Description.
THe common Rest-Harrow riseth up with divers rough woody twigs, half a yard, or a yard high, set at the Joynes with∣out order, with little roundish Leavs somtimes more than two or three at a place, of a dark green colour, without thorns while they are yong, but afterwards armed in sundry places with short and sharp Thorns. The Flowers come forth at the tops of the twigs and Bran∣ches whereof it is ful, fashioned like Peas, or Broom Blossoms, but lesser, flatter, and som∣what closer, of a faint purplish colour; after which come smal Pods, containing smal, flat, and round Seed: The Root is blackish on the outside and whitish within, very tough and hard to break when it is fresh and green, and as hard as an Horn when it is dried, thrusting down deep into the ground, and spreading like∣wise, every piece being apt to grow again if it be left in the ground.