

IvIB. 1, 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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C h a p. 513. 0/W Fitchlirtg, Medic \ Fitch, or Coc\es~head< 



^ The Description. 



He firfrtcinde otonttrycbk hath many fmall aud twiggie pliant branches,rampin<r and 

 creeping through and about buflies,o«-whatfoeueritgrowcth neerevnto; the Jeaues 

 and all the reft of the pulfe or plant is very like to the wilde Vetch or Tare • the floures 

 grow at the top of fmall naked ftalkes, in rtiape like the peafe bloome, but of a purple colour laied 

 ouer with blewjwhich turne into {mail round prickly husks,that are nothing elfe but the feed. 



Ondrychis^ put Caput G AlUnAceum^, 



Medick Fitchling,or Cockes-head. 



2 Ondrychis fore purput t$l 



Purple Cockes-hcad. 



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pfClufi 



Dulfr. mJLti 6 iT~; 7 f ldnc ' rouna ' nard > and waning to the ground like the other 



^coiT% r" 7 , lkC G ft ° r th V vilde Vetch ' of a biter cafte and lothfo ™ &»™ •• among 

 long inTnM • Tf Tfc ftemS f C the COds whereof do g fOW A«w^pike fa(hion,three inche! 



2 1 PC h u C th °^° f tb , e S reat z W".<» medow TrefoiIe,but longer )0 f an excellent fliimW 



f cadin, 1; ?,? ft / hke K the Y CtC ?- Thc root is S reat and lon g> hard, and of a W " 

 i reading it felfe farre abroad,and growing very deepe into the cround. 



vooddy root. 

 the sround. 



ftemmes, 



tewci SiXr £ ? §r ° W l ng r n tilg Pn 0f knots > r arnping and creeping or 



^hereuDon fc fo . rme , r > b fl ut fraa !f r and Sorter : among which come forth fma 



flour s £°iH [" floure * hke *?* f the Tare,but of a blew colour tending to purpled 



a blacL coI ou r ' eC ° me «*»*«*"* containe little blacke feed like a Kidney, of 



°p£ eSj fn a Urth ri nde of / Fetc ! 1 J in | hath firme g"*ne hard ftalks a cubit and ahalfeh^wfiere: 

 PJeafant ,n llaT ^ 'I ° 7J Ide T u° °„ Gde &*> but fmaller and ^mewhat hairy, bitter and vn- 



ln ta " e >and M the end fo.newhat (harpc. At the top of the ftalkes come forth long fpiked 



•. Mm in ram 2 flcures, 



