DESCRIPTIONS OF PLANTS 139 



seldom round, most commonly somewhat flat, and sometimes 

 cornered, of a blackish colour, neere as big as field peason, and of 

 the taste of Fetches. The whole herbe perisheth when the seed is 

 ripe. II This plant Boeliiis sent to M'. William Coys, who hath care 

 fully preserved the same kind ever since, and friendly imparted 

 seeds thereof to me in Anno 1620. — MS. f 91 ; Gcr. eniac. 1627. 



Vicia lutea ^ laevigata Boiss. 

 Legumen pallidum Vlissiponense Nonii Brandonii. 30 Julii 1621 

 This plant is very like, both in stalks, leaves, and cods, to Arams 

 maior Bcuticus, but the flowers of this are of a pale yellow or 

 primrose colour, and the whole herbe smaller, and nothing so 

 hairy. It perisheth also when the seed is ripe. 1| I received the 

 seeds likewise from M^ Coys. — MS. f. 91 ; Ger. emac. 1627. 



Vicia sativa var. lezicosperma Moench. 

 Vicia indica fructu albo. Pisum indicum Gerardo. 30 Julii 1621 

 This Vetch diff'ereth not in any thinge at all, eyther in stalkes, 

 leaves, codds, fashion of the flowers, or colour thereof, from our 

 common manured Vetch, but that it groweth higher, and the fruit 

 is bigger and rounder, and of a very cleare white colour, more like 

 to peason than Vetches, jj M^ Gerard was wont to call this Vetch 

 by the name of Pisum Indicum, or Indian Pease, gotten by him 

 after the publishing of his Herball, as M^ Coys reported to me. 

 But the said M^ Coys hath (in my iudgment) more properly named 

 it Vicia frnctii albo : which name I thought most fit to call it by, 

 only addinge Indica to it, from whence it is reported to have been 

 gotten. — MS. f. 91 ; Ger. emac. 1627. 



Pisnm sativum L. 

 Pisum quadratum. 3° Ju^U i^^i 



Lotus siliquosus rubello flore, Clus: p. ccxliiij. Phyto. 668 (60). 



This hath many round, hairie, branches, proceedinge imediatelie 

 from the root, longe spreadinge for the most pte uppon the 

 ground ; yet the topps or ends of the branches liste themselves 

 somewhat upright, whereon growe broad rough hairie blunt-topped 

 leaves at certaine distances 3 allwaies on one foot stalk, out of 

 whose bosomes growe round hairy footstalks, bearinge three other 

 leaves like the former but smaller, and one or two flowers like 

 those of Vetches, of a beautifuU color like deepe redd or orenge 

 tawnie velvett, after which cometh uppe the codds, about 3 ynches 

 longe, havinge 4 wrinckled filmes or skyns growinge alongst them 

 viz. two on the upper side and 2 on the loWer side, which make the 

 codds (?) appeare fower square when they be drie, wherein in ech 



