¶ The Description.
1 THe red winter Cherrie bringeth forth stalkes a cubit long, round, slender, smooth, and somewhat reddish, reeling this way and that way by reason of his weakenesse, not able to stand vpright without a supporter: whereupon do grow leaues not vnlike to those of common Nightshade, but greater; among which leaues come forth white floures, consisting of fiue small leaues: in the middle of which leaues standeth out a berry, greene at the first, and red when it is 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in colour of our common Cherry and of the same bignesse, inclosed in a thinne huske or little bladder, it is of a pale reddish colour, in which berrie is conteined many small flat seeds of a pale colour. The rootes be long, not vnlike to the rootes of Couch-grasse, ramping and creeping within the vpper crust of the earth farre abroad, whereby it encreaseth greatly.
2 The blacke winter Cherrie hath weake and slender stalkes somewhat crested, and like vnto the tendrels of the vine, casting it selfe all about, and taketh hold of such things as are next vnto it: whereupon are set jagged leaues deepely indented or cut about the edges almost to the middle ribbe. The floures be very small and white standing vpon long foote-stalkes or stemmes. The skinnie bladders succeed the floures, parted into three sells or chambers, euery of the which conteineth one seed and no more, of the bignesse of a small pease, and blacke of colour, ha∣uing a marke of white colour vpon each berrie, in proportion of an heart. The roote is very small and threddie.