

L,IB< z. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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^^jhoarinetfe like Gnaphalium, after the manner of raoft of the fca herbes : the fioures are yel- 

 low : the feeds wrinkled like the formcr,but in quantitie they be lefler. 



^ The Place. 

 The firft * s fpvvnc in the fields of Germany, Italy, and other countries, to feed their cattel! as 

 in England doe Bucke- wheat ; wee hauc a fmall quantity thereof in our Gardens, for pleaftues 



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fake. 



The third groweth neerc vnto the Ca fide in diuers places. 



ij\ Tie Time. 



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lift. 



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^f The Names. 



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Tri folium Cochleatum, and LMedua : in French, VlcrbeaLima^ 



' vat: of the Valentians and Catalons, ^i/fafa.hy a word ei- 



iefe of the Arabian writers^™^, doth call CMcdica.Cet. 



Ilafeleti ,and Alfafafa. 



The other is called Sea Claucr.and Medick fodder of the fea. 



^J The Temper at tire and Vertues. 



Medick Fodder is of temperature cold, for which caufc it is applied greene to fuch Mamma- A 

 ions and infirmities as haue need of cooling. 



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Chap. 503. Of Wood Sorrel/, or Stubmrt. 





I Oxysdtfa. 



White Wood Sorrell. 



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^[ The Defer iptiofi. 



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Xys Plmimi.or Trifolmm acetoJum,bcir\g a kinde of three leafed graflc,is a low and bafc 

 herbe without ftalkejthe Icaues immediately rifing from the root vpon fhort ftemmes 

 f r • at tllcir firft commin 8 forch iolded together, but afterward they do fpred abroad and 

 harh j C Hght greene colour > in ni, rabcr three, like the reft of the Trefoilesjbut that each /cafe 



hlh * l Cp Cleft ° r nft in the middIe : amon 8 thefe ,eaues come vp fmall and weake tender Items' 

 wen as the leaues do grow vpon,whichbeare fmall ftarrc-likeflouresofawhite colour with fdmc 



com r eS »° arnatIOndafhtOUer the fame : the flourcconfifteth of fiue fmall Ieaues , after which 

 cnUt u r °, und kna P sorhuskes Tullof yellowifh feed : the root is very thrcddy,and ofa reddi/h 



Rrecnc eZ. ^ *"**? ? "»?" "!? S °[f e1 !' bu - C much ftar F er and <l uicker > a » d ***** better 

 ^cene iauce than any other herbe or Sorrell whatfoeuer. 



floL c My i? f V t ? enti ° ned fricnd M.Gurge Bowles fent me fome plants of this with very tare reddc 

 Ken r,n ic ee§athercd in A P riII,aft > inawo °dofSirT^ w ^^4//?^^ W at CbitfeJinu/nn 



t,caiiedbtockwellwood,and in a httlc round wood thereto ad joynins t 

 » tie fecond kinde of oxysot Wood Sorrell is very like the former, Suing that rhefloures are 



