336 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



Minimus. difcoloured or fpotted on the outfide, then the greater kinde is. There is a lefler kind 

 then this, not differing in any thing from this, but that it is lefler. 



4. Lupinus fare luteo. The yellow Lupine. 



The yellow Lupine groweth not vfually fo high, but with larger leaues then the 

 fmall blew Lupine ; the flowers grow in two or three rundles or tufts, round about 

 the ftalke and the branches at the ioynts, of a delicate fine yellow colour, like in fa- 

 fhion vnto the other kindes, being larger then the laft, but nothing fo large as the 

 greater kindes, and of a fine fmall fent : the feede is round, and not flat, but much a- 

 bout the forme and bignefle of the fmall blew, or fomewhat bigger, of a whitifh co- 

 lour on the outfide, fpotted with many fpots. 



The Place. 



The firft groweth in many places of Greece, and the Eafterne Countries 

 beyond it, where it hath beene anciently cherifhed for their foode, being 

 often watered to take away the bitternefle. It groweth alfo in thefe Weftern 

 parts, but ftill where it is planted. The great blew Lupine is thought to 

 come from beyond the parts of Perfia, in Caramania. The lefler blew is 

 found very plentifully wilde, in many places both of Spaine and Italy. The 

 laft hath beene brought vs likewife out of Spaine, whereas it is thought it 

 groweth naturally. They all grow now in the gardens of thofe, that are 

 curious louers of thefe delights. 



The Time. 



They flower in Summer, and their feede is ripe quickly after. 



The Names. 



They are generally called Lupini. Plautus in his time faith, they were 

 vfed in Comedies in ftead of money, when in any Scene thereof there 

 was any fhew of payment, and therefore he calleth them Aurum Comicum. 

 And Horace hath this Verfe, 



Nee tamen ignorant, quid diftent ara Lupinis, 



to fhew that counterfeit money (fuch as counters are with vs, or as thefe Lu- 

 pines were vfed in thofe times) was eafily knowne from true and currant 

 coine. In Englifh wee vfually call them after the Latine name, Lupines ; 

 and fome after the Dutch name, Figge-beanes, becaufe they are flat and 

 round as a Figge that is prefled; and fome Flat-beanes for the fame reafon. 

 Some haue called the yellow Lupine, Spanifh Violets : but other foolifh 

 names haue beene giuen it, as Virginia Rofes, and the like, by knauifh Gar- 

 diners and others, to deceiue men, and make them beleeue they were the 

 finders out, or great preferuers of rarities, of no other purpofe, but to 

 cheate men of their money : as you would therefore auoyde knaues and 

 deceiuers, beware of thefe manner of people, whereof the skirts of our 

 towne are too pitifully peftered. 



The Vertues. 



The firft or ordinary Lupine doth fcoure and cleanfe the skin from fpots, 

 morphew, blew markes, and other difcolourings thereof, beeing vfed ey- 

 ther in a decoftion or pouther. Wee feldome vfe it in inward medicines, 

 not that it is dangerous, but of neglecl, for formerly it hath beene much 

 vfed for the wormes, &c. 



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