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Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 



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1 Cicerfyluejlre. 



The wilde Cich* 



2 Cicerfylueftre latifoUum, 



Broad leafed wilde Cich. 



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fuch 



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The time anfwereth the Vetch or Tare. 



The wild Cich hath no other name in Latine but Cicer fyluejire : the later writers haue not found 

 any name at all. 



5f The Temperature and Virtues . 



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a ucii temperature ana venues arcrererrea to ine garaui ^itu,** 1 wofurajtv* ajmmc* ^ 41m u«- 



/«■ faith that the wilde Cich is in all things like vnto that of the garden, but in Pby ficks vfe more 

 effe&ually^by reafon it is more hotter and dricr,and alfo more biting and bitter. 



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HAP. 513 



Of Lentils. 



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^J The Dtfc rift ten. 



He. fir ft Lentil growes vp with flender ftalks,and leaues which be fomewhathardjgrow- 

 ing aflope from both tidps of the rib or middle ftalke,narrow and many in number like 

 thofe of Tarcs»but narrower and lefler: the floures be fmall,tending fome what towards 

 purple : the cods are little and broad : the feeds in thefe are in number three or foure,lictle,round, 

 pkine,and flat : the roots are fmall and threddy. 



The fecond kinde of Lentill hath fmall tender and pliant branches a cubit high • whereon 

 dogrow leaues diuided or confiding of fundry other fmall leaues, like the wilde Vetch, ending *z 

 the middle rib with fome clafping tendrels, wherewith it taketh hold of fuch things as arc nccrc 

 vnto it : among thefe come forth little brownifh floures mixed with white, which ttirne im° fma ^ 



fl at cods.containin^little browne flat feed,and/fometimes white. 



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