TbeTheater of ‘ Tlantes. 
Ckap.6 . 
Tribf. 2 ,, 
TTlravcs all alone theftalkesand branches, three or foure together round about them, which are long and 
hollow endin' 5 in foure fomewhat long and pointed leaves, of a pale white colour, which being pall, there rife 
n in their Places (mall yellowifti red berries, yet bigger then thofe of the former, fet in woolly huskes; the 
rnnte is thick” long andhard, and of a brownifh colour on the outfide. 
d ’ S vUmm Jamnifcrr.maMicjitorumverum. The true flcepy Nightfiiade of the ancient writers. 
This Nightfiiade rifeth up with three or foure or more thicke round ftraight whitifh ftalkes about a yard higher 
l ‘ ^ ./-* AfUai* Knnrlrne 1 
8, Solatium magnum Virginianum rubrum. 
The great Virginia Red NightJhade, 
more, parted into fomc other branches, hard to 
breake, fet with fomewhat broad leaves very like 
unto Quince leaves with fmall footeftalkes under 
them not alwayes two at a joynt, but many Han¬ 
ding fingly at the joints with the leaves; from the 
middle of the Oalkes upwards, come forth diverfe 
reddilh flowers together, confiding of foure leaves 
apcece after which follow, fmallftriped and poin¬ 
ted oreenifh huskes; but red when they ate ripe, 
very like unto the bladders of the Winter Cher¬ 
ries, but much leffe, With a red berry within it,in 
like manner; the roote is fomewhat great and 
wooddy, covered with a whiiifh barke, not very 
thicke, of a foule fent and infipide tafle. Becaufe 
that kinde of S olatnuv, which Alatthiolvt firft, and 
Clujlue af ter him, let forth for the true Somnife .- 
rum of the ancients, doth, not beaie bladder like 
huskes or fruite,as Theophrajlus faith, lit. 9 ,c. 12./ 
it hath.it cannot be the right, but this onely which^ 
hath fucli. 
5. Solarium Somdfcnmaltcrum. Sleepic 
Nightfiiade of another fort. 
The other fleepy Nightlhade, hath an upright 
creflcd or cornered ftalke,with many leaves there¬ 
on, being longer and narrower than the laft, and 
more inclining downeward to the ground, full of 
veines running long wife and traverfe therein : at 
the joynts of the ftalke, from the middle part 
upward, come forth fcverall pendulous flowers, 
hanging by very long ftalkes, being long and hol¬ 
low like unto a Bell-flower,of a purplifh colour, 
each ofthem fet in a large greene huske,dented or 
cut into five parts at the edge-s,but not very deepe; 
wherein after the flower is paft, ftandeth a round 
many fmall white feeds within it; the rftote is great and fpreadeth many great branches with fmall fibres alio,un» 
der the ground. , . , 
6 . Solarium Lthale. Dwale or deadly Nightfiiade. J 
Deadly Nightfiiade groweth fometimes to the height of a man,but ufually it rifeth not up above three or foure 
foote h;4,havin» round green ftalkes,fet with divers large leaves, much greater than any of thole be ore.lmooth 
and cfadarke greene colour,fet upon very fhortfooteftalkesjamong which at the joynts with the leaves come 
forth feverall long hollow flowers, dented at the brims, of a faint deadifh purple colour, Itanuing in a greene 
huske • which after the flower is fallen,containeth a great round berry,greene at the firft but of a (htmng blacke 
colour,like Aiming or polifiicd jetjwhen it is ripe, full of a purplifh juice,and many whitifh feeds lying therein: 
the roote is great, growing downe deepe into theground, and fpreadmg great branches therein, andbefides 
creepeth under ground, rifing up in feverall places diftant, quickely fpreadmg over a ground: the plant hath 
no good fent,nor tafle, but unfavory and bitter and very pernicious. ,. , 
Of this kinde there is another fort, whole leaves are lefler, and of a darker greene colour, (landing upon long¬ 
er footelhlkes,and the flowers are not fo great and large as the other. 
7. Solarium lndicumumbellifcrum birfutum. Hoary Indian Nightfiiade. _ 
Cltifiui in his fourth booke of Sxotickes, declareththat oneD r . Cole, or Ceolmans, going with ’Dutch Mer- 
chant Ships to Bantam, and other places, in the Eafi Indies (but dying by the way in commmg home ) had ga¬ 
thered fome herbes, and put them up into a booke of papers, which being viewed by C/wjii'J, hee found among 
many others, this dryed plant without leaves, which yet he referreth to the kinds of Nightfiiade ; the (lender 
ftalkes, being about five inches long, and hoary white, bearing many fiirivelled berryes, hanging downe out of 
five pointed huskes or cuppes, of a brownifh red colour, ofthebigneffeof pepper cotnes, Handing in a tuft or 
umbcll, wherein were white feedes. like to thofe of Nightlhade, butnotrjpe. . 
8. Solanummaonum rubrum Virginianum, Red Nightfiiade or Red weed of I ireinul. 
This great Q rq'mian plant,which from the likenes of the leaves we have called a SoUmm,m& referred thereun¬ 
to,rifeth up with a great thick round reddilh ftalke,of the thicknes of ones thumbe at the leaft,& 4.or 5.foote high 
or more,let without order with many very large frefii greene leaves full of veines,fome greater and fome (mailer 
and fometimes turning reddifh; from the joynts where the leaves Eland from the middle ofthe ftalke upwards, 
come forth feverall final ftalkes bearing the flowers which are very fmall confiding of foure leaves a peece_ot a 
pale red or blufh colour, divers Handing togecher as it were in a fmall long duller, which after bring torch imam 
