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him carefully preserved, who also imparted seeds thereof to me, in 

 A7ino 1620. — MS. f. 107; Ger. einac, 1638. 



Lathyrits OcJirus DC. 

 Ervilia silvestris Dodonaei, p. 522. 31 Julij 1621 



Ervilia sendeth forth 3 or 4 stalks or branches from one root, 

 somewhat like Lathyrus, but broader weaker and lyeinge flatt 

 uppon the ground : the leaves are about two ynches longe and an 

 ynch broad, with claspinge tendrells at the ends, without footstalks, 

 making the stalks flatt with their two edges, whole bendath on the 

 lower parte of the stalk onlie devided into 2 parts at the ends, but 

 neare the topps of the branches everie leafe is devided at the toppe 

 into 2, 3 or 4 small leaves. The flowers are small of a pale yealowe 

 or primrose color growinge but one in a place on a short footstalk. 

 The codds are short somewhatt flatt havinge 2 edges or filmes on 

 the upper side wherein is contayned 4 or 5 or 6 round ash colord 

 fruite. verie like feild peason of the same bignes, and verie neare of 

 tast. The root is verie small and threddie and perisheth when the 

 seed is ripe. 



II I first observed this pulse in the garden of Mr. John Parkinson 

 in London Anno 1616, and after 1620 I receaved seeds hereof from 

 my trewe frend Mr. William Coys, often remembred, with many 

 other. — MS. f. 107. 



[Cf. L. Ochrus DC, 28 July 1621.] 



Pismn arve7ise L. 

 Pisum maculatum Boelii. 31 Julii 1621 



They are like to the small common field Peason in stalkes, leaves, 

 and cods ; the difference is, the flowers are commonly smaller, and 

 of a whitish greene colour : the Peason are of a darke gray colour, 

 spotted with blacke spots in .shew like to blacke velvet ; in taste 

 they are also like, but somewhat harsher, [j These peason I gathered 

 in the garden of M^ lohn Parkinson, a skilfull Apothecarie of 

 London ; and they were first brought out of Spaine by Boelius 

 a low-countrey man. — MS. f. 107 ; Ger. einac. 1638. 



Medicago minima L. 

 Medica Anglica minor 3 Augusti 1621 



an Trifolium cochleatum alterum. Dod. p. 579. 



Hath many fower square hairy straked reddish branches, grow- 

 inge from one root, two or three foot longe, and those also devided 

 againe into other branches, whereon growe smooth leaves three on 

 a footstalk, somewhat indented, very broa:d at the toppe, and 

 narrowe belowe, of the fashion of a hart, with a crooked black 



