Lib 
Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
1295 
The Definition. 
1 *T^Hisftrangekinde of Hony-fuckle, found in the woods ofSauoy,reprefentsvnto vs that 
A flirnb ov hedge-bufh called Cornut fccmina, the Dog-berry tree, or Pricke-timber tree, 
hauing Ieaues and branches like the common Wood-binde, failing that this doth not clamber or 
clymbeas the others do, but contrariivife groweth vprighr, without leaning to one fide or other, 
like a fmall treeor hedge-bufh : the floures grow vpon the render fprayes or twiggie branches, by 
couples, not vnlike infhapcand colour to the common Wood-binde, but altogether Idler, and of 
a vvh ite colour, hauing within the fame many hairy chiues like the other of his kinde : after which 
cornered berries ioyned together by couples : the root is tough and wooidy. 
2 The ftalkes of the fecond be oftentimes of a meane thickneffe, the wooddy fubftancc fom- 
what whirifh and foft : the branches be round, and couered with a whitifh barke,notwithftanding 
in the beginning when the fprayes be yong they are fomewhat reddifh. The lcaues be long, like 
thofe of the common Hony-fuckle, foft, and of a white greene: on the lower fide they be whiter, 
and a little hairy : the floures be Idfer than any of the Wood-bindes,but yet of the fame fafhion, 
and ofa whitifh colour, ioyned together by couples vpon feuerall {lender foot-ftalkes, like little 
wilde C herries, ofa red colour, the one leffer oftentimes than the other. 
2 Pcriclymentim rectum fructu c&rulco. 4 Fericlymcnum nClumfruBu rnbro] 
Vpright Wood-binde with blew berries. Cherry Wood-binde. 
3 This ftrange kinde of Wood-binde, which Cunlui Clufias hath fet forth in his Pannonicke 
Obferuations,rifeth vp oftentimes to the height ofa man.euen as the former doth ; which diuides 
it felfe into many branches, couered with a rough blacke barke, that choppeth and gapeth in fun-' 
drie clefts as the barke of the Oke. The tender branches are of a whitifh greene colour, couered 
with a woolly hairineffe, or an ouerivorne colour, whereupon do grow Ieaues fet by couples one a- 
gainft the other, like vnto the common W ood-bindc,of a drying bitter tafte : the floures grow by 
couples likewife, of a whitifh colour. The fruit fucceedeth, growing like little Cherries, each one 
on his owne foot-ftalke, of a bright and fhining blew colour • which being bruifed , doe die the 
hands ofa reddifh colour, and theyareof a fharpe winie tafte, and containe in them many fmall 
flatfeeds. The root is wooddy, difperfing it felfe far abroad. 
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