I B. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
S73 
1 MecJmcM. ' 
Biyonie of Mexico^ 
2 MechoacanPeruv'uKa, 
Bryonie of Peru. 
«w,and thus deliuers ca,!cd ‘ c ^yottia CMechotc.™ nigrU 
! feillcs UUjnnrn or b / tb ° fe ° f A “< a a " d Mar- 
Thc tafte is not vngratefull bu <W™ « bought the blackc or male Mechotcan , 
quickly flames : it in ^afon of the much gumminelTe, p'ut to thefire ft 
ncfle it more powerfully puro-eth ferous humo!^ 011 * t [ cho ?! :M . > for b y reafon of thegreat gummi- 
: thens the liner and ftomacke” wherefore it Ts fafel v uiuen ‘ “rh gr,p ' n ?’ aI , fo ! C P™ ci PfY ftren g- 
| operation without naufeoufneflTe It is vfuallv .mnJn § inC tn ’ C We ' ghc of ^ • and P erformes the 
1 houres before meat. 1 Thus much Sduhinr » r7r • l n - in Succoric water, or feme thin broth three 
before he fet forth d, iSSwfo b , W* * ^ f arts J«* 
I this ten yeares.^; bout itfu. Ithathbefcnc little vfed here till within 
of Mexico or in tf,e T P,rouincc of New .Spaine, neere vnto the citic 
jilpdies called Niuragui and gvitt, where it 5 thwigh ^fcbebc ft^crth g^»v^. * ^°^* ncc ^eli 
Icbearethhisnameasisfaid,ofthe'oroiiiL?Tn T^u ■ ■ r . <■ ; . 
ies, or to be a kinde of Bryonie : but StS^ ^ f P nnd ’ So K me tak u e 1C tobe **«« 
.hath little agreement with Bryonie • fo tVroSrt"®^ “"k ■ '"r^ without tafte > k 
)f>Hm or white Rubarbe.butvnoronerlv h veneblcter - Diners name it Rbaal- 
'^a^or white Rubarbe, but vnproperlv.beinr’ noth .v,fi n° r r u ' 
fif I might yeeld my cenfure it feeraeth roh!e? S hke ' 1 c m « b neere vnto Scammohy,and 
imonie of America'. Scammonie creepeth tT^r^T ^ m ™* ,um > ot *cert<im Scam- 
'The root is both white and thick? • rh- s ^ ee bane %d, after the manner of Bindweed. 
Sr ■ 11 i! ““ S “ thi! of 
IP d d d $ 
and may bee called .Indian Bry- 
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