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Show 3598 An Appendixto the Hiftory ot Plants, = ; this is ofa yellow colour,which by ageoft times beco cods,broad andflag,little lefle thanthofe of the broad mes whollyred: after thofe floures fucceed leaued Thlafpi,anc1 greene of and in each ofthefe cods are commonlyconta ineda couple of feed s,of| the bigneso colour; rough lings, ofa blackifhath colour,rough, and tefemb flittl Chich. ling a little dug. This is fometimes foind:to vary, hauing the two wi nged leaue:s yellow or ted, andthe middl one yellow. e Cuar. 7. Of the [enfitine Herbe. Herbamimofa. | The Defiription, ae fenenc bree: (puis which There call the fenfitiue herbe,is that which Chriffopher a Cofta fets forth by the nameof Herba mimofa, or the Mocking @ The Place, It floures in Aprill and May,and ripensthe feedin Iune site rowes vpon and Stirian A lpes,andin diuers places of Hungarie.‘It is neith ervfed in moft of the Aufrian Phyficke, northe facyl. ties thereofin medicine knowne. 5 herbe,becaufé whenoneputs his hand thereto tt forthwith feemes to wither and hang downethe leaues; but when youtake it away againe it recoucrs the priftine greenefle and vigor. I wilhere giue you thatwhich Acofta writes thereof, & the figure & hiftorie whichClufins giues in his notes Cuar.6. Ofinged Bind weed,or Qua moelit Quamoclitfive Conuoluulus Pennatus. Winged Windeweed. "The Defiription, ae firft that writofand deferibed this A plant was Cafalpinus, 8 that by thename of Celfiminumrubrum alserum : after himCu- merarius Sauce a defcription and in his Hortus Medicus, by then figure therof ame clit: andafterhim Fabjys Colum of Ouamgna both fin. red and defcribedir more accur ately whofe defcriptionis put to the figur e ofit (wehere Siue) in Clif. his Curepofleriores Iris fo tender a plant that it will not come to anype onwithvs,vnleffe in ex traordinar rfeatiyhor yeres, and by other artificial] helps,wherefore I will borrow the defcriptiog thereof out of Fabius Columna.This exoticke plant, faith he,ca jnor morefitly be referred to any kinde, thant o the fami Eias exactior icon. y A perfed figure thereof, ly of the Convoluuli, or Bindweeds, for in the nature andwhole habit itisa lmoft likethem,excepting the tha peof thewi Icaues: it is tored withleffe milk :the nged flours are longshollow, but patted into flue at the top, of a pleafing red colour, with ftreak ed lines or folds,ftanding vpon long ftalkes one Or tivo greene wounds: Thus much Acoffa, ~ Now, faith Clufius, the leaues of manyplants, efpecially pulfes, vie to contraé or fhrinke vp their leaues in the night time. NowIreceiued a dry plant, whichwas fent to mebythe nameof Herba mimofa, by Tames Garret in tl eend of O&o- together comming out ofthebofomes ofthe leaues at each ioint of thera nches,and they haue in them fiue yellowafrpoinra lls ; then fueceeds a longithfruit ftandingin a fealy cup, ending in-a fharp pointall, and couered with a tough skin,as that of the com : tafte. The leaues stowalternately outof oe the ioints mon Convoluulus,but leffer, hauing withini t foure longith blacke hard feedes, of a biting of the purple winding branches, being winged aid finely diuide : d,twifeas f{mall as the2 commo € n Rhefeéda, of adarke preene ; colour, but the young Ones are yellowith,firtt having a few diuifi ons,but afterwards more,till they comet o haue thirteen ona fide,and one at the top: but the lower ones areoft times forked; by reafon ofthe great plenty ofleaues and flouring ftalks or branc hes,winding themfelues about artificial! hoops other fathioned workes of Reeds,or the like, fet for winding herbs toclime vpon,i , croflings, or t much delights the eie of the beholder,and-is therefore kept in pots in gardens ofpleafure. The feed fownei n the beginning of the Spring growes vp inlune, and the firft leaues refemble the wingedfruit of the Maple it floures in theend of Auguftand ripens the feedin the end of September bet,1599, which he writ he had of the right Honourable the Earle of C ee ftom Saint John de Puerto rico inthe hh Ind les bcp fs ae P settee b, aie Not preferueit aliue-But I caufed the igure of that d es a ; : ae : as piohig {0 to fit it to the defcription following ,madealfoby the drie p eo : : | nde y Abess drieand without leaues had a fingle root,and that not thick,buthard and woodd Ys“spaelilae Ww if - A ae ftom whencearofe three or foure fhort ftalks,which ftraight diuided them{clues intatlende - Deiret themfelues round about vpon the Oa ibeiron and flender fibres, like as in the branches of the common VVood ee ie ge erie thefe branches were a cubit long,and fometimes more,round,tough,w it ue WeRecent hoes. ie their fetring on,as you may fee inthe common bramble, yes ieee oe ie huioine, Were diuided into other moreflender branches fet withee Lib twixt twolittle leavies grewforth foot-ftalks,bede s inorder,with othet toanfwer to them on the other fide,b; Were tender &green,not vulike thelittle Cuar. vpon him; and alfo another figurebeter expreffing the leaues and manner ofgrowing, Thereis found (faith Acofta) in fome Gardens another plant fome fiue handfuls long, refting vpon the neighbouring fhrubs or walls, hauing a’ {lender ftalke ofa freth greene colour, nor very round, fet at certaine {paces with {mall and pricking thornes : the leaues are not vnlike the former, [That is, the Herba vina, which incondition is little different from this]being fomewhat leffer than thofeof the female Ferne. It loues to grow in moift and ftonyplaces,and is called Herbamimofa,for the reafon formerly giuen, The nature hereofis muchdifferent fromthat of Arbor tris fifor euery night at Sun-fer it as itwere withers anddries,fo that one wouldthinke it were dead, but at Sun-rife it recouers the former vigor, and by how muchthe Sun growes hotter,by fo muchit becomesthe greener, andall the day it turnesthe leaues to the Sun. This plant hath the {mell and tafte ofLi- A quorice , and the leaues are commonly eaten by the Indians againft thecough, toclenfe the cheft,8& cleare the voice:it is alfo thought good againft thepaines of the kidneies, andto heale j maasy. ae fingle leafe at the end : they ir firft comming out)coue- leaues of ee ining ge the foor-ftalke oe ) iat ith a thin whitifh hairines,as I gathe red byalittle branch retaini and leaues on(whichhe fent with the former) andit hadalfo fome ae hecrtiz hotbeneiie ofthe led tothe former two little heads,which growing vponthe fame plant,he forementioned |