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Of the Hiflorfe of Plants 



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together,placed from joint to joint by fpaces s foraewhat hoaTy^Hk^TT^ 



or Rue : among which come forth manv fmall moffiV w h,,« fl~. ' _ y "*eynto the leaues r 



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^.n.^. ^^icgaics,aua very use hjc eiumcs 01 cne wnue or Oke tree whirh * ~" > " 1 uuau bundle? 

 bladders^ it were made of parchment , wherein is contained blac£ fiS*? "^ f mal1 ro »ndift 

 tafte like the wilde Tare : the whole plant is of an vnfauory fme^^fe^^.but 

 die fubftance. 7 l > cne t00t ls «Hck l and of a *Ja 



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Trefoile hath 



wood- 

 into other 



vtJcs,wiJcrcoii grew icducs iikc tllu 



in it differeth from the precedent. 



venomous 



U The Place. 



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tignana,and about the fea coafts,and are ftrangers in England y cra S§> 



^ n •„ , . ^ The Time. 



, They flounfh from May to the end of Iunc. 



% The Name si 



Dorycmumw **— ; is that poifonous or venomous plant wherewith in times oafl thev M , 

 poifon their arrow heads,or weapons thereby to do the greater hurt vnto thofcSfiS h S 

 faileor purfue whereupon it tooke his name. Great controuerfie hath been amoSS i, t 

 what manner of plant Dorsum (hould be • fome faying one thing,anS Fome SSSSS 

 troueriies and fundrv opinions are verv we\\ rrmf„r^ K,7^-^.«^r„„ .* .., . , , . n . con : 



fi 



cfiRonddet 



may be cal led in Englidi, Venomous tree Trefoile. % 



ifeorides 



Vorycmum is very cold without moiftning 



^1 The temperature, 



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% The Venues. 





Venomous Trefoile hath not onegood qualitic that I 'can read of,but it is a peftilent venomous 

 mt,as hath been faid in the defcriotion. 



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t The figurtt ware formerly tranffofe J 





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P olemonium , fi<v e Tri folium fruticam . 



Shrubby Trefole, or yellow Iafniinc.' 



Of Of the firub Trefoile, called alfo ^IMakeMu 



^f The Defcripttn. 



His (hruby plant called Pelemommbith 

 many wooddy twigges growing into the 

 height of four or Hue cubits,bauing fmal 

 ny twiggy branches of a dark green color,gar- 

 niflied with fmall leaues of a deep green color, 

 alwaies three ioined together vpon little f° ot - 

 flalks,like the Cjtijkt bnfli or field Treroiie,bue 

 fmaller: the floures be yellow and round,diui- 

 ded into fiue or fix parts, not much vnlike the 

 yellow Iafmine,which hath caufed many to ca! 

 it yellow Iafmine,cuen to this day. When the 

 floures be vaded there fucceed fmall round ber- 

 ries as big as a peafe,of a black purplifli colon* 

 when they beripe,which being broken w|l^' e 

 or colour the fingers like Elder berries:vvitnin 

 thefe berries are contained a fmall flat feed Jl 

 vnto Lentils : the root is long and fmall, ere " 

 ping hither and thither vnder the carth,pu« in & 

 forth new fprings or (hoots in fundry place , 

 whereby it greatly increafeth. 



f The Place. 



rows 



ndhot 



pelier,at New.caftIe,vpon the dry ^ 

 banks of the oliue fields,and in the flonj & 



nd Wood of Gramuntiumntgwvvctfa w 

 arden,and in other herbaria gardens of E°g 



land. 



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