Of the Hiilorie of Plants. . is.

1[ The Dtfcriplion. T is a ilzrange thing vnto me,that the name of Smilax {hould be folargely extended,” that

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it fhould be aifigned to thofe plants that come nothing neere the nature,and fcarfly V9”

i any part of the forrne of Smilax indeed. But we will leaue controuerlies to the fury 5‘

con lideration of fuch as loue to dance in quag—mires,and come to this our common fmooth SWIM’

called and knowne by that name among vs,or rather more truly by the name of Canvolvulw W]””

or I/olzlhlllr major .- it beareth the long branches ofa Vine,but tenderer and for the length and great 3

fP‘€3diDg thereof it is very fit to make fhadows in arbors : the leaues are fmooth like Ivierbl“ ram‘

what bigger, and being broken are full of milke : amonglt which come forth great white an ho!‘ low Homes like bells. The feed is three cornered, growing in fmall huskes ‘couered with a thin“ skin. The root is l‘mall,white,and long, like the great Dogs gtalie. ~

2 Smilax lazuli: minor is much like vnto the former in iialkes,leaues, floures feed, and roots: fa‘ uing that in all refpeéts it is much fmaller,and creepeth "vpon the ground. The’branches are {man and (month: the little leaues tender and loft : the floures like vnto little bells of a purple C010“ ‘ the feed three cornered like vnto the others. ’

3 Canwlwllm minimmfiicafilimg Lauander leafed Binde-weed.

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4- C0.”'U01'U5t-lw drgmtem Althexfilio; Slluer leafed Binde-weed.

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3 This Bindweed Pemz faith he neuer faw but in the brinks o l ‘ _ ’ ' Its in Pro‘ Vince, Sauoy, and Natbone gnotwithflanding I found it growiigififie{:§,:§‘l;$§":bouc gr€3‘ Dunmow in E (Tex, in fuch abundance, that it doth much hurt vnto their come This kind ofBi1‘ .‘ weed or Volzlhilia is like vnto the {mall Bindweed before mentioned but it hat}; a finer flour€» Pm’ ted or folded in the compaffe ofa bell very orderly,efpecially beforle the Sun rife (for after it opens it felfe the welts are not fo much perceiued)and it is oila darke purple colour, the feed is not vnlike the T691, cornered and flat, growing out of {lender branches which {land vpright and rhickc fog“.

rher,proceeding out of a wooddy white root. The leaues are long and narrow, refembling L’”“m

both in Colour and hairinei’l'e,in talle drying,and fomewhat heating. Th,»

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:t 4 The fialkes and branches ofthislare

S Volrlhzlh nzgnz,

fome cubite long, (lender, weake and hairy, fo Blacke Bindweed.

that they lie vpon the ground, if they haue no- . - thing to fu lltaine themzvpon thefe without any .1,” order grow leaues, lhaped like thofe of Ivie,or

' the Marih Mallow,but leii‘e,and couered ouet

with a filuerlike downe or hairinel'l‘e,and dini-

ded fomewhat deepe on the edges, fometimes

alfo curled,and otherwhiles onely fnipt about.

The Home gtowes vpon along ltalke like as in

other plants of this kinde, and confifls of om;

folding leafe,like as thatof the lait mentioned,

and it is either of a whitifh purple, or els abfo-

lute purple colour:The I00! 15 {mall and cree-

ping. It growes in many placesof S paine, and

there floures in M arch and A ptill. Clufim calls

this Caxwolwlm Althae fl2lio,and faith that the

Portugals name it Vcm’e(z'/14, and commend it

as a thing molt effeétuall to heale wounds.Our

Author gaue the figure hereof (how fitly let:

the Reader iudge) by the name of Papmaer car-

nutum lutmm mz'm14,makingit a horned Poppy,‘

as you may fee in the former Edition, pig.

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T 5 This kind of Brndweed hath a tough

root full ofthreddy firings, from which rife vp

immediatly diuers trailing branches, whereon

grow leaues like the common field Bindweed,

or like thofe of Orach,of a black green colour,

whereof it tooke his name:the floures are final,

and like thole of Or-ach:the feed is black,three

he . fquare, like, but leife than that of Buck-wheat.‘ amo Wh°l¢ plant is not onely a hurtfull weed, but of an euill fmell alfo, and too frequently found ngll °°me.Dodomcua .calls this Comzalrzmlum mgrum : and H elxine ,Cz'jfampelo: : Tahernamontanmg

V 1 . 0 “M” mg"! {and Lahel,He.lxz'ne Czflhmpela: altera ultripliczk ejfzgim

The Place. ‘ anffg thefe kindes of Bindweeds do growqirery plentifully in VH0“ Pal“ °f Englandv 13 The third, urt excepted. i ‘V V : , Th _ . f V, -g q[,TheTime. , El’ ‘I0 Home from May to the end-of Augufi.

Th q]' The N470_3€!- _ _ y \ vggine great Bindweed is called in G,-cake, a'pJ/latf Asia: in Latine, Smilax Lam: : of Galen and Paula: no‘p,f'“* "W? W: it is furnamed Lam): or fmooth, becaufe the fialkes and branches thereof haue likcwicfkes at all. Dolichm called alfo Smilax horzmfir, or Kidney beane, doth differ from this :and tilt; e Smilax the tree,which the Latincs call Taxm .- in Englifh,the Yew tree. The later Herba-A’ ui; map call this Bindwecd Voluhllzlr maior,Cam]:anell4,Fzmls arhommcorzruoltmlua alhuagand Smilax lie- to be)”. ~‘ In like manner Pliny in his 2 I .booke,5.chap.doth alfo name it C0mJ0l'wIl:to'.It is thought cg wri ‘§”‘flmm,not the fhrub~priuet,but that which Martial in his firilbooke offipigrams fpeaketh

The P8 againfi Procillm. * I p _ _ _ , Du h lmfll Bmdweed is called Coawolruulrls mimngand Smilax lauls mmor, Voluhzlir mmar -' In hfgh C4,,,P‘m"}[9lnD’kt&l1t: in low Dutchmagangez in French,Lzfi=ron : in ltalian,Vilucchio.j1n Spanlfll,

‘ 4 Term: : in Eng1iih,Withwinde,Bindeweed,and Hedge-bels.

Th q} The Temperature. ere hetbes are of a hottand dry temperature.

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V gmnke 1931165 ofblacke Bindewleed called Helxine .Ci/yjizmpelés, _fi5mP°d and fiminedaana F1161. llYCé

Efazteléloofegnd open‘ the bellfexceeditigly. Ia», and com. h .1 d ' i it“ e

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