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•T 1 Here be diuers forts of herbs contained vnder the title,of Afiragalus • whether U 

 1 breach of promife made in the beginning, infert them amongft the Lgumin^lT^ 

 planter is doubtful I : but feeing the matter is difputable,I thinke it not amiffe to fnZl y 



naflethus.vnrill fome other fliall find* a nla™ mJl ™,i„;« j . *"«V"" ie to lufter them to 



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I ^Aftragdltu Lu fit miens Clujtj 



Portugal milke-Vetch. 



2 Aftragalus Syriactts. 



Aflfyrian milke Vetch. 



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THe firfl kinde of Aftugdus hath reddifh ftalks acubit high,a finger ^ e '^ m ^[ 

 crefted or furrowed* and couered ouer with an hairy moffinefle ; which dim e ^^ 

 feiues into fundry fmall branches, befet with Ieaues confiding of fundry Iitt e . 



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burning hot : among thefe Ieaues come forth many fmall white floures in fafhion like tne ^ 

 of Lupins,which befo>e their opening feem to be foraewhat yellow : the root is marueiioi .» f ^ 

 and large 3 confidering the fmalnefle of the plant 5 for fomctimes it groweth to the Di„n fclfc 

 mans arme, keeping the fame bignefle for the fpace of a fpan in length , and af ter diuiat • ^ 

 into two or more forks or branchcSjblackevvithout^nd wrinkled ; white within, hard, an 

 and in tafte vnpleafant : which being dried becommeth harder than an home. ' . u \ t . 



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i nc iecond kinde of Aftragalus is a rare and gall; 

 fp 5 by reafon that it is counted for a kinde of %jifi. 

 his ft«lks and Ieaues. as alfo in rhr rliitinroto < 



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