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The faculties and vfe of thefe in Phyficke is not yet knowne. 





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this is called Flammulavr ens, by reafon of his fiery and burning heate,becaufe that 

 being laid vpon the sknyc burneth theplace,and maketh an efchar, euen as our common cauftickc 

 orcorrofiue medicines do. The leaues hereof anfwer both in colour and fmoothnefTe^/w ftr- 

 uinca^or Peruinkle, growing vpon long clambring tender branches, like the other kindes of clim- 

 bing plants.The flours are very white, ftar-fa(hion,and of an exceed ing fweet fmell^much like vnto 

 the fmell of Hawthorne floures, but more pleafanr, and lefle offenfiue to the head: hailing in tbc 

 middle of the floures certaine fmall chiues or threds. The root is tender, and difperfeth it felfe far 

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1 Clematis vr ens. 

 Virgins Bower. 





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Fhmmula lovis furrefta. 



Vpright Virgins Bower. 







a Vpright Clamberer or Virgins Bower is alfo a kinde of Clematis, rauin S * ?f Xftbree 

 notvnlike to thofeofLicorice 5 from which rifetb vp a ftraight vpright ftalke^o. »j; n «j>^ m fdd !c 

 or foure cubits, fet about with winged leaues, com pofed of diuers fmall Je?ues,i « . p ^j, 



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