Lib. Z, 



Of the Hiitorie of Plants. 





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Of Hatchet Vetch. 





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He firftkinde of Hatchet Fetch hath many fmal I branches trailing here and there vp. 

 on the ground : vpon which grow fmall leaves fpred abroad like the leaues of the wild 

 Vetch : among which come forth cluftersoffmal yellow floures,which fadeaway,and 

 turne into little flat thin and brown cods,wherein is contained fmall reddifh feed of a bitter tafte. 



Thefecond kindcof Hatchet Vetch hath many round tough and flexible brancbes^railing 

 poa the ground : whereupon do grow leaves like the former, but more like the leaves of Liquo- 

 rice,andhaih the tafie of the Liquorice root; which caufed fome to deeme it a kinde of Liquo- 

 rice : among thefc leaues come forth pale yellow floures : afrervvhich there fucceed fmal crooked 

 cods turning their points inwardly, one anfwering another like little hornes,containing fmall flat 

 feeds fourc cornercd,and fafhioned like a little wedge : the root is tough , of a woody lubftance, 



and doth continue fruirfull a very long time. 



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3 There is another kind oiSecuridaca or hatchet Fetch, which hath branches,leaues and roots. 

 like the laft before remembred s and differeth in that,that the floures of this plant are mixed and do 

 * ar y into lundry colours, being on the vpper part ofaflefh colour, and on the Jowcr of a white or 

 ftowycolour 3 with a purple ftorks bill in the middle: the leaues are in tafte bitter: the cods are 

 fmall like thofe of Birds foot.and not much vnlike the cods otorobns. 



4 There is likewife another kinde of Securidacaox hatchet Fetch, which is dedicated to Clufius 

 by the aforenamed D r Penny ,who found it in the North parts of England^hauing leaues 5 toots,and 

 Ranches likevnto the former : but the floures of this are w^ite 3 and mixed with fome purple, and 

 jwteralfo in tafte: the cods are like the claw of a Crab, or (ndufius faith) like the knife whicb 

 juoo-makers do vfein Flanders ; in which cods are contained fmal red i(h feed : this roor toalfoof 

 ^ng continuance. $ Clufms doth not fay that D r Penny found this in the North of England^ ia 



toe territorie of Geneva not far from Pontetremile,among the bufhes^and no where elfe. . . 



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