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Chap. IX. 
Convolvuli five Volntiles major's. The great Bindeweedes or Bellflowers.' 
Here are diverfe forts ofBindeweedes or Bellflowers, Come greater, others leffer, of the greater in 
t k££l Chapter, whereof (ome of them have beenc made mention by former authors, but others not 
i wS?i ipoken or by any before. 
* ■ Cmv ° l ™'“s A**n*rfivec*rHl'Hs major. The greater blew Bindeweede or Bell flower. 
This greater Bindeweede rifeth up with many winding branches, diming and fpreadingon what 
ioever it can take hold on, that llandeth neere it, winding it felfe alwayes contrary to the courfe of the Sumie on 
thefe branches grow many faire, great, round leaves, pointed at the end; ofafadgreene colour, at each joint 
where the leaves are fet come forth flowers on pretty long foote (hikes, two or three fit together, which at thl 
hrltare long and pointed almofl like a finger, but being blowen open are like great bells with broad open 
mouthes or bnmmes, made ofone whole leate, ending in five corners and foulded or plaited fo alfo, and final! ac 
the bottome, (landing in fmall greene huskes: thefe flowers are of a pale blue colour being in budde : but be- 
mg open are of a verydeepe azure colour,or blue,tending to apurple,the foulds or plaitcs being deeper or redder 
which open for the mod part in the evening, abiding fo all night and the next morning, untill the Sunnes heate 
cloieth them, never opening againeiafter thefe flowers are pad, the (lalkes of them bend downewafds, and beare 
Within the huske three or foure blacke feedes; the rootes are flringy, and perifh every yeare. 
a. Convolvulus major pssrpureusfive trifolssss. The greater purple Bell flower with cornered leaves 
The growing of this Bellflower is all one with the former,the chielefl difference confiding in the Ieafe which 
is three cornered, and in the flower which is deeper, tending to a deepe purple violet colour, and more reddifh 
m the plaites and bottome. 
?• Convolvulus trifolius virgineus. Blew Bellflower of Virginia. 
.1 his Bell flower or Bindeweede climeth and fpreadeth on pales, &c. like unto the former, having leaves ver^ 
t, z. 5. Convolvulus corulettsmajor foliorotundofive 5 Convolvulus pessnasus jSmericanus. 
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Nil Avicenna, trifolio vulgaris Vnginaus. 
The great blew Bindwecde, with a roundand triparted 
kafe vulgar, and that of Virginia, 
The red Bell flower of America, 
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but iffuing forth ofitowne accord when it is broken, gathered, and dryed, and afterwards relented, and kvde 
as a plailler to the bottome of the belly, worketh upon that difeale (the Dropfie I meane) mightily, drawin- 
forth thofe watery humors: diverfe alio doe ufe to eate the greene herbe fading, to purge them, even as others 
doe Scurvie grade : the powder of the dryed hearbe is of very good ufe, to bring or raile up flelh in deepe and 
hollow V cers, helping alfo to heale them. The Mountaine Soldanella, is of a drying or binding property, good 
to comolidate wounds and helpe the Sciatica and Goate. ur r 
