8 6z Of theHiftory of Plants. L i b . 2 
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F T is aftrange thing vnto me, that the name of Smtlax fhould be fo largely extended as 
I that it fhould be alfigned to thofe plants that come nothing neere the nature and fcarilv 
vnto any part ofthe forme of SmiUx indeed. Butwewill leaue controucrfies to the fur 
ther con fideration offuch as Ioue to dance in quag-mires, and come to this our common fmooth 
W.cv, called and knovvne by that name among vs,or rather more truly by the name o i Convolvulus 
m M or, or VolMtsmator: It beareth the long branches of aVine,but tenderer, and for theleno-th 
and great fpreadmg therof it is very fit to make fhadows in arbors : the leaues are fmooth like Im'e 
but fomewhat bigger,and being broken are full of milke : amongft which come forth great white 
and hollow floures like bells The feed is three cornered, growing in fmall huskes coifered with* 
thin skin. The root is Imall, white and long, like the great Dogs grafle 
2 Smtlax lews minor is much like vnto the former in ftalkes, leaues, floures, feed, and roots fa- 
iling that m all relpedb it is much fmaller, and creepeth vpon the ground. The branches are fmall 
and fmooth : the little leaues tender and foft : the floures like vnto little bells, ofa purple colour- 
the feed three cornered like vnto the others. 1 v 
3 Convolvulus minimus (jiica-folius. 
Lauander leafed Binde-weed. 
t 4 Convolvulus argent cus Althea folio. 
Siluer leafed Binde-weed. 
uence S™™ ‘ fa ‘ th he "uf but r in the brinks of quicke-fets and Oliuets in Pro- 
Dunmow n F ft! ? 5 n , 0t ' vith knd “JS \ found « growing in the corne fields about sreat 
.uunmowin Elfex, n fitch abundance,that it doth much hurt vnto theircorne. This kind of Bind- 
f \ ed °r u“a !IS r lke vnt ° the fmaI1 Bindweed before mentioned, but it hath a finer floure plai- 
ted or folded in the compafle ofthe bell very orderly, efpecially before the Sun rife r for after it 
opens it felfe the welts are not fo much perceiued) and it is of a darke purple colour - the feed is 
not vnlike the reft, cornered and flat, growing out of flender branches^vhich ftandvprisht and 
br 1 nffe, t0get ^ er ; |P r . oceedln goutofa W ooddy white root. The leaues are long and narrow 3 refera- 
bling Ltnana both in colour and hamnefle, in tafte drying, and fomewhat heating. 
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