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Show Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. ~ 228 Lise. alee Ee detain and fofcatter theirifeed,. This growes in manyplaces wilde among buthes, bothhere andin Ger. manie, as appeares by thatiname Banhine thence givesit,calling it Vicia maxima dumetorum, Tragus makes it his Vicia fl. altera and indges ittobe the Aphace of Diofcorides , and he faith the Latines call it os mundi : the high-Dutch} &, Criftoffels beaut, and Spchwarts Linten, Tabern.callsit Cracca maior. $5 Viciafil. fine Craccaminima. Small wilde Fare. Pre. 2. choly. ; The igureof the common Peteli was formerly wanting, and in the flead thereof was putthat of the othet, defcribed herein the fecond places Cuar.5i6. as thofe of the former, but more white and downie : the floures,which growonfhortfoot. wildeplaces of Hungatie; it floured in May: he calls it Viciafylucxis alboflore. + 4 Strangle Tare, called in fome countries Tine,and ofothers wilde Vetch,is a ramping herbe like vnto the commonTare,tamping and clymbing among cornewhere it chanceth,that it pluckethit downeto the ground’, and ouer- groweth the famein fuchfort, rhatit fpoileth “andkilleth not only wheat,but all othergraine whatfoeuer : the herbeis better known thandefired, therefore thefe fewlines fhall fuffice for i Therefore {eeing it is ofthis kinde ofnature, it is manifeft that the nourifhment which comés theeofhath in it no good iuyce at all, but ingendretha thicke bloud, and apt to become melan- 3 Thisalfo hatha lafting root,which fen. dethvp round crefted branches,a foot and fom. times acubit high, whereon grow{uch leanes ftalkes, out of the bofomes ofthe leaues, to. wards the topofthe ftalks, are ofa whitishco. lour, with veines ofa dusky colour,dinaricated oucr the vpperleafe ; the cods are like thofe of thecommonFetch. ‘C/w/ws found this infome Of the Hiftory of Plants. Of Chichlings, Peafe, and Tare euerlafting. a The Defiription. 1 Here isa Pulfe growingin out high and thicke woods,hauing avery thicke tough and wooddy root ; from whichrife vp diuers long weake andfeeble branches, coniifting of atough middlerib, edgedon bothfides with a thin skinny membrane,{mooth,and ofagrafle gieene colour, whereon do growat certaine diftances {mall flat ftems,vpon whichftand tvobroad Igaues ioyning togetherat the bottome : from betwixt thofe Jeaues come forth tough clafplig tendréls whicly take holdof fuch things as grow next vnto them : from the bofome of the flem,wheteon the leaues do grow, fhootethforth a naked {moothfoot-ftalke, on which doe grow moltheantifull floureslike thofe of the Peafe, the middlepart whereof is of alight red, tending toated Purple in graine , the outward leaues are fomewhat lighter, inclining to a bluth cojour: whienbeing paft, there fucceed long round cods,wherein is contained feedof the bigneffe of a Tagbutrounder, blackifh without, and yellowith within,and of bitter tafte, £5 Lathyrus msaior latifolius. Peafe euerlafting. : £ 2 Lathyrus anguflifolins flore albe. White floured Chichelings. thedefeription, + This growethpretty long, with many-flender weake branches : the leaues are muchfimaller than the former , and end in clafping tendrels : the floures are of apurple colour, and commonly grow but oneata ioint, andthey are fucceeded byflat fharpe pointed cods which containe fomenine orten feeds 4piece. 5 2 Pe This alfo growesa good height, wits flenderer ftalks than the former, which1s diuided into fundry branches : the leaves eon foure orfix vpon foot-ftalxes, endingalfo in clafping tendrels : the floures growvpon pretty oe butvery flendet foot-ftalkes, fometimes twoorthree, otherwhiles more, very fmall,and of a m . tith colourinclining to blewnefle / whichare fucceeded by little fhort flat cods, paneer monly fonre Or fiue little feeds ofa blackith colour : this is the WArachus,fine Cracea oo "7 bei ;but I queftion whether it be that which Bavhine in his Pinax hath made the fame wit ie 7. i} \ ' CHAIN; Wears py t~a¥ WAN 2 YY) AN WG ling it Viciafegetum cum(ilig wis plurimishirfutis : for that which I haue defcribed,and whic ie ly agrees withi this figure ofLobel and that defcriptionin the Aduerf. hath cods very Oeeh in outattyhaitineflearall. ‘This floures-taoft part of Sommer,and growesin moft places comefields‘and medowes. + q The Place. The Tare is fowne in any groundorfoile whatfocuer. | The Time. It flourcth in May, and perfeéethhis feed toward September. ) a The Names. > (aith be Iciscalledin Latine vagia;4 vinciendo,ofbinding or wrapping, asVarro notetb,becauls A ithathlikewife clafping tendrels fuch as the vine hath,by whichit crawles pe hae oi of the weeds which arenext ynto it :of fome, Cracca,and Arachis, and allo. Aphaca ele high-Dutch,#9ickow sin low-Darch,wyitfers ¢ in French, Ye(ces in moft fhops1 7, de of ‘outs, and Erunm ; for Eryum doth muchdiffer fromVicia : it is called in Baglin a fodder fot The countrey men lay vp this Vetch withthe feeds and whole plant, that it maybe ¢ their cattell. ; § The fe ; :. areohelpeck as Temperature and Vertues. Ee , ed hereoL“Y Notwithfanding I haue knowne,faith Ga/en,fome.who intime of famin haue ee ally in the fpring;it being but greene; yet is it hard ofdigeftion,and bindeth thebeu'y- hes neTos Sen: Rie likewife aaa anotherlike aaanto the precedentin : eachrefpe-t, efpe &, fauineg pig Ofwhich kinde thereis hereofare narrower andlonger, and therefore called ofmoft whichfet forth the de si . r ‘cthe the fruit heeOD; theroce: Lathyrtgs anguftifoliaa: : thethe floures of this arewhite,and fuchal{o is the colourofofthefruit: Car ee “tthe Leaues Tipe TOotis fmall, and not lafting like that of the former. ; 5 are _ The ftalks, leantes,and floures of this are like thofe of the pre “Sith purple colour : the codsare leffer than thofe of the former, Puy a to a hi at, but the floures are inthemare contained Jeter |