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Show “Ofthe Hiltorie ofiPlahts.) [Lia Of the Hiftory of Plants 35 theo and is garnifhed with a moft thicke and pleafant comlineffe of his deleétablered. floutes; a , exoring vp togetherin great tufts,which are very feemly to behold. ; Cwar. ‘ 320. Of eMilke Vetch, | The Kindes ° ‘There hath been fome controuetfie aboutthis third kinde, which lam not willing to profeireences into : it may very well be Aftragalus of matthiols his defcription,or elfe his Polygala, which doth exceeding well refemble the true Aftragalus : his {mall ftalkes eo afoot high, befet with leaues like Cicer or Galega,but that they are fomewhatleffer:among which come forth {mall Pealelike floures of an Orangecolour,verypleafantin fight:the rootis tough and flexible,ofa fin- : io be diuersforts "3 therbes contained vnder the title of Afiragalus whether I may,withor breach ofpromife made in the beginning, infert them among the Legumina, pulles, or herbie plants,itis doubrfull : but fecing the matteris difputable,I think it rot amiffe tefff them thus to pafle,vatill fomeother fhall finde a place more conuenient and agreeing vato themin neigh: bourhood. BS" thicke. ; ide #3 iya ionic ch a £3 sametnamn Vetch; G The Defcription. He firftkinde of Affragalus hath reddith ftalks,acubit high,a finger thicke, fomewhat crefted or furrowed,and couered ouer with an hairy moffines;whichdiuide themfelucs into fundry fmal branches,befet with leaues confifting offundry little leaues fet ypon a middlerib, like the wilde Vetch,placed on the {mall pliant brancheslike feathers,whichaselikewife couered ouer with a woolliehoarinefle : in tafte aftringent at the firft,but afterwards buming hot:among thefe leaues comeforth many {mall white floures, in fafhion like the floures ofLupines, which before their opening feeme to be fomewhat yellow : the root is maruellous greatand large, confidering the fmalneffe of the plant ; for fometimes it groweth tothe bigreffe ofa mans arme,keeping the fame bigneffe for the {pace of a {pan in length, and after diuidethit felfe into two or more forks or branches, blacke withour,and wrinckled,white within,hard and w coddie, and in tafte vnpleafant,which being dried becommeth harder thananhorne. x Aftragalus Lufitanicus Clufy. Portingale milke Vetch. 2 Affragalus Syrians. Affyrianmilke Vetch. 4 Thefourth is called of cAtutouws and other learned Herbarifts, ‘Afiragaloides, for that it re? fenbleth the true Astragalus,which growetha cubit high,andin fhew refembleth Liquorice : thé tS gtow at the cops of the ftalks,in fhapelike the Peafe bloome,ofa faire purple colour,whiclt tiiteinto fall blacke cods whentheybe ripe : the root is tough and very long, cteeping vpon the part ofthe earth,and ofa wooddyfubftance. i The Place. They grow amongft ftones,in openplaces,oras Oriafus writeth,in places fubie& to winds,and Suited with fhow : Diofcorides copies do adde,in fhadowie places: it groweth plentifully in Phe*acitie in Atcadia,as Gale# and Pliny report : in Diofcorides his copies thereis read, in Memphis ptfArcadia , but Memphisisa citie of Egypt, and in Arcadia there is none of that name= ofthem grow in my garden,andin fundrie other places in England wilde ; they grow in the hoes neere Cambridgewhere the {chollers vfe to {part themfelues : they grow alfo in fundrie MctsofEffex,as about DunmowandClare, and many otherplaces ofthat countrey. ‘ vila Tthould be glad to know which or how manyofthefe our ‘Authour heere affirmes to grow ie England ; foras yet I haue notheard of,norfeene any ofthem wilde, not in gardens wit “cept the laft dgferibedwhich growes in fome few gardens. ¢ Platts” 2 The fecond kinde ofAffragalusis arare and gaflant plant,and may wel Ibete rmed jot ben guminofaby reafon that it isaccounted fora kinde of 4/racalus,refembling the fame nd f tude ofhis ftalles and leaues,as alfoin the thickneffe ofhis rootes, and the creeping *” rhereo! q The Time, Theyfourein Tuneand Iuly,and their {eed is ripe in September. 4 The |