rare. Also 7 erron. spartus. [L.] = SPART1.
1555. Eden, Decades, I. II. (Arb.), 69. Certayne long and toughe rotes much lyke vnto the shrubbe called Spartum.
1654. R. Codrington, trans. Iustine, XLIV. 514. There is also abundance of Flax and Spartus.
1673. Ray, Journ. Low C., 458. Round thin baskets made of Spartum like frails.
