke, halfe ayard high or more, and not branched, and fometimes with more, and {preading forth many branches, from the bottome upto the toppe: the leaves that {tand on them,are large and long, ofa freth greene colour round pointed, fomewhatthickeor fat in handling: andlike tothe younger leaves of Woade, the flowersare ofa purplith yellow colour,like in formeuntothe others of white. this kinde, and ftanding in cuppes after the fame manner: theroote is great thicke and t2, Tithymalus paluftrisfive E/ula major Germanica, Great Marth Spurge. This great Spurge (whichis ufually called E/ula major, to diftinguith it from other Spurges) rifethup with many great round reddifh ftalkes, whereon are fomewhat thicke fet, many long and fomewhat broad leaves, neither fo broad or long asthofe of wood Spurge, elfe fomewhat alike : the tops of the ftalkes greene are fur- nifbed, with fewer and {maller yellow flowers, than fo great a plant, would beare fhew to have : fome flowers breakeforth alfo below the toppes, at the under joynts, {tanding upon their ftalkes, three or foure together at the moft: afterwardscome {mallround feedelike unto the others, the rooteis of a blackith colour onthe out- fide, and white within,great thicke and {preading diverfe wayes, the barke whereofisthicker and more flefhy thanin any ofthe reft, andendureththe extremities of the winter, although the branchesfor the moft part perifh every autumne, and rife a newevery {pring. 13. Tithymalus Heliofcopins, Sunneturning Spurge or Wartwort. The SunneSpurge or Sunneturning Spurge,hath for the moft part but one reddith ftalke,halfe a yard high, bare ofleaves at the bottomealmoft half way upwards,and then {preadinginto twoor three grow fparfedly, diverfe yellowith greene leaves, {maller at the bottome, and broader {mall branches,whereon unto Purflane leaves ; the fowers are yellowlike untothe reft, ftanding in hollow at the ends, fomewhatlike the ftalke running through them,asisto be feene in moft of the others: the whole cups of two leaves a peece, toppe or head of flowers is fayd to turne with the fanne, whereofit tooke the name, the feede is {mall but round and like the refts the roote is {mall and threddy,perifhing every yeere alter feede time, and rifing againe ofit owne fowing. : 14, Efwla dulcis Tragi. Sweete Spurge, This fweete Spurge rifeth up,but with one brownifh ftalke for the moft part,not abovea foote high,wheréon tow not very many leaves, yet without order, which are fomewhat long der to the middle,yet not fharpe but round pointed, and ofa pale greene and narrow at the bottome, and broa« colour, giving milke when they are broken, but not tharpe orhot, like all the ref: 41, Tithymalus latifolius Hifpanicus the toppe of the ftalke is furnithed with many Broadleafed SpanithSpurge, flowers, fomewhat large, in {ome places yellow, and in others reddifh, which after give yellow feede, fmaller than the lat: the roote is greater than it, whofe milke is fweete like the leaves, and not hot or {harpe, and abideth not but peritheth after feede time, i t The Place: The firft growethi moft ufually in woods, as 32. Efula major Germanica. Great Marth Spurge. /¥ TRIBE.2. The Theater ofPlants, CuHar.16i 33: Tithymalus Heliofcopina, as well in our Land asin Germany, Hungary and other places, Sunte Spurge, The fecond at Adompelier and other places in France, as allo inthe Kingdome of Valentia in Spainesas Clafius faith. The third groweth likewife in Spaine.and France, as alfo in Germany and in Switzerland, The fourth Lobel and Pena fay, groweth no where, butin the Country, of Narbone or Languedacke, yet Clufrs faith he found. it in the kingdome of Valentiain Spaine, Thefift isfayd by Lobel.to grow in Narbone, and Provence, and not to be feene any whereelfe but in gardens, The fixt Co/emmafaith he found on rhe hils LUprenfesin Naples, The feventh groweth as Camerarins faith, on certainehily in Jea/y, but in thefe parts, chiefely in the gardensof the curious. The eighth wasfent out ofItaly, The.ninth groweth inthe dry fandy grounds, nigh upto Lyons. by the river Rhodanus, The tenth is found onely in the hot Countries of Spaine, Italy, and. Narbove. in France, and is kept with greatcare and regard from thefrolts ofour. cold winters. The eleventh was found by C/afxsin Spaine, The. cwelfth growethin many places of Germany, and as Lobel faithin his obfervations,in a wood belonging to Mt, John Coltes