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Of the Hiflorie of Plants; 



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3 nobrj chit 2 .Cluftj. 



Blew Medicke Fitch, 



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a 





5 Onobrfcfrismontartd ^Cluf$j. 



Mountaine Medicke Fitch 



IB. *. 



Pale coloured Medicke Fitch. 





flouresof a pale colour, and in fliapelikerhofe 

 of the fecond kinde $ which being Varied, there 

 follow i mall bottle cods, wherein is contained 

 little blacke feed like the feed of Fenugreek^but 

 fmaller. The root is thickeand hard,and of a 

 wooddy fubftance,and laftingvery Jong. 

 . 5 The fi fth kinde of Onobrjchiihaih many 

 grofleand wooddy ftalkes,proceedingimmc^- 

 ately from a thickeand flefhie tough rootithe 

 vpper part of which are final], round.and pliant, 

 garnifhed with little leaues like thofe of Leo- 

 tils,or rather r^d^/tf A*, fomewhat foft ,and c<* 



uered ouer with a woolly hairineffe : amouglt 

 which come forth litrle Jong and naked ftoah 

 eight or nine inches long,whereon do grow ma- 

 ny fmall Hourcs of the fafhion of the Vetcfl or 

 Lentill, but of a blew colour tending to purge; 

 and after them come fmall cods,wherin tue ice 



is contained. 



f 7 be Place. 



bill, 



The firft and fecond grow vpon Barton 

 foure miles f romLewton in Bedfordshire, F 

 both the fides of the hill : and likewise vpon 

 nffie balks between the lands oi corn two m 

 rom Cambridge, neere to a water nuH «* 

 London ; and diuers other places by " 

 from London to Cambridge : the reft are 



gers in England. 



o floure in Inl* ™& **« f 2£ 



Thefe plants do 



is tipe fhortty after. 



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