Brya, bryæ. Plinius. A little bushe or heath whereof they make brushes: it is called also Myrice.
Bryon, Pl. Bryon Thalalassion, vel muscus marinus, is of two sortes, the one hath small leaues like hayres, as Diose sayeth: the other hath leaues like lettise, and is called in Englishe Slanke. Bryon, or as some wryte it Bryton, is also Lupus salictarius, hoppes.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
bra, ae, f., = brua/, a shrub, also called myrice and tamarice, Plin. 13, 21, 37, 116; 24, 9, 42, 69.