nighunto Bath very plentifally. The thirteenth gtoweth wilde withius in many and diverfe places,as well as.in other Countries, The laft groweth as Tragss faith, in the moyft groundsupon fomeofthe Alpes in Switzerland, and Rexa and Lobel fay inthe. gardens of the Low Countries, with them thatare loversofplants, The Time, All thefe fower in the Summer months ofune and Inly, fomeearlyer or later than others, and their. feede is ripe fooneafter ; the firft Myrtle leafed Spurge is obferved by Camerarius to abide the winter better, than fome other. that comefromhot Countries, The Names. The firiscalled in. Greeke n4/20.3- gecynias & Tithy~ milus Characias allo in /Latine, that isto fay Vallaris, becanfe itufually growethin the low moyht places of the woods, or inttenches that havé beéne thade to drayné the water, and isthe fir{t Tithymalus Characias of Dodozews,and with Lobel Tithymalus Characias Amigdaloiet; we callitin Englith Wood Tithymall,or woodSptirge,becanfeit is more ufually found in woods,than any where elfe. The fecondis called by Lobel and Pena Tithymalus (haratias Monfh.& Characias fitnply by Atatthi. Lacniza, Lonicerus, Lugdunenfisand Tabermontannsby Clufins T ahymalus Characias legitimizscalled alfo mas & youstric ab ampla c»patula coma & Amygddloides 4foliornmsforma,by Dodoneus Tuhymalus Characias alter.the third, Clufins waketh co be another fort of this fecond kind, but differing’ in the {mothneffe and woollinefle of the leaves. The fourth is called by Lobel Tithymalus ferratus MoMpclienfinm, whichis thefift Characias by D odonans, and by Clufixs called T;ithymalus Myrtites Valentinas, for he faith the true Myrtites of Djofcorides is neither knowne in norin France, The fitt Lobe/ in his obfervationscalleth ALyr/fnites altera, yet faith it better agreeth with haracias or Wood Spurge, then Mirtle Spurge:itis the fourth Characias of Dadoneus, who faith they doea- that callit ALyrfaitess Clafins callethit Tithymalus Characias tertins Auftriachs: ivisthe thicd J4prfnites folins of Labermontanns, and by Bavbinus Tathymalus Characias ancuftifolins; The fixt Fabius Colsmink eth Tithymalus lunato flore, frorn the likenefle ofthe flowers; and Bauhinas thereupon calleth it, Tithymalus aticuslanato flore, taking it to bethe Dendyoides of Cordus upon Diefcorides and the Péatophyllos of Angus]. ara, but with no reafon that Iknow, fot it anfwereth unto neitheras you may perceive by the defeription. The feventhis called feminu by Diofcorides, and Myrfinites by Matrhiolus, Ge(nersCamerarius;Dodoneus, Lobef and others, The eighth Raabinws calleth Tithymalas inoanus hir(utas, and thinkéch it may bethe plant, that (a mererits caleth Pityx/a Anglica, becanfe Doktor Peenye fent ivhim; but becaufe it hathleaves folike unto thie f t Spurge with Mirtles leaves, 1 have joyned itnext thereunto; The ninthis called by Dalechampius Téthy. masus verrncofus,and by Bauhinks in his Pivax, Tithymalus Myrfinives frutla verracofo, and faith Guilandinns was wont to call ic -~/ypinm, The tenthis called Tithymalus Dendroidesby Matthiolus, Gelner,(amerarixs and others. Lobefcailethit in his Adverfaria and Obfervations, Dendroides five arboreus Atyrtifolius; Myrthei peciei van afolizsfed a frarice,which as it feemeth made Dodonensto accountit”a kind of Oharacias, and fet it for his thitd ofthat kinde: The Eleventhiscalled Platophyllos of Clafius, who judgeth it tobe the right or true Pjare- piyllos of Diofcorides, and fo all others fince him, becaufe thete is not any ofthefe Spurges, found to have fo great andlarge leaves.as this hath; although Peaaand Lobelrooke the Characias Monfpelenfumzobe Platophylios which afterwards changing their minds, they acknowledged this of O/«fws to be the-ntiatt probable. ‘The twelft is called Efida major,and E/ula major Germamca, by Tragus, Dodonaus, Lobel,and Laghwnenjis;andiby Bauhinns in his Pings Tithymalus paluftris fruticofus. The thirteenthis generally by all writers, taken tobe the true Helio. ‘that is Solifeqnus of Diofcorides,and by Brunfelfusand Tragus called fila valgars. The laft is called by #s Efula dulcis for the reafons fhewédin the defcription, whom diverfe others fince have followed: Tragus. Ife faith that many would referre itto AMiligria of Plinie, but this may bee plainely feene to bea kinde of all. Camerariusin his hortus medics, nameth a kinde Tithyraalus arvenfis annuus, which hee faithis like herennto, |