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Ihofe of the lall defcribed, and a little hairie : the leaues are large and mundi{h,ending ill 3

D The rel’: of the Bindweeds are not fit for medicine,but vnprofitable weeds,and hurtfull vnro €35!’

thing that groweth next vnto them.

1» The d efciiption which our Author intended in the firfl place for Volicbilris nigngand took: out of the 274.p;ig¢ ofthe _,4dugy/uiabut fo confufedly and imPtffi-.

=;::3:l;lticc'::ii:indcd,I haue omitted an impettincnt,and made his later,though alfo imperfca dcfcriptionmsmcwhat more tomplcat and as“

C H A P. 313. Offilew flinr/weed.

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Lew Bindweed bringeth forth long, tender, and winding branches,vby which it climelh vpon things that Ptand neere vnto it, and foldeth it felfe about them with many turning‘ and WindmgS.wrapping it felfe againfi the Sun,contrary to all other things whatfoeucfi that with their clafping tend rels doe embrace things that fiand neere vnto them . whereupon d°° grow broad cornered leaues very like vnto thofe of Ivie, fomething rough and heiiry, of an oner- worne ruflet greene colour : among which come forth mofl pleafant flouresbell fafhion, f0m‘h’”g cornered as are rhofe of the common Bindweed, of a molt {hining azure colour tending to purp 5‘ which being pail, there fucceed round knobbed feed velfels, wherein is contained long blackifl‘

feed of the bignefleof a Tare and likevnto thofe of the gteath d B‘ d d Th oi; it thtfi 1 dy,and perilheth at the firlt approach of Winter: C gt m wee ' em

I Cmtuolwrlw Carulazm.

, . ~ isle.‘ Blew Bjndepweed. El‘. 2 Canvolvnlxa earuleaufblza rout

Round leaued blew l3_indW€€,‘.l-

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_ 1: 2 There are alfo kept in our Gardens two other bl - ‘ Th one 3 W56 and great plant,the other a lelfer. The great fends vp man;viafiig)i';i.dd]ié?,?Jff,f‘§£ng breanchcsgggg point:the floures are as large as thole of the great Bind ._ d d - {h pk hem, but blew O_ c_olour,with fiue broad purplifh veincs equally diflantvhgeclli:;i]0rIiIi)th?1?farideti]efe floures colt;

. manly grow three neete together vpon three feuerall llalkes fome inch long, falififlefil F° 3 glke

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1 ’ . . . 5 Corlglalvulm cm-ru_em mmorfolza 06/ongo. mall blew Bind-weed. .

holds the floures, and afterwards becomes the feed veffell, is rough and hairiezthe feed is blacke,and of the bigneffe of a Tare: the root is llringie, and lalis no longer than to the perfefiing of the feed. I haue onelygiu uen the figure of the leafe and floure largely exprelt, becaufe for the root and mannetof growing it refetnbles the lat’: defcrined.

3 This fmall blew Bind weed fendeth forth diners long {lender creeping hairie branches,lying flat vpon the ground vnlefle there be fomething for it to reft vpon : the leaues be longifh and hairy,and out of their bofomes (almoli from the bottome to the

l tops of the {ialkes)come {mall foot~ll:alltes carrying beautifull floures of the bigneffe and lhape of the common final Bindweed, but commonly of three colours; that is, white in the very bottome, yellow in the middle, and a perfeét azure at the top ; and thefe twine themfelues vp,open and {hut in fine plaits like as molt other floures of this kinde doe. The feed is contained in round knaps or heads,and is blaclee and cornered : the root is fmall, and perilhes euery yeare. Baubinc was the lirfi that fer this forth, and that by the name of Cowolwlm peregrimu mmlew folio oélcmgo. ii: T

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a hf feed Ofthis rare plant was firlt brought from Syria and other remote places of the world,and

L . anger in theft: Northerne parts -, yet haue 1 brought vp and nourifhed it in my Garden iinto grbut the whole plant perifhed before it could perfeét his fecdo

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Th ' . . . flthe: fffd mull be fowne as Melons and Cucumoers are,ancl at the fame time: it floured with me n 9fAugult. '

It isc I qr The Names. _ _ 'vul,,,,, “ led Cdmpma L/i:,m'4,and Laizum :of the later Herbariiis Campamz Carulezgand alfo Catwal-

hath .:¢:¢l..».'um .- it is thought to be the Lzgufimm mgwm 5 Of Which Columella in his tenth booke mention ; W '

Fer calubi: violam, eh‘ fiigro crmzfla lzguflra Balfama cum Cq[’z‘a nefiens, c.

In Baskets bring thou Violets, and blew Bindweed wirhall, But mixed with pleafant Baulme,and C aflia medicinall.

l’ f _. ‘*1 I :he gmalier fmooth Withwinde, or Binclweed be Liguflmm, then may this be not vnpropepf-= L’§“fi"W nigrum .- for a blew purple colour is oftentimes called blacke,as hath beene fai_ Iackf’ Violet. But there be fome that would haue this Bindweed to be Gramm ml .,_1uz.. whlch he Writes in the go6 . chapter -, the which differeth from that Nil that is dfifcnbed

e and is 5‘ 2'‘°h3Pter. For this is I fzztés Gnecorum, or the Grecian Woad : but that is a firangfi P1301‘;

ranumrgllght fi'_°m India, as both Avicen and Serapia do teltifie :LJ’lJi6‘en in this manner : what is Where th '1? I‘ {5 Cflrtdmnm Imlum’ : and Senzpio thus 5 H4541 Nil, is Gnmum Indzcum, m 54]7.283.' 13:0 fa e fame is defctibed in thele words: [The plant hereof is like to the plant of Leblab, that: tanch}gOfC””'”"l"”‘lt“ 901' Bind weed,taking hold of trees with his tendcl’ fiallie 3 It hath both green flour; s and leaues, and there commeth out by euery leafe a purple Home, in fafhion of the Bell-

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