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Show Cuap, 10. Theatrum Botanicum. ; der in the divifion ofthe leafe on eachfide, and one likeunto sereeamestnt fide alfo a little dctae thereof to be ofa reddifh alfo aré much fmaller, of a watchetor pale blew colour, changi ng purple : the feedeis like the former but upon {maller, and the roote perifhethlike 4 a lonlus Arabiens five v£gyptins. The Arabian or Egyp tian Bindeweede, ; ian likewife climeth and f{preadethlike the other, witha leafe at every joynt ftanding ioeioe elieREIEais intofive fall long leaves, fometi mes into more, each one endingina fimall = and the oneorthe other lower peece ofthe leafe, dividedinto two parts; at the Joynts withthe leaves, come forthficike Bellflo wers,as are in the , ofa purplith blew colour. Convolvulus tenuifolinsfive pennatuformer s Americanus. The red Bell flower of Americ} a. ue 1 This Indian kinderifeth up atthe firft withtwo double forked leaves, abiding along time without fading,betweene which fpringethup ftalke, three foote high in fome places, branch ing forth diverfe wayes being of a brownith colour, and {preadingit felfeas the others doe : the leaves that are fet ateach joynt, is, fundry {mall, narrow, and long, darke greene leaves, bne frefher being young, fer on both are winged3 that fides of the middle ribbe, The Theater ofPlants, r { Cuar.io, ikewife, efpecially if ic get into atden mell aut fpeeslin S79 reTe ow grou ds, ne Tice fives, facender iedes Hine wend : This {mall bindeweedeis as great a plagu e to the fields, where it naturally grow eth as thé lat : the leaPes are long and narrow, refembling Lavender ,and the flowers gf adeepe punplé colour, wher ein it differeth from others,for elfe itis like the laty, ; Bi % Convoluuls alihee foliis. <5 UZ Mellow leafed Bindyyeede, Vo ; and one at the end,from the joyntslikewife rif long ftalkes ,with two orthree or more fmall long hollow flowers at the ends ofthem, of the fathion of Tobacc o, or the white Iafmin flowers with five points, and not fo much layd openas the other Bell flowers, being of a bright five chives or threads in the middle,tip: with fo many penden red colour, and Plaited like the Bell flowers,with ning long and blackefeede, talting hot like Pepper, the roote ts which turne into long pointed pods, conteileaves tafte 4 little {weete and nitrons,and yeeldeth a thinne is {mall and ftringie perifhing every yeare: che pale milke, whenitis broken. The Place and Time. All thefe are ftrangers, the two firft are thought to. come out of the Eaft Indies or the Eaft Countr it, the reft are {pecified in their titles fom ey towards whence they came: Theyall fower late, and therefore we can very feldomeget ripe feede from any ofthem. ae é Names, The firk is taken by moft, tobe the Wil ofswe icen and Serapio, which they call granu m Nil, and Haba Nil, for there is another Wi/or rather Nir, becaufe of the blue colour, which is the Avilfor Indico of Diofcorides and our times, which fhall be fpoken of in his place;itis called by fome Fios WVottes , becauf che evening, night, and morning; otherscall it C:onvolvnlys Azureus & carnleus,as theye his chiefeft beanty is in call the fecond trifolins & pupurocerulens ; the third and fourth have their names in their titles, asmuc laft is called Quamochlit by the Indians, h as can be fayd of them ; the and la{minumfolio Millefolii by Ca(alpinus, who was the firftas I rake it that wrote ofit, Camerarins next y im i ; , tmay not unfitly becalled Convoluxlus woifolins: and Fabius Colunma {aith,it tecannot be more fitly referred to any tribe, the Convolowli, and therefore calleth ithimfelfe Convolvzlus peunatus exoticu or family ofplants, than unto s rarior; hethat fet forth Clafius his Curas Pofteriores, referreth ito the Ia/mines, calleth it lafminum Americ anumand {> doth Bawhinus alfo: i s the likeneffe of the Lafmine but tor manner of growing,all the ig wooddy and perennes plante,and ,and in ni this.as the Kenit tobe the Liguftrum nigrum that accous & annuall; {omehave ta- Colume lla {peaketh of, but with little judgem lianscall the firft and fecond,; Campana Pe in mine Opinion: the Itaetampanacertlea,he Arabiansent in Syria and Egypt Ha/mif en, e Vertues, The feede ofthe firt and the cond oftentimes with great trouble to the al( (for