Of woody Mustarde.

| | | |---|---| | 1 Thlaspi fruticosum. Woody Mustarde. | 2 Thlaspi fruticosum minus. Small wooddy Mustarde. |

The description.

1 Woodie mustarde hath long narrow greene leaues, declining to whitenesse, like those of the Stock-gillofre, but smaller, very well resembling the leaues of Rosemarie; rough stalkes very tough and pliant, being of the substance of woode: the flowers growe at the top white of colour, in fashion of the great Clauer or fielde Trefoile: the seedes do followe in taste sharpe and biting: the huskes or seede vessels flat, spade fashion, like the other kinds of Thlaspi. 2 Small wooddie mustarde groweth to the height of two cubites, with many stalkes set with small narrowe leaues, like those of Hyffope; and at the top growe flowers like those of Treacle mustard, or Thlaspi. The whole plant groweth as a shrub or hedge bush. 3 Thornie mustarde groweth vp to the height of fower cubites, of a wooddy substance like vnto a hedge bush or wilde shrub, with stalkes beset with leaues, flowers, and seedes, like the last before mentioned, agreeing in all points sauing in the cruell pricking sharpe thornes wherwith this plant is armed, the other not. The roote is tough, wooddie, and some stringes or fibres annexed thereto. 4 There is another sort of Thornie Mustard growing in shadowie and obscure mountaines, and rough stonie places, resembling the last described; sauing that, that this plant hath little or no biting tast at all, wherein consisteth the difference. 3 Thlaspi spinosum. Thornie Mustarde.

The place.

These plants do growe vpon the Alpish and Pyrene mountaines, in Piedmont, and in Italie in stonie and rockie groundes.

The time.

They flower when the other kindes of Thlaspi do, that is, from May to the end of August.

The names.

I finde nothing more saide of their names, either of the auncient or later writers, then is set downe in their seuerall tytles.

The vertues.

Likewise I finde nothing extant of their natures or vertues, but are referred to the kindes of Thlaspios, whereof no doubt they are of kinred and affinitie.