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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 





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Blacke Bryonie 



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berries,fomewhat bigger than thofe of the fmall 

 Raifins or Ribes, which wee call Currans or fmall 



root 



about 



times as big as a mans leg, blackifh without, and 

 very clammy or flirny within ; which beeing but 

 fcraped with a knife or any other thing fit for 

 that purpofe, it feemes to be a matter fit to fpred 

 vpon cloath or leather in manner of aplairter of 

 Sear-cloath:which being fo fpred and vfed,it fer- 

 ueth to lay vpon many infirmities, and vnto verie 

 excellent purpofcs,as fhal be declared in the pro- 

 per place. 



2 The wild black Bryonie refembles the for- 

 mer as well in flender Vine-ftalkes,as leaues 5 but 

 dafping tendrels haue they none , neuerthelefle 

 by reafon of the infiDitenefTc of the branches,and 

 the tendernefle of the fame, it takes hold of thofe 

 things that ftand next vnto it, although eafie to be 

 Ioofed,contrarie vnto the other of his kinde. The 

 berries hereof are blacke of colour when they be 

 ripe 5 the root alfo is blacke without, and within 

 of a pale yellow colour like Box. $ This which 



is here defcribed is the Bryonia ntgraoiT)$don/tfts. t 

 but Bauhine catteth it Bryonia alba ,and faith itdif! 

 fereth from the common white Bryonie, oncly in 

 that the root is of a yellow ifh Box colour on the 

 in-fide,and the fruit or berries are blacke when as 



they come to ripf ne fie. 



BrjonU nigrdflorens nonfruttumferens. 

 3 This is altogether like the firft defcribed 

 in roots,branches,and leaues,on!y the foot-ftalks 



and now 



flour 



62 1, diligently ob- 



f au :;*-'"* *~i*wy. i no * uaut uciafjiuicdiw uuw uiii summer 1 6 2 i, dinger 



leruedjbecaure it hath not bin mentioned or obferued by any that I know, lobn Gpodyer. 



t 



groweth 



IT 



.Weftphalia 







c groweth not,as Valerius Cordus hath written jwho faith that it growes vnder hafell trees neere a 

 CIt y ol Germany called Argentine or Strausborough. 



Th r • ' 1T r ^ Time. 



icy ipnng in March,bring forth the floures in May,and their ripe fruit in September 



BlarV t* ^ The Names. 



itiM !f- Br y° me "called in Greeke, '*n**, ( <?,• •• in Latine, Bryonia nirra. and Vitis Mueft 



[fca,or Vitis viniferafyltteft 



Why both the fe were a 



Pltniv, t! WI «»g«n rortnwme caned Amfelos agrta. Why both theiewere called by one name 

 inair? tn ^*u ie,who could not fufficiently expound them, Ltb.ii.cap.i. but confounded and 



Th- -i a °- e,in which error arealfothe Arabians, 

 italfoc^ J- VineisaIfocaIIedin Latine,T4««<.and the fruit thereof Vva Taminia. Pliny nameth 

 r„; . " tlC4 fi r i*m. Ruellius faith that in certain rtiODsit is called Sir Mum n. M*ri*. it •• -ifx^iioj 





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The roots 



^J The Nature. 



a °t fo fo ki y ' 



wceablc : both of them fcoure and wafteaway. 



the fruit is of like temper, bur 



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it 



The 



