%66 Of the Htftorie of Plants. L i b. z. 
inwhich are three graines, lclferthan thefeedes of Stattefaker] to which defcription this blew 
Bindweed is anfwerable. 
There be alfo other forts of Bindweeds, which be referred to Nil Aidcenn*-, which no doubt may 
be kinds of for nothing gainfaith it why they fhould not be Co. Therefore to conclude, this 
beautifull Bindeweed, which we call Convolvulus C&ruletts, is called of the Arabians Nil of Serapio 
Babul Nil ■■ about Alepoand Tripolis in Syria the inhabitants call it Hafmifen: the Italians, Campa- 
tia d\urea of the beautifull aztired floures,and alfo Ftor de »«wr,becaufe his beautie appeares molt 
in the night. 
5T The Temperature. 
Convolvulus C, end eus par Nil, ns edrdeen faith, is hot anddrie in the firft degreetbut.Se/vi^z'fl maketh 
it to be hot and drie in the third degree. 
If The Vert ues. 
. It purgeth and voideth forth raw,thicke,flegmaticke,and melancholicke humourstit driues out 
all kinde ofwormes,but it troubleth the belly,and caufeth a readinelfe to vomit, as Auicen faith : it 
worketh flow ly, as S erapio writeth ;in whom more hereof may be found,but to little purpofe, where- 
fore we thinke good to palfe it ouer. 
Chap. 319. Of Scammonie t or purging 'Bindweed . 
I Scammnium Syriac urn -j- 2 ScamoneaValentina. 
Syrian Scammonie. Scammonieof Valentia. 
*[f The Defcription. 
I QCammonie of Syriahath many ftalks riling from one root, which are long, {lender, and 
jjlike the clafping tendrels of the vine, by which it climeth and taketh hold of fuch things 
as are nextvntoit. The leaues bee broad , fharpe pointed like thofe of the fmooth or 
fledge Bindweed : among which come forth very faire white floures tending to a bufh colour, bell 
falhion. The root is long, thicke,andwhitewithin:oiitofwhich is gathereda iuice that beeing 
hardned 
