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euery where wilde on the bankes of fields abroad) fet vpon the fmalltrayling bran- 
ches, which grqwe aboqetwoor three foote high : from the middle of thefe bran- 
ches, and lb vnto the toppes pf them, come forth the flowers at the ioynts with the 
leaues, folded together at the firft into fiue plaites, which open into fo many corners, 
of a mold excellent faire skie coloured blew (fo pleafant to behold , that often it arm- 
zeth the fpedfator) with white bottomes, andyellowifhin the middle, which turne 
into fmall round whiteheads, wherein are contained fmall blackiih cornered feede, 
fomewhat like the former, but fmaller : the roote is fmall and threddy, perilhing as 
the former euery yeare: this neuer windethit felfc about any thing, but leanethby 
reafonoftheweaknefle of the branches, and dyeth eueryyeare after feedetime, and 
nottobefowne againe vntill the next Spring. 
5 .Convolvulus purpureus Spieefilius. Lauander leafed Bindeweede. 
This fmall purple Bindeweede, where it naturally groweth, is rather a plague then 
a plcafure , towhatfoeucr groweth with it in the fields; yet the beauty of the flower 
hath caufed it to be receiued into Gardens, bearing longer and fmaller leaues then the 
laft, and fuch like fmall Bell-flowers, but of a fad purple colour : the roote is liuing; 
as the common kinds are,and fpringeth againe where it hath been once fowne, with- 
out fearc of perilhing. 
ThePiace. 
The firft t wo greater kindes haue beene fent vs our of Italy, but whether 
they had them from the Eaft Indies, orfromfomeof the EafterneCoun- 
tries on this fide , wee know not .-but they thriue reafonable well in our 
Country, if the yeare be any thing kindly. Thenextcameoutof America, 
as his name teftifieth. The lefler blew kinde groweth naturally in many 
places both of Spaine and Portugall (from whence I firft receiued feedcs 
from Guillaume Boel, heretofore remembred.) The laft groweth wilde in 
the fields, about Dunmowc in ElFex, and in many other places of our 
ewne Countrey likewife. * 
The Time. 
The three firft greater kindes flower not vntill the end of Anguft, or 
thereabouts, and the feede ripeneth in September , lfthe colds and frofts 
come not on too fpeedily . The lefler kindes flower in Iune and Iuly. 
The Names. 
The firft iscalledoffomeCaWjPajMTasar^astheltaliansdoe call it, or 
Campana cerulea, of others Convolvulus ceruleus maior, fine Indicm, and Flos 
utttis. Offome Nil Auicenne. The fecond is called Convolvulus trifilius, 
os hederaceus, for the diftindtion of the leaues. In Englilh wee call them ey- 
ther Great blew Bell flowers , or more vfually, Great blew Bindeweedes. 
That of America is diuerfly called by diuers. It is called guamocltt of the 
Indians, and by that name it was fent to Ioachinus Camerarius out of Italy, 
where it is fo called ftill, as Fabius Columna fetteth itdowne, and as my 
felfe alfo can witnefle it, from thence being fo fent vnto mee : but Andraeas 
Cocfalpinus calleth it, Ufminum folio Millefolij , fuppofing it to be a Iafmine. 
Camerarius faith , it may not vnfitly be called Convolvulus tersuifilius , ac- 
counting it a kinde of Bindeweede. Columna entituleth it Convolvulus pen- 
natus exoticus rarior , and faith it cannot bee referred to any other kinde of 
plant then to the BindcWeedes. Heethat publifhed the Curs ptfieriores of 
Clufius, giueth it the name of lafmtnum Americanum , which I would doe 
alfo, if I thought it might belong to that Family ; but feeing the face and 
forme of the plant better agreeing with the Bindeweedes or Bell-flowers, 
I haue 
