Orel* Hiftorie of Plants, 
)Iant robe the trueblackc Hcllebor of Dir 
or me taigcre formerly defenbed in the 
M 9' Of Her be Qhrifiupber . 
The Defcripion. 
L though Herbe Chriftopher be none of 
the Binde-weeds,or of thofe plants that 
haueneed of fupporting or vuderprop- 
, wherewith iy may clime or rampe,yet be- 
: it beareth grapes, or clutters of berries, 
it might haue been numbred among the'v»**<. 
or thofe that grow like Vines. It brings forth 
little tender ftalkes a foot long, or not much 
longer jwhereupondogrow fundry leaueslet 
vpon a tender foot-ftalke, which do make one 
leafe fomewhat tagged or cut about the edges, 
ofa light greene colour: the floures grow at 
the top of the ftalks,in fpokie tufts confifting 
of four little white leaues apiece : which being 
paft, the fruit fuccceds, round, fomwhat long, 
and blacke when it is ripe, hauing vpon one 
fide a ftreaked furrow or hollownefle growing 
neere together as doe the clutters of grapes. 
The root is thicke,blacke without,and yellow 
Svithin like Box, with many trailing firings a- ' 
nexed therto, creeping far abroad in the earth, 
whereby it doth greatly increafe, and lafteth 
long. 
The Place. 
Herbe Chriftopher groweth in the North 
parts of England, neere vnto the houfe of the 
right worlhipfull SuWilliam Bowes. Ihauere- 
. ceiued plants thereof from Robinuc of Paris, for 
my garden, where they flouriih. 
The Time. 
It floureth and Hourilheth in May and Iune, and the fruit is ripe in the end of Sommer. 
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Herbe Chriftopher, 
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