1^1 B.Z. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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> Small blew Bind-weed. 



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ftalke fomehandfull long: the cupwhich 

 holds the floures^ and afterwards Decodes 

 the feed veflell, is rough and hairie.-the feed 

 is blacke,and of the bigneffeof a Tare: the 

 root is ftringie, and iafts no longer than to 



the perfe&ingo the feed. I haue onely gi- 



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lien the figure of the lea fe and floure largely 

 expreft, becaufe for the root and manner of 

 growing it refembles the laft defcribed. 



3 This fmall blew Bind weed fendeth 

 forth diuers long (lender creeping hairie 

 branchesjlying flat vpon the ground vnlefle 

 there be fomething for it to reft vpon : the 

 leaues be longifh and hairy 3 and out of their 

 bofomes (almoft from the bottome to the 

 tops of the ftalkes)come fmall foot- (hikes 

 carrying beautifull flouresofthe bignefle 

 and fhape of the common fmal Bindweed* 

 but commonly of three colours ; that is, 

 white in the very bottome, yellow in the 

 middle, and a per fed azure at the top . and 

 th^fe twine themfelues vp,open and fhur in 

 fine plaits like as moft other flouresof this 

 kindedoe. The feed is contained in round 

 knaps or heads,and is blacke and cornered * 

 the root is fmall, and peri (lies euery yeare. 

 Bauhine was the fir ft that kt this forth, and 

 that by the name of Convolvulus feregrinus 

 ctruhtu folio oblongo. % 









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The feed of this rare plant was fir ft brought from Syria and other remote places of the world,and 

 isaftrangerinthefe Northerne parts ^ yet haue I broughtvpand nouriftied it in my Garden vnto 

 nouringjbuc the whole plant perifhed before it could perfed his feed. 



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The feed muft be fowneas Melons and Cucumbers are,and at the fame time .* it floured with me 



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""called £4*^404 Lazura^and Lazt$ra:nf the later Herbarifts CampanaC*rulea,andalfbConvol- 

 v* m Ctruleum ; it is thought to be the Liru/lrum nigrum t of which Columella, in his tenth bookc 



hathaude mention: 



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Fer calat his violam , & ni^ro per mi ft a. Uguftro 

 BalfamacumCapa neftens/frc 



In Baskets bring thou Violets, and blew Bindweed withall, 

 But mixed with pleafant Baulme,and Caflia medicinal!. 



lv ij^S 1 ^ 16 ' f«iooth Withwinde,or Bindweed be Ligujlwm, then may this be not vnproper- 



inth ??' t & u ft rum nigrw* ' for a blew purple colour is oftentimes called blacke,as hath beent faid 

 cen r - e ^°' et * But there b e f° me c h ac would haue this Bindweed to be Granum nil xjtui* 

 in th ° ich ** e wr ites in the ?o6. chapter ., the which differeth from that Nil that is defcribed 

 *nd ^h l2,c ^ a P tcr# P° r c ^ is is H*** Gr&corum, or the Grecian Woad : but that is a ftrange plant, 

 Gun 0u §^ c ^ r . om India, as both Avian and Serapio do teftifie : x^ivicen in this manner : what is 

 *her**hr ** " Cartamt4m l»d* m ' an ^ Seraph thus ,Hdal Nil^is Granum lndicum^incap.2$3* 



«tofa r eis defcribcd in thefe words: [The plant hereofis like to the plant of LchUb.ti&t 

 brand, Co » v< > 1 vhIus,ox Bind*eed,taking hold of trees with his tender ftalke : it hath both g 



reea 



of the Bell 



oure, infafhion 



yeeldeth a feed'in fmall cods (I read little fi^Jg ™ 



