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In the great booke of the Garden of the Bifhop of Eyftot (which place is nccre c.ltmati 

 vnto Noromberg) in Germany, I reade of a Clematis of this former kinde, whofe ^- 

 tnire is thereto alfo annexed, with double flowers of an incarnate, or pale purple ten- 

 ding to a hlulh colour, whereof I haue not heard from any other place. 



8. Flttmmula louts erefla, Vpright Virgins Bower. 



This kinde of Clematis hath diuers more vpright ftalkcs then any of the foure laft 

 delVribcd, fometime-. foure or Hue foote high, or more : yet leaning or bending a lit- 

 tle, I'D that it hail Ionic neede of fuftaining, couered with a brownifh barke ; from 

 whence come forth on all fides diuers winged leaues, confiding of fiue or feuen leaues, 

 fet on both fides of a middle ribbe, whereof one is at the end : the tops of the ftalkes 

 arc diuided into many branches, bearing many white fweet fmelling flowers on them, 

 like in falh ion vnto the white Virgins Bower ; after which come fuch like feather topt 

 feede, which remaine and (hew themfelues, being flat like the other, when the plumes 

 are blowne abroad : the roote fpreadeth in the ground from a thicke head, into many 

 long ftrings, and fafteneth it felfe ftrongly in the earth ; but all the ftalkes dye downe 

 euery yeare, and fpring afrefh in the beginning of the next. 





9. Clematis cecrulea Pannonica. The Hungarian Climer. 



The ftalks of this plant ftand vpright, & are foure fquare, bearing at euery ioynt two 

 leaues, which at the firft are clofed together, and after they are open, are fomewhat like 

 vnto the leaues of Afclepias, or Swallow-wort : from the tops of the ftalks, and fome- 

 times alfo from the fides by the leaues 'commeth forth one flower, bending the head 

 downward, confiding of foure leaues, fomewhat long & narrow, ftanding like a crofle, 

 and turning vp their ends a little againe, of a faire blew or skie colour, with a thicke 

 pale yellow fhort thrumme, made like a head in the middle : after the flower is paft, 

 the head turneth into fuch a like round feather topt ball, as is to be feene in the Tra- 

 uellers ioy, or Viorna (as it is called) that groweth plentifully in Kent, and in other 

 places by the way fides, and in the hedges, wherein is included fuch like flat feede. 

 Thefe ftalkes (like as the laft) dye downe to the ground euery yeare, and rife againe 

 in the Spring following, (hooting out new branches, and therby encreafeth in the root. 



10. Maracoc Jiue Clematis Virginiana. The Virginia Climer. 



Becaufe this braue and too much defired plant doth in fome things refemble the 

 former Climers, fo that vnto what other family or kindred I might better conioyne it 

 I know not ; let me I pray infert it in the end of their Chapter, with this defcription. It 

 rileth out of the ground (very late in the yeare, about the beginning of May, if it be a 

 plant hath rifen from the feed of our owne fowing, and if it be an old one, fuch as hath 

 been brought to vs from Virginia, not till the end thereof) with a round ftalke, not a- 

 boue a yard and a halfe high (in any that I haue feene) but in hotter Countries, as fome 

 Authors haue fet it downe, much higher, bearing one leafe at euery ioynt, which 

 from the ground to the middle thereof hath no clafpers, but from thence vpwards 

 hath at the fame ioynt with the leafe both a fmall twining clafper, like vnto a Vine, and 

 a flower alfo : euery leafe is broad at the ftalke thereof, and diuided about the middle 

 on both fides, making it fomewhat refemble a Figge leafe, ending in three points, 

 whereof the middlemoft is longeft : the bud of the flower, before it doe open, is very 

 like vnto the head or feede veflell of the ordinary fingle Nigella, hauing at the head or 

 top fiue fmall crooked homes, which when this bud openeth, are the ends or points of 

 fiue leaues, that are white on the infide, and lay themfelues flat, like vnto an Anemone, 

 and are a little hollow like a fcoope at the end, with fiue other fmaller leaues, and 

 whiter then they lying betweene them, which were hid in the bud before it opened, 

 ID that this flower being full blowne open, confirteth often white leaues, laide in or- 

 der round one by another : from the bottome of thefe leaues on the infide, rife diuers 

 twined threads, which fpread and lay themfelues all ouer thefe white leaues, reaching 

 beyond the points of them a little, and are of a reddifh peach colour : towards the bot- 



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