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Mong thefe plants which are called Clematia'e:,thel'e be alfo to be numbreda 35 _h‘"_J;gg certaine aﬂinitie becaufe of the l"preading.branching,and femblance of the Vlﬂeat hat this is called Flmmula mrem,by reafon of his ﬁery and burning heatesbecau ‘Bic

being laid vpon the skin,it burneth the place,and maketh an elchar, euen as ourcommoncau P .‘ or corroﬁue medicines do. The leaueshe-reo.*”aril‘wer both in colour and fmoothneffeg 7/‘"5"’ - ' mm, or Peruinkle, growing vpon long clamhting tender branches, like the other killdes 9fcvmo bing plants.The Hours are very white.=llar-fa{l-ion,and of an exceeding fweet fme1l,mUCh_hkc. t the fmell of Hawthorne ﬂoures, but more pleafant, and lelfe offenﬁue to the head :hau_1Dg 1‘; far middle of the Homes certaine {mall chiues or threds. The root is tender, and difperfeth 1‘ ,9 g ‘I ”

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not vnlike to thole oFLicorice5{'om whi°h fifeth vp a llraight vpright ﬂalkepfthc he-lgh‘ or foure cubits, fet about with winged leaues,compofed ofdiuers ftnal1leaues,f rib,as are thofe of the afhe tre,or Valcrian,but fewer in numbenat the top of the Peal C . lfcorne fmallwhite ﬁoures,very like the recedent,butnot of loplealant a {weer lmellsafmwhlc the feeds, flat and fharpe pointed? ’ " ’ 3 Thcrc

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::c?c“;1el°d_fi0m feed,that hath been lent me froma curious and learned citifen of Strawsborough, W er _15 like vnto the other in each refpeét, fauing that, that the floures hereof are very double, ein conlilieth the efpeciall difference. V bane“ mongit the kindes of climbing or clambering plants, Cmlm Clzlﬁza, and like»vi(e_LoM in Cm_“[‘l\hred thefe two, which approch necre vnto them in leaues and ﬂoures, but are far d iflfgrent t eirkhlﬂg tendrels,or climbing otherwife, being low and bafe Plants in refpeet or the Others of andth."‘de- The ﬁrft hath for his roots a bundle of tough tangling tlireddcs, [[3 W/rtlmberinﬁnite, quay icke thrult together; from which rife vp many fmall ltalkes , of a hrownilh colour, foure Y cOe,and ofa wooddy {uh ﬁance :whereupon do grow long leaues, of a biting talle, let together Oftheugles, in fhape like thofeof cAjElepia:,or ﬁlken Swallow-wort._ The floures grow atthe top inthe alkes, of a faire blew or sky colour, conﬁlting of foure parts in m€_mfI€’r ofa crofle _ hauing yeuo middle a bunched pointell, like vnto the head of ﬁeld Poppie when it is youngaflfég Whitilh is ‘W °°l°“1'.hauing little or no fmell at all. The ﬂoures being pail, then commeth the l€e_d:fLlCi1 and r °h¢ {acne in the other kindes of Clematir. The whole plant dieth at the aoproch of S/Vinter, °°0uereth it felfe againe from the root,which endureth,whereby it greatly incieafeth.

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