L I B. 2, 
Of the Hiiione of Plants, 
3 There is another flematis of the kinde of the white Clematis or burning Clema< isjvhich I haue 
recouered from feed,that hath been fent me froma curious and learned citizen of . Strawsboroufoi 
which is like vnto the others in each rcfpeft, failing that, that the floures heereof are very double’ 
wherein confifteth the e-fpeciall difference, 1 f 
4 Amongft the kindes of climbing or clambering plants, Carolus Cln pus, and likevvife I.obd 
haue numbred thefe two, which approch neere vnto them in leaues and floures, but arc far different 
in clafping tendrels, or climbing otherwife, beeing low and bafe plants in refpeft of.the tsrhc rs of 
their kinde. The firft hath for his roots a bundle of tough tangling threddes,in number infinite 
and thicke thru ft together- from which rife vp many fmall ftalkes, of abrownifh colour, iqure 
fquare, and of a wooddie fubftance : whereupon doe grow long leaues, of a biting taftc, fetro.e- 
therby couplcs,in fliape like thofe oi ^yijclefias , orfilken Swallow-woort. The floures grow at 
the toppe of the ftalkes, of a faire blew or skie colour, confiding of foure parts in manner of a 
crone, hauing in the middle a bunched pointell, like vnto the head of field Poppiewhen itis 
young, ofawhitilh yellow colourjaauing little or no fmell at all. The floures beeing pa ft, then 
commeth the feed,fuch as is to be feen in the other kindes o f Clematis. The whole plant dieth ac 
the approch of Wintered recouereth it fclfeagaine from the roc*, which indufeth, whereby it 
•greatly increafeth. ; 
r , i , t xjy iiuGCb-vuon more 
loot-ltai^sand they are like myrtle leaues } bLitbigger 5 morewrinckled 3 darkecoIourec{,and fnipt 
about the edges : the floure refembles a crofle.with foure fharpepointed rough leaues of a whitifh 
blew colour,which containe diners fmall loofe little leaues in their middles. The root is lono- and 
Jafung.lt growes vpon the rocky places of mount Baldus in Italy, where Pena found it, and he calls 
’t Clematis cruciau Alfina. $ 
Bufh Bower, v H 
L" w .. 
Great Bufh Bower, 
t 6 Ofthefe there is another, whofe bending crefted ftalkes are fome three cnbires hiufi'.' 
hirh fend forth fiinrlrv i„ — r - b * 
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