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Show “300 Of the Huttorie of Plants, Colates {corpioiwes humilis, Dwarfe baftard Sene, 4 Colutea{corpioides montana Cluj; ] f!) Mountaine battard Sene, Ofthe Hiftory ofPlants, g There is alfo found another fort hereof, not much differing from theform ihisplant is greater ineach refped, wherein efpecially confifteth the difference, q The Place, cautea or baftard Sene growethin diuers gardens, and commeth vp of feed, it quickly comnethto perfection, infomuch that ifa fticke thereof be broken offand thruft into the ground, it quickly taketh root,yea althonghit be donein the middle of fummer,orat any other time,euen as thelhicks of Willow or Elder,as my felfe haue often prooued , the which bring forth floures and fuitthenext after, eRe "The fecondyeere with Scorpion cods groweth likewife in my garden: the laft doth grow in divers : . ° + 3 bartenchalky grounds of Kent towards Sittinbourne, Canturbury, and about Southflect - I haue nor feene them elfewhere: the reft are ftrangers in England. @ The Time, : They floure from Maytill fusamerbewell fpent, in the meanefeafon the cods bring forthripe feed, q| The Names, This fhrub is called of Theophraftus in Grecke sna with the diphthong » in the fecond fil. blesin Latine,as Gaza expo Hench,Bagwenandier : theyave hit, Coloutea or Colytea: in high Dutch, velfeh liner: in ued that thinke ittobe Sena, or any kinde thereof, although yehaue followed others in giuing icto name Baftard Sene, which name is very vnproperto it :in lngDutchitis called Spore boi sand we mayvfe the famenameSenetree,in Englith. This Calurea,or baftard Sene, dothdiffer from thatplant#avmwith v in the fecond fyllable, of which Colytea,Theophraj?ws writeth in his third booke. ¢ Thefifthis the Polygala Valentina of Chu im. t q The Nature and Vertues. Thiphraftws, neither any other hath made mentionof the temperatureor faculties in working A 2 ofthefeplants,ymore than that they are goodtofatten cattell,ef{pecially fheepe. f There wereformecly in the fifth and fixch places here two figures no waies different, but that which was in the fixth Pee was a littlelarger,and Lobel; title prides his Teow,auer this was divided betwcene them:foras youfee, (ol4tes mumina,fuse (oronilla,was oucrin the fifth; aud Cobutea,fiue Polyeala Valentine (fj wasower the fixth. e § Colutea minima,fine Coronille. The fmalleft baftard Sene. —— flenderfoor-ftalkes, long and nakedlike thole ofthe Peafe, and ofa yellowcolour,oflitrleot no {mel arall, and yet that little nothing ple Cuap.12. Of Liquorice. fant : after which comeforth long cods,whet in is contained {mall feed like thofe of the Strangle Tare. 4 This mountaine baftard Senehathftalks, leaues,and roots like the laft defcribedy The floures grow on the tops of the branches in ma- ner ofa crowne ; whereupon fome haue called it Coronilla : in fhapelike thofeof the peafeant of a yellow colour: the cods as yer we hauenot feen,and therefore not expreffedin the figure. 5 This {mall baftard Sene growethlike @ {mall fhrub creeping vpon the ground, halfe a cubit high, bringing forth many twiggic bralches, in maner ofthofe ofthe Spanifh broomes wherupondo growleaues like thofe of Lentils or the Strangle Tare,with many{mal leaues!¢t vpon a middle rib,fomewhat fat orfull of iuice, of the colout of the leaues of Rue or Herbegtace,ofan aftringent and vnpleafanttafte: B° floures grow at the tops ofthe branches, e : ellow colour,in thape likethofe ofthe fmalle! roome: after which come little crooked cov like the clawesortoes of a bird,wherein Is iss tained feed fomwhatlong,blacke, and ofan \?- fauprie tafte : the rootis long, hard,rough 4% ofa wooddy fubftance. 6° Ther G The Defcription. 1°] He firlt kinde of Liquorice hath many wooddybranches, rifing vp tothe height oftwo r Or three cubits, befet with leaues of an ouerworne greene colour, confifting of may{mall leaues fet vpon a middle rib, like the leaues of Co/utea,or the Maftich tree, fomewhat ee inthehandling : among which come {mall knops growing vponthort ftems betwixt the nad branches, cluftering together,and making a round forme and fhape: out of which el blew floures,ofthe colour ofan Englith Hyacinth; after whichfuceeed round,rough, 7 Vheads, confifting of diuers rough orfealy huskes clofely and thicke compad together; in a uScontained a flat feed: the rootis ftraight, yellow within,and brownewithout : of a fweet “Pleafant tafte. bt The commonand vfuall Liquorice hath ftalkes and leauesvery like the former, fauing that fies ate greener and greater,and the floures ofa light fhining blew colour: but the flouresof v a licceeded by longith cods that grownotfo thicke; cluftring togetherin round headsas ety uchbut {pike fathion, or ratherlike the wilde Vetch called Onobrychu,or Galega : the cods ie Malland flat like vato the Tare: the roots are ofa brownith colour without,and yellowwithin %%, and fivecter in tafte than the former; ’ g The Place. q Th No a do grow in fundry places of Germany wilde, and in Franceand Spaine, but they oth i ingardens in England, whereof I haueplenty in my garden : the poore people of the ‘Teplan; ttsof England do manureit with great diligence,wherby they obtain great plenty there. mung the fame oncein three orfoure yeares. Lisnor; : | TheTime. MStice flourethin Iuly, and the feedis ripe in September, Rerrr g. The |