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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ae Siennaace ~OftheHiftoryofPlants:~~—S—=~CSC«SG Lis.2. + q@ The Defi ription. T isa ftrange thing vnto me, that the name of Ssilax fhould be fo largely extended, as pharit fhould be affigned tothofe plants that come nothing neeré the nature, and {carfl ‘The falkes and branches of this are thing tofuftaine them:vponthefe without any order grow leaues, fhapedlike thofe of luy, or vnto any part of the forme of Smilax indeed. Butwe will leaue controuerfiesto the fur. ther confiderationoffuchas loue to dance in quag-mires, and. come to this our common {mooth the marth Mallow,but leffe, and couere: Smilax,called and knowneby that name among vs,orrather moretruly by the nameofConvalyydy, maior, or Volubilis maior : 1tbeareth the long branches of a Vine, but tenderer , and for the length andgreat {preadingtherofit is veryfit to make thadows inarbors : the leauesate {moothlike Iuie, with a filuet-like downe or hairineffe,anc ded fomewhat deep on the edges, fo alfo curled,and otherwhiles onely fnipt about. The floure growes vponlong ftalkes like < but fomewhat bigger, and being brokenare full of milke :amongft which comeforth greatwhite and hollowfloures like bells. The feedis three cornered, growing in {mall huskes coueredwitha other plants of this kinde, and confifts of one thin skin. The rootis fmall, white andlong,like the great Dogsgraffe. 2 4 fome cubite long, flender,weake and hairy, fo that they lie vpon the ground, ifthey haueé no- 5 Volubilis nigra. Blacke Bindweed. folding feafe,like as that ofthe laft menti Smilax lenis minor is muchlike vnto the former inftalkes, leaues, floures,feed, and roots,fa- and it is either of a whitifh purple,or elfe abfo- uing that inall refpedts it is much fmaller, and creepeth vponthe ground. The branchesare finall andfmooth the little leaues tender andfoft ; the floures like vnto little bells, ofa purple colour: the feed three corneredlike vnto the others. tute purple colour: The rootis r Hand efee- ping. It growes in many places of Spaifie, and there floures in March and Aprill. Clufus calls this Convoluulus Althea folio, andfaith that the Portugals nameit Verdexiila, and commend it as a thing moft effetuall to heale wounds .Our Authourgaue the figure hereof(how ily le€ the Reader iudge) by the nameof Papazer corautum luteum minus, making it a horned Poppy, as you may fee. in the former Editian, Pag. 3 Convoluulus minimus (pice-folius. Lauanderleafed Binde-weed. 294. t 5 This kinde ofBindweed hatha rough rootfull of threddie ftrings, from which rife vp immediatly diuerstrailingbranches,wherupon growleaues like the commonfield Bindweed, orlike thofe of Orach,of a black green coloug, whereof ittooke his name;the floures are fma], and like thofe of Orach: the {eed is black,three {quare,like,butleffe than that of Buck-wheat, Thewhole plantis not onely a hurtful] weed, but ofan euill {mell alfo, and too frequently found amongft corne.Dodoneus calls this Convoluulum nigrum : andHelxine,Cifampelos : Tabernamontanus Polutilis vigra: and Lobel, Helxine Cxffampelos altera Atriplicis effigie. t 4 (onvolvuls argenteus Altheefolio. Siluerleafed Binde-weed. ? q The Place. Allthefe kindes of Bindweeds do growvery plentifully inmoft parts of England, $ The third and fourth excepted, $ G] The Time. They do floure from Mayto the end of Augutt. q The Names. Thegreat Bindweedis called in Greeke cuteate: in Latine, Smilax Lewis: of Galen and Paulus masing‘2 MAE Made At 1s furnamed Laws or{mooth, becaufe the ftalkes and branches thereof haue i sey esatall. Doliches called alfo Smitax hortenfis,or Kidney beane,dothdiffer from this: and dst cS a the tree,which theLatines call Taxus : in Englith, the Yew tree. The laret Herba- 3 Suan h + if PIO ThisBindweed Pena faith he neuer {aw but in the brinks of quicke-fets aOe ga uence, Sauoy, and Narbone ; notwithftandingI found it growing in the corne fie Sd of Bilt Dunmowin Effex,in fuch abundance,that it doth much hurt vnto theircorne. This ee are pial weed orVolubils is like vnto the {mal Bindweed before mentioned,but it hatha finer . :‘x ted ot foldedin the compaffe ofthe bellvery orderly, efpecially before the Sun rife ( z oobi opensit felfe thewelts are not fo much perceiued) ‘and itis of adarke purple cole “ right aod netvnlike the reft, cornered and flat, growing out of flender branches which ftan vere thicke together, proceeding out ofa wooddywhite root. The leauesare long and natrow, bling Lizaria both in colour and hairineffe, in tafte drying, and fomewhatheating: + 4 TH sie2 ell this Bindweed Volubilis maior(ampanella,F unis arborum,Convoluulus albus andSmilax Le cate like mannerPinyin his 21.booke, 5.chapt.doth alfo nameit Conuoluulus.Itisthought keth“Ligufirum, ‘ not3 the fhrub : priuet, but thatwhich Martial in his fitft booke of E pigrams fpeaofwwriting againtt Procillus. a {mall Bindweed is called Convolitulus minor,and Smilax leuts minor, Volubilis minor : in high nn ‘Bindbeaut in Low Dutch,89gange ¢ in French, Ziferon-in Italian,Vilwcchio: in Spanith, Pmillaverua ; in Englifh,Withwinde,Bindeweed,and Hedge-bels, Thek @ The Nature. tele hetbs are ofan hot and dry temperature. The . 2 The Vertues, . Saver ane ‘ «Salles of blacke Bindweedcalled Helxine Ciffampelos, fkamped and ftrained,and the inice & Tunkendoth loofe and open the bellic exceedingly. leaués : to the gricied : “adi 3 hhard aules as pound andlaid place, diffolueth,wafteth,and confumeth bara lumps tump B and fivellings Galen faith, 5 aE : : +] ne |