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like unto the laft, but fmaller, and cut rounder in the divifion of the leafe on each fide, and one fide alfo a little 
longer, bending downewards: the flowers alfo are much fmaller, of a watchetor pale blew colour, changing 
upon the fading thereof to be of a reddifli purple : the feede is like the former but imaller, and the rootc peri- 
fiieth like the red. 
4. Convolvulus isirabicus five lAigyptiits. The Arabian or Egyptian Bindcweede. 
The Arabian or tAEgyptian likewife climeth and fpreadeth like the other, with a leafe at every joynt,(landing 
on a long foote ftalke, parted fometimes into five fmall long leaves, fometimes into more, each one ending in a 
fmall pricke, and the one or the other lower pcece of the leafe, divided into two parts; at; the joynts with the 
leaves, come forth fuch like Bellflowers,as are in the former, of a purplifh blew colour. 
5. Convolvulus tenuifolius five pennants Americamts. The red Bell flower of America, 
r This Indian kinderifeth up at the firfl with two double forked leaves, abiding alongtime without fading,be- 
tweene which fpringeth up a ftalke, three foote high in fome places, branching forth diverfe wayes, being of a 
browniih colour, and fpreading it felfe as the others doc: the leaves that are fet at each j'oynt, are winged; that 
is, fundry fmall, narrow, and long, darke greene leaves, but frefher being young, fet on both (ides of the middle 
ribbe, and one at the end,from the joynts likewife rile long (lalkes.with two or three or more fmall long hollow 
flowers at the ends ofthem,of the falhion of Tobacco, or the white Iafmin flowers with five points, and not 
fo much layd open as the other Bell flowers, being of a bright red colour, and plaited like the Bell flowers,with 
five chives or threads in the middle, tipt with fo many pendents which turne into long pointed pods, contei- 
ning long and blacke feede, tailing hot like Pepper, therooteis fmall and llringie perifhing every yeare: the 
leaves tafte a little fwcete and nitrous, and yeeldeth a thinne pale milke, when it is broken. 
The Place andTime , 
All thefe are llrangers, the two firfl are thought to come out of the Eafl Indies or the Eaft Countrey towards 
it, the reft are fpecified in their titles from whence they came; They all flower late, and therefore we can very 
feldome get ripe feede from any of them- 
The Names, 
The firfl is taken by mod, tobetheNi/oE-MvicenandSerapio, which they call gramtm Tlfil, and UabalNil, 
for there is another Nil or rather Nir, becaufe of the blue colour, which is the Anill or Indico of T>i ofcorides and 
our times, which lhall be fpoken of in his place, it is called by fome Flos NoRis, becaufe his chiefeft beauty is in 
the evening, night, and morning; others call itConvolvulus Ae.ureus r> cccruleus , as they call the fecond t rifolins 
Cr pupurocaruleus : the third and fourth have their names in their titles, as much as can be fayd of them; the 
laft is called Quamochlit by the Indians, and lafminumfolio Millefolii by Cafa/pinus, who was the firfl as/take 
it that wrote ofit, Canter anus next untohim in Horto Medico faith, it may not unfitly be called (fior.vol-i n!:ss te- 
nuifoliuj: and Fabitts Colitmna faith,it cannot be more fitly referred to any tribe, or family of plants, than unto 
the. Convolvuli, and therefore calleth it himfelfc Convolvulus pennants exoticus rarior- he that fet forth Clstfitts 
his Curas Pofleriores, referreth it to the 1 Amines, calleth it lajminum Americanum,md fo doth Bauhixus alfo: but 
in the flowers onely is the likenelfe of the Iafmine, and in no other part of the plant,or manner of growing, all the 
Iafmines being wooddy and peremes plant*,mi this as the other Convolvuli herbaceous Sc annuall; fome have ta¬ 
ken it to be the Liguflrttm nigrum ,that Columella fpeaketh of, but with little judgement in mine opinion: the Ita¬ 
lians call the firfl and fecond, Campana Laettra, that is,fiampanacaru/ea,the Arabians in Syria and Egypt Hafmifen. 
The Vertues , 
The feede ofthe firfl and the fecond alfo (for they arc congeneres ) doe purge very ftrongly, but (lowlyand 
oftentimes with great trouble to the ftomacke, caufing vomitings, yet it avoydeth raw indigelfed flegme, and 
melancholy humors, from thofe that can endure it, and killeth the long flat wormes of the belly. 
Chap. X. 
Convolvuli five polubiles minorts. The fmaller Bindvveedes. 
part,lyeth with his fmall (lender hayric branches upon the ground, having diverfe leaves very thinnely or fpar 
fedly fet on them ; fomewhat broade and long, like unto the leaves of Marfih Mallowes,but fmaller. crumpled 
He Seder forts of Bindeweedesremaine to be intreated of in this Chapter, whereof there are many 
and fundry varieties, all of them having a purging quality, more or lefle,as you fhall prefently heate 
in this Chapter. 
1. Convolvulus Alihaa foliisi Mallow leafed Bindcweede. 
_ This fmall Bindeweede groweth not high, nor climeth much upon any thing, but for themofl 
and cut in on both iides at the lower ends, dented about the edges, and of an hoarie or dully grayifh greene 
colourjclammye or flicking like gumme to the teeth,fharpe and fomewhat bitter in tafte,when they are chewed 
in the mouthtthe flowers come forth one by one, at the joynts with the leaves, all along the ftalke up to the top, 
every one upon a long ftalk, which are very like the fmall wild Bindweedc,that groweth upon the groundicon- 
fifting of one whole leafe yet plaited,as it were before the opening into five plaites.and being open have five cor 
ners,as if it had five leaves, broad like a cup or Bell at the brims,and fmall at the bottome,of afine delayed purple 
colour fometimes,and fometimes deeper: the roote is fmall and brownifh,creeping under ground, and fhootine 
up heads in other places. ° 
2. Convolvulus minor albus Vulgaris. The common fmall Bindweede. 
The common fmal Bindweed that groweth every where in fields,by the wayes and hedg (ides,fometimes rifeth 
up and windeth it felfe,but ufually fpreadeth on the ground,with long trailing and winding branches,one within 
another,and leaves fet thereon fomewhat like unto the greater white Bindcweede, but much Idler, the flower 
is for forme like the other white Bell flower either wholly w hice or the plaites purplifh but Idle, made of one 
leafe plaited as it were into five fouldes,and opening wide at the brims, after which come fmall blackifh feede,in 
fmall long and round headcs: the rootc is Coall and (lender, running both very deepe downe into the ground, 
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