IB. Z. 
Of he Hiftory of Plants. 
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Chap. 58. Of the zfAdfaruell of the W^orM. 
Mir MU Pcruuiana flore luteo. 
The maruell of Peru with yellowifh floures. 
f Mirabilia Perttuiana flore alio. 
The maruell of Peru with white floures. 
m 
' The defer iptiort. 
His admirable plant called the maruell of Peru, or the maruell of the World,fpringeth forth 
hi, f f ol ' nd f h I kev . nt o Bar ^ 1 “leaues ; amongft which it fendeth outaftalke two cubits 
land a ha fc high, of the thickeneffe of a finger 5 full of iuice, very firme, and of a yellowifh -reene 
'colour , knotted or kneedwith ioints fomewhat bunching forth nfmimi; m y • u P , 
'Balfamina , which dalle itfelfe into 
>1* »alkc. His branches ace decked vviih leaues mowing b y °co, mfa .leaSfc 
‘a vnpleafant fmell as vytlde Peafcodsdoe,andaremraftealfoverie vnfauorie vet in the latter 
fcthloihoh 3 u r ftcandlBal |^ raackeofTabacc ’- The ftalkes towards the top are garnifhed 
- k ,, S l l >v fing’e flowers, folded , as it were, into fine parts before they be opened • but be 
ling fully blovvne doe referable the flowers of Tabaco, not ending into fharpe corners but blunt 
nd round as the flowers of Bindeweede, and larger than the flowers of Tabaco - glittering often- 
jimes with a fine purple orCrimfon colour; many times of anhorfe-flefh. fometime vellow 
■ometime pale and lonietime refembling an old red or yellow colour- fometime whitilh and 
RreJkLTnd order! vft C °° UrS halfe chc floive T or intercourfing the whole flower with 
. reakes and orderly ftreames, now yellowmow purple, diuided through the whole • hauine fome 
ime great, fometime little fpots of a purple colour, fprinkled and fcattered in a mod variable or 
. cr and braue mix turcThe ground orfieldof the whole flower is either pale, red, yellow or white 
1 °? the middle of the hollownefle apricke or pointell fet round abou/with fixe fmali 
ih H n CS ' Tt nf,v 'i erie fvveet and plcafant, refembling the NarciflTe or white 
Daffodiil and are very fuddenly fading . for atnighi they are flowred wide opeSfo con Ze 
mill eight of the docke the next morning : at which rime they beginne to cEiin f “S 
■he manner of the Bindeweedejefpecially if the weather be very horn but if the aire moKem 
serate rhey reroaine open the whole day,and ariclofed onely at night, and fo perifhjOneiiowerla- 
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