i6o The Cjar den of plea! ant Flowers. 
ihaue(asyoufee)inlertedicamongthem , and giueri it that name may bee 
ffloft fit for it, efpecially becaufe it is but an annuali plant. The letter kindes 
haue their names fuificiently exprefled in their titles. 
The Vcrtues. 
We know of no vfe thefe haue in Phyfickc With vs , although if thefirft 
be Nil of Auicen, both he and Serapio fay it purgeth ftrofigly. 
Chap. LXXXVUI. 
Stramentum. Thorne- Apple* 
V Nto the Bell-flowers, I mull adioyne three other plants , in the three feuerall 
Chapters following, for fome affinity of the flowers : and firft of thcThorne- 
Applcs, whereof there are two efpeciall kindes , that is, a greater and a letter, 
and of each fome diuerlity, as Ihall be fet downe. 
i. Stramentum maim album. The great white flowred Thorne- Apple. 
The greaterThorne- Apple hath a great, ftrong, round greene ftalke, as high as any 
man, if it be planted in good ground, and of the bignefle of a mans wreft almoft at the 
bottome, fpreading out at the toppe into many branches, whereon (land many very 
large and broad darkc greene leaues, cut in very deeply on the edges, and hauing ma- 
nic points orcorners therein : the flowers come forth at the ioynts, betweenetwo 
branches towards the toppe of them.being very large, long, and wide open , ending 
in fiue points or corners, longer and larger then any other Bell-flowers whatfoeuer: 
after the flowers are pad, come the fruit, which arc thorny long heads, more prickly 
and greene then the lelfer kindes, whiclUjeing ripe openeth it felfe into three or fourc 
parts , hauing a number of flat blackilhTecde within them : the rootc is aboundant in 
fibres, whereby it ftrongly taketh hold in the ground, but perilheth with thefirft 
« frofts j yet the feede that is Ihcd when the fruit is ripe, commeth vp the next ycarc. 
i . Stramentum maius furfureum. 
Thegrcat purple flowred Thorne- Apple. 
This purple Thorne- A pple is in largenefle of leaues, thickneflcand height of ftalke, 
greatoefle and forms of flowers and fruit, euery way equall and cowefpondent vnto 
the former, the chiefc differences be thefe: the ftalke isofadarke purple colour ; the 
leaues arc of a darker greene,fomewhat purplilh , and the flowers are of light purple 
or pale Doue colour, cnclining to white, and whiter at the bottome. 
3 . Stramonium minus feu Nux Met el flore albo. 
The fmaller Thorne- Apple with a white flower. 
The fmaller Thorne- Apple rifeth vp with one round ftalke, of the bigndTe of a 
mans fingcr,and ncuer much aboue two foote high with vs, bearing a few large, broad, 
fmooth leaues thereon, withoutany branches at all, which are vneuenly rent or tornc 
about the edges, with many ribs, and fmaller veines running through them, yet lefTer 
by much then the greater lande: at the ioynts where the leaues ftand, come forth 
long and large white flowers, with broad or wide open brims, folded together before 
their opening, as the other former Bell-flowers or Bindeweedes, but hauing their fiue 
corners more pointed or horned then either they, or the former Thorne- Apples : af- 
ter the flowers are paft,fuccccd fmall fruit, rounder and harder, fet with harder , but 
blunt prickes then the former, wherein is contained brownilh yellow flat feede, 
flicking 
