Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftoryof Plants. 
857 
Si uerfie it is molt lingular againft the griefcs aforefaid : being tunned vp in ale and drunke, italfo 
X purgeth the head from rhumaticke humors flowing from the braine. 
Hedeh terrepis boy led in water ftayeth the termes ; and boy led in mutton broth it helps vveake I 
I andakingbackes. 
I They haue vfed to put it into ointments againft burning with fire, gunpoudcr,and fuch like. K 
Hedera terrepis being bound in a bundle, or chopt as herbes for the pot, and eaten or drUnke as L 
l thin broth ftayeth the flux in women. 
f f T' Here be two k indes of Iuy, as Theophrafitu witnefteth, reckoned among the numberof thofe 
l< 1- plants which haue need to be propped vp • for they ftand not of themfelues,butare faftned to 
|l ftone walls, trees, and luch like, and yet notivithftanding both of a wooddy fubtance, and yet not 
1 to be placed among the trees; fhrubs,orbufhes, becaufeofthe affinitierheyhahe with climbino- 
I herbes; as alio agreeing in forme and figure with many other plants that c’limbe, andare indeed 
Ii limply to be reckoned among the herbes that clamber vp. But if any wilicauill, or charge me 
t with my profriife made in the beginning of this hiftorie, where we made ourdiuilion,namefy, to 
( place each plant as neere as may be in kindred and neighbourhood •, this promife I haue fulfilled, 
if the curious eye can be content to reade without rafhnefte thofe plants following in order and 
x notonely this climbing Iuy that lifteth her felfe to the tops of trees, but alfothe other Iuy that 
creepethvpon the ground. 
I Of the greater or the climing Iuy there are alfo many forts ; but efpecially three, the white the 
j 1 blackc,and that which is called Heeler a Helix ,or Htdcmprilis . 
i np He greater Iuy climbeth on trees, old buildings, and walls : the ftalkes thereof ate 
wooddy, andnow and then fo great as itfeemes to become a tree; from which itfen- 
deth a multitude of little boughes or branches euery way, whereby as it were with 
& arms it creepeth and wandereth far about : it alfo bringeth forth continually fine little roots, by 
(< which it faftneth it felfe and cleaueth vvonderfull hard vpon trees, and vpon the fmootheft ftone 
!| walls .-the leanes are fmooth, ftrining efpecially onthevpper fide, cornered with iharpe pointed 
| corners. The flourcs are very fmall and moffie 3 after which fucceed bundles of black berries euery 
I one hauing afmall iharpe pointall. 5 7 
E _ There is another fort of great Iuy thatbringeth forth white fruit, which fome call Achttrmam 
r irriguam ; and alfo another lefler, the which hath blacke berries. This Pliny c alleth Selinitium. 
I Wealfo finde mentioned anotherfort hereof fpred abroad, with a fruit ofa yellow Saffron co- 
* lour, cal led of diners Dtonyfias, as Dto(corides writeth : others Baccbica, of which the Poets vfed to 
|l make garlands, as Pliny teftifieth, W. 1 6. cap. 34. 
I u \ Balren Iu y« not ,m,c h vnlike vnto the common Iuy aforefaid, failing that his branches are 
P both ftnallerand tenderer, not liftingor bearing it felfe vpward, but creeping along by the ground 
fivnuei moiftand fhadovvie ditch bankes. The leaues are mod commonly three rquare^cornered^of 
>1 a blackifh greene colour, which at the end of Sommer become brownifh red vpon the lower fide, 
jlThe whole plant beared] neither flourcs nor fruit, blit is altogether barren and fruitlefle. 
t ? There is kept for none! ties fake in diners gardens a Virginian, by fome (though vnfidy) 
5 termed a Vine, being indeed an Iuy. The ftalkes of this grow toa great heighth, if they be plan- 
teo nigh any thing that may fuftaine or beare>them vp : and they take firft hold by certaine fmall 
■jitcndrels, vpon what body foeuer they grow, whether ftone, boords, bricke, yea glafle, and that fb 
knrmely, that oftentimes they will bring pieces with them if you plucke them off. The leaues are 
(large, coniifting of foure, flue, or more particular leaues, each of them being long, and deep! y.not- 
ehed about the edges, fo that they fomewhat referable the leaues of the Cbefnut tree : the flourcs 
.grow cindering together after the manner of Iuy, but neuer with vs fhew themlelucs open,fo that 
J we cannot iuftly fay any thing oftheircolour, or the fruit that fucceeds them. It puts forth his 
The K indes. 
^ TheDepiption. 
_ j ] “J "Jp) me nun niai mv.ni, U pUIO lUllll JUS- 
; leaues in April, and the ftalkes with the rudiments of the fioures are to be feene in Augiift.lt may 
f as I laid be fitly called Hedera Virginianti. £ 
^1 The Place. 
Iuy groweth commonly about walls and trees ; the white Iuy groweth in Greece, and the bar- 
Ten luv 21'owcrh vnon rlir* ornnnd i n rl irfli KmUc nn.l fiwlrMv i o c 
iuy groweth vpon the ground in ditch bankes and fliadowie woods. 
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