they are congeneres) doe purge very ftrongly, but flo wly and melancholy humors, fom thofe that ftomacke, caufing vomitings, yet it avoydeth raw indigeft ed flegme, and can endure it, and killeth the long flat wormesofthe belly TeeS Cuap, X, Convoluuli five Volubiles minores, The {maller Bind weedes. desremaine to be intreate d of in this Chapter, wher Bay and fandry varieties, all of eof. ther them having a purging quality, M inthis Chapter. more or leffe, as you fhall prefe aré many entl FA] Heleffer forts of Bindewee 4 . y heare 1. Convelvulus Alt hea foljis: Mallow thisfmal part, lyeth with his {mall Bindeweede growethnothigh, norclitneth l flender h fedlyfet on them 3 fomewh he ground, havi atbroade and long; likepont and cut inon both fides at unto the leaves of the lower ends, colout,clammye or fticking likeg in the mouth:the 41 ry a e tp- but Y aoe % i ners,as ifithad fiveleaves, bro ad like a cup colo C ; Bell th ur fometimes,and fometi mes deeper :the oeb up headsin other Places, te 1 tas d So e yifh gre ene ip to the top, 1pon the ground:con- Fe atavefive cor pine i oe “r ground, and hooting 2. Convoley : l; i . Li The commonfinal Bind ‘ pee7 en weed ¢ e ye {mall Bindwe at stoc up mee weth m e.n Thetom wind every whe anoand det theran hjes rei t fel eav fields, y the-wayes and hedg éde. fe, but fer the ufiwe res ra y Pre ade tho fides fom times is for forme liken n the groundwith ang trailing Z leafe plaited as it wer e {mall long and round h , i ri and winding beanch eede, butmuch leffer,esonewith the flower © greater white Bindew i i i hi ae eund o, othe gro and 2. Convoleulas minor albus vulparis, Common’ fmall Bindweede. 4. Convolvulie minor puvpurens. Bindeweede. Sraall purple This Bindwreede is in all things that the Howersare either of a pale like the fecond, faving purplifh, or bluith coJour, the foulds being white or without and white.within, and the of a deeper purple:, bottome fo likewife, which is ofmuch beauty, 5. Convolvulus minor Africanus, The fnall African Bindeweede Thereis {mall difference in this, from manner of growing,. the leayes onely the former for the make the yatiety, which are not divided at the bottom e, whole, and the flowers purple, butbell fathion like thebut reft. . 6, Convolvulus Africanus minimu s, The leaf African Bindeweede, This fore creepeth not.as the formerbut ftandeth a litrle upright,orleaneth fomewhat downe uponthe ground,like the next Spanifh_kinde, the {malneffe flowers from the laft maketh it notedboth of leaves and to bee a feveral] {pecies, 7. Convoloulus minor Hifpanicus caruleu s, The blue Spanith Bindeweede, This Spavifo kinde fhooteth forth fondry three footelong or more, from the {mail {mall branches threddie roote which dyeth every yeare, having findry leaves fer fingly thereon, {mall and long at the bottom e, and broader, and almoft round at the end, fomiewhat hayrie asit wereall over : at every leafe for the molt part, fromthe middle of the ftalkes upwards, commethforth a flower likeunto the commonfort, folded intofive plaites, which open into fo manycorners, ofa moft excellent faire skie coloured blue (fo pleafant to behold, that ic amazeth the {pectators) with white bottomes pointed upwar ds and yellowin the middle, which turne into {mall teining within them {mall blackith corne round white heads; cons red feede tobe newfowen every yeare , Conv olvulus minor Atriplicis folio, Blacke Bind eweede, Tf this {mall Bindeweede meeteth not with hearbes or other things whereonto clime, itrifeth apbara little, andleaneth downeagaine untothe ground, otherwife meeting withficthings, it will der reddifh threddie branches abont winde with his long flenthem, to the height of three or fonre foote or more, bearing oynts, as the others doe, either fomew his leaves fingly har like unto the leafé of an Arrache, ot tionye,forof bathforts there are but much fmaller:the fowers are very fmall round like unto the wilde and many,ftanding together a fmall long ftalke, that commeth from the joynt, wher e the teafe ftandeth, olour; butfo {mall that they are oftentimes not heeded’ and fo quickely faded thatand:are of areddith greene they are fcarce atter which come fall blackifly three cotnered feede: the roote is final! and flender,perithing every regarded + yeare, and z rifing 19g |