Chap. 71. TLnglijb 
III. The Defcription. It has a Root fmall and 
J lender , perijhing every Tear, and rifing again from 
the Seed every Spring , unlejs it be weeded out of the 
Garden, from this Root rifes up Branches , which 
if they meet not with upright tall Herbs , or other 
things whereon it may climb , /> rifes up but a little 
height , tf/zi /<fd/7.r zfow,? again to the ground but 
other wife if it meets with fit things , on which it may 
cling , it will wind it felf with its long, /lender , ?rz/- 
di/h , thready Branches about them , /z> /o* height of 
three or four feet , or more, /hooting forth its Leaves 
fingly at the Joints as the others dp, either fame - 
what like to an Arrach leaf or a/moft like the firfi 
fmall field Bindweed, zv* ///te the leaf of Black Brio- 
ny, for of thofe kinds there are , but much fmaller. 
'The flowers , Gerard fays, are fmall \ like thofe of the 
Arrach •, and Parkinfon fays, they are very fmall, 
and many, funding together upon a fmall long Stalk , 
which comes from the Joint where the lea/ funds, 
and are of a reddijh green color, but fo fmall, that 
they are oftentimes not taken notice of, and they fo 
quickly fade, that they are fcarcely regarded : The 
flowers being gone, then comes the Seed, which is 
fmall , blackijh , and three cornered, like, but left than 
that of Buck Wheat. 
IV. The fmalleft kind of Black Bindweed, differs 
from the former only in the Magnitude , this rifing 
not above a hand breadth high. 
V. The Places. They grow in many places of 
this Kingdom, both in Fields and Gardens, where 
they grow as a Weed. The larger of them is not 
only a hurtful Weed, but of an ill fmell, and too 
often found amongft Corn. 
VI. The Times. They flower in May, June, July 
and Auguf, and the Seed ripens in the mean Sea- 
fon, in a uttle time after the Flower is gone. 
VII. The Qualities. They are hot and dry in the 
firft Degree, Difcuflive, Vulnerary, Arthritick and 
Solutive. 
VIII. The Preparations. You may make thereof, 
I. A liquid Juice. 2. Art E fence. 7. A half am. 
4. A Cataplafm. 5. A Dif ’tiled Water. 
The Vert ues. 
IX. Tf?e liquid Juice. It is made of the Leaves 
only, and if it is taken inwardly 3 or 4 ounces at a 
time, it loofens and opens the Belly very much. 
X. The Effence. It has the fame Virtues to loofen 
the Belly *, befides I have heard it confirmed from 
Experience, that it is prevalent again!! the King’s 
Evil. 
XI. The half am. It is very good for healing 
green Wounds, and to cleanfe Old Ulcers, and Run- 
ning Sores, and to cure Kibes in Childrens heels. 
XII. The Cataplafm, made of the Green Leave?. 
It diffolves and difculles Tumors or Swellings, and 
hard Lumps in the Flefh, as Galen fays : and if 
mixed with a little Nitre, it allays Inflammations. 
XIII. The Dif i lied Water. It is good again!! Pim- 
ples, Scurf, Freckles, Tannings, Sun-burnings, and 
other deformities of the Skin * more efpecially if a 
little Vinegar, or Juice of Limons is mixed with it. 
Tu/filago Marina ( from the refemblance of the 
leaves ; ) And we in Qnglifh only Sea Bindweed, and 
Sea Bells, or Bell-flower. I know that Mattbwlus , 
CorduS, Gefner, Canter art us, Dodonxus, and otheis, 
call it Brafica MarinafivxXt is no fuch thing, tor that 
is clearly another Plant. 
II The Kinds. Tiiere are three Kinds thereof, 
T . Sol dune l la. Sea Bindweed , properly fo called. 
2 . Soldanella Maritime major, the Greater Sea Bind-, 
weed> V Sol done l lii Alpina i Mountain Sbldanel’uu 
III. The Defer iptioh. The fir ft of thefe has a Root 
fmall and long,fpreadirtg a little in the ground, and 
J hooting up divers heads in feveral places and if any 
part of it is broken , there comes forth from it ( as 
alfo jrom the Leaves ) a whitifh water, which is bit- 
ter, fait, and unp leaf ant. from this Root rifes many 
weak, fender, brownijh green branches, trailing or 
lying upon the ground, rather than raffing it Jelf up, 
or climbing upon other things. Upon thefe Stalks 
are fet divers Leaves, not always two together at a 
Joint, nor yet always Jingle , . one at a Joint, which 
are always round like the Leaves of Afarabacca, but 
a little unevenly dented about the edges, and thicker, 
every One /landing on a long footfialk, and of a gray- 
i/h green color : among which cotne forth the flowers 
towards the ends, each flower by it felf, fpringing 
forth at the Joints, much like in Jhape or J or m to the 
Common Small Bindweed, which grows upon the 
ground by way fide s dlmof every where •, but they 
are a little larger * and of a reddijh purple color i 
Thefe being paf away, there comes round heads, con- 
taining within them 2 or 7 round black Seeds . 
IV. The greater Sea Bindweed, has a Root a little 
creeping in the Earth, Jrom whence /hoots up feveral 
long /lender Branches, on Which are fet larger Leave t 
than on the former, many of them having a divffwn 
on both fides the Leaf nest to the bottom, and many 
of them but on one fide, and feveral of them which 
are fmaller, having none at all •, yet all 0/ t hem for 
the moji part a little finuated on the edges toward 4 
the ends, which are round, or with a dent in ihp 
middle , making the point Jeem double forked, with 
many Veins running therein. The flowers are of s 
red purple color . and are not Bell or Cup Jajhion like 
* O iff 
CHAP. LXXI. 
BINDWEED Sea. 
L HP H E Names. I cannot find that the Greeks 
X knew any thing of it : The Latins call it 
Soldanella ^ and Saldana* Convolvulus Marinus . and 
