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Of the Hiilory of Plants. 
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$ 5 Convolvulus cxrulem mb', or, folio oblongo. 
Small blew Bindweed. 
ftalke fome handful! Jong ; the cupwhich 
holds the floures,ai]d afterwards becomes 
the Iced veflell,is rough and hairie.-the feed 
is blacke, and of thebigncfie ofa Tare : the 
root is ftringie, and la its no longer than to 
the perfecting of the feed. 1 haueonely gi- 
uen the figure of the leafe and floure largely 
expreft, becaufe for the root and manner of 
growing it refembles the laft defcribed. 
5 This final] blew Bindweed fendeth 
forth diners long flender creeping hairic 
branches, lying flatvpon the ground, vnlefle 
there be fomething for it to reft vpon : the 
leaues be longilh and hairy, and out of their 
bofomes ('alrnoft from the bottome to the 
ropsofrbeftalks) comefmall foot-Ikikes 
carrying beautifull flouresof the bigiieile 
and 111 ape of the common final Bindweed, 
but commonly of three colours; that is, 
white in theverie bottome, yellow in the 
middle, and a perfect azure at the top ; and 
thefe twine themfelues vp, open and fhut in 
fine plaits like as mod other floures of this 
kinde doe. The feed is contained in round 
knaps or heads, and is blacke and cornered: 
the root is fmall,and perifhes cilery yearc. 
Bmhinc was the firft that fet this forth, and 
that by the name of Convolvulus peregrines 
Cteruleus folio oblongo. :£ 
Plr.ce. 
this rare plant was firft 
Dtougnt tram Byna and other remote places of the world, and is a ftranger in thefe Northern parts- 
yethaue I brought vp and nourifhed it m my garden vnto flouring, but the whole plant perilhed 
before it could perfect his feed. 1 1 
The time. 
The feed muft be fowne as Melons and Cucumbeis are, and at the fame time : it floured with 
me at the end of Auguft. 
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^ The Names. 
It is called Campa/M tabula, and Lazura.-oH the later Herbari fts Campamt Cxruh/i , and alfo Convol- 
vulum Cxmleum .■ it is thought to be thcLigufirum nigrum 5 of which Columella in his tenth booke 
hath made mention. 
Fer calaihis violam,& nigropermifix ligufirt 
Balfiima cum Caffta neffens, (fic. 
In baskets bring thou Violets, and blew Bindweed withall. 
But mixed with plcafant Baulme,and Cafiia medicinall. 
For if the greater fmooth With ivinde, or Bindweed be Ligufirum , then may this be not vnpro- 
perly called Ligufirum nigrum : for a blew purple colour is oftentimes called blacke,as hath beene 
laid in the blacke Violet.But there be fome that would haue this Bindweed to be Granumnil Aui- 
cennx, of which hewriteth in the 3o6.chapter ; the which differeth from that Nil that is defcribed 
in the 512 .chapter. For this is I fat is Grxcorum,ot the Grecian Woad: but that is a ftrange plant, 
and is brought from India, as both Auiccn and Serapiodoe teftifie : Auicen in this manner : what is 
pranum Nil ? Ic is Cartamumlndum : and Scrapio thus ; HabalNj,f\s Granum Indicum, in cap. 2S3, 
where the fame is defcribed in thefe words : [The plant thereof is like to the plant oCLcb/aH, that 
is to fay of Convolvulus, or Bindweed, taking hold of trees with his tender ftalks : it hath both green 
branches and leaues, and there commeth out by euery leafe a purple floure, in fafhionof the Bel- 
noures : and when the floure doth fall away, it yeeldeth a feed in final 1 cods ( I read little heads) 
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