Lib. 3 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



115/5 



^ TbcDcfcripbn. 



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Cornusft 



woods 



Wood 



clamber or clymbe as the others do, but contrariwifegrowethvpright, without leaning to one fide 

 or other,like a fraall tree or hedge- burti : the flours grow vpon the tender fprayes or driggic bran- 

 chcs,by couples^ot vnlike in (hapc and colour to the common Wood-bind, but altogether leflcr 

 and of a white colour, hauing within the fame many hairy chiueslikc the other of his D kinde rafter 

 which come red berries joyned together by couples : the root is tough and wooddy . 



2 The ftalkes of the fecond be oftentimes ofa mcane thickncffc,thc wooddy fubftance fome- 

 ivhat whitifh and foft : the branches be round, and coucred with a whitifh baike, notwith (landing 

 in the beginning when the fprayes be young they are fomewhat reddifli . The tctucs be long, like 

 thofe of the common Hony-fuckle, foft, and of a white grecne : on the lower fide they be whiter, 

 and a little hairy : the flourcsbe letter than any of the Wood^bindcs,but yctof the fame faflnon* 

 and of a whitifh colour, joyned together by couples vpon feuerall flender foot-ftalkcsjike little 

 wilde Cherries,ofared colour, the one lefler oftentimes than the other. 



5 Periclymennm rtttumfruttu c&rulto. 



Vpright Wood-binde with blew berries* 



4 Pcricljmenum rectum jructu rubro 



Cherry Wood- bindc. 



3 



n . r r . - - -— - c H %m hath fct forth in his Pannonicke 



y oleruations, nfeth vp oftentimes to the height ofa man, euen as the former doth • which diuides 

 it clfc into man y branches,couered with a rough ffiacke barke,that choppeth and gape th in fundry 

 clefts as the barke of the Oke. The tender branches are of a whitifh greene colour! couered with a 

 woolly bainncffe, or an ouerworne colour whereupon doe grow leauesfet by couples one again/J 



coupks 

 one in h is 



«je othcr,hke vn to the common Woodbindc,of a drying bitter tafte : the floures grow 



iikewife, of a whitifli colour. The fruit fucceedeth, growing like little Cherries each «*-•• 



owne foot-ftalke,of a bright and fhining blew colour • which being bruifed doe die the hands of a 



reddifh coloured they are ofa (harpe winie tafte,andcontaine in them many fcnall fat feeds.The 



root \%\jac*\AAx, A;r^rn n * :.. r«ir« r— t -j J 



ooddy,difperfing it felfe far abroad 



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