34.0 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



fmall brownifh feede : the roote perifheth the fame yeare it beareth feede, for often- 

 times it flowreth not the firft yeare it is fowne. 



1 1 . Scorpioides mains & minus. 

 Great and fmall Caterpillers. 



Vnder one defcription I comprehend both thefe forts of Scorpions graffe, or Cater- 

 pillers, or Wormes, as they are called by many, whereof the greater hath been known 

 but of late yeares ; and ioyne them to thefe pulfes, not hauing a fitter place where to 

 infert them. It is but a fmall low plant, with branches lying vpon the ground, and 

 fomewhat long, broad, and hard leaues thereon, among which come forth fmall ftalkes, 

 bearing at the end for the mod part, two fmall pale yellowifh flowers, like vnto Tares 

 or Vetches, but fmaller, which turne into writhed or crooked tough cods ; in the grea- 

 ter fort they are much thicker, rounder and whiter, and leffer wound or turned toge- 

 ther then in the fmaller, which are (lenderer, more winding, yet not doling like vnto 

 the Snailes, and blacker more like vnto a Caterpiller then the other, wherein are 

 contained brownifh yellow feede, much like vnto a Medico. : the rootes of both arc 

 fmall and fibrous, perifhing euery yeare. 



The Place. 



Thefe are found feuerally in diuers and feuerall places, but wee fow and 



plant them vfually to furnifh our Gardens. 



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The Time. 



They doe all flower about the moneths of lune and luly, and their feede 

 is ripe foone after : but the fecond is earlier then the reft. 



The Names. 



The firft is called Clymenum of Matthiolus, and Lathyris of Lobel and o- 

 thers : but Lathyris in Greeke is Cataputia in Latine, which is our Spurge, 

 farre differing from this Pulfe ; and therefore Lathyrus is more proper to 

 diftinguifh them af under, that two plants fo farre vnlike fhould not bee 

 called by one name : this is alfo called Lathyrus latifolius, becaufe there 

 is another called angujlifolius, that differeth from it alfo : It is moft vfually 

 called with vs, Pifum perenne, and in Englifh Peafe bloffome, or Peafe euer- 

 lafting. The fecond is called by Clufius, Orobus venetus, becaufe it was fent 

 him from Venice, with another of the fame kinde that bore white flowers ; 

 yet differeth but little or nothing from that kinde he found in Hungary, that 

 I thinke the feuerall places of their growing only caufe them to beare feue- 

 rall names, and to be the fame in deede. Although I yeeld vnto Clufius the 

 Latine name which doth not fufficiently content mee ; yet I haue thought 

 good to giue it a differing Englifh name, according as it is in the title. The 

 third, becaufe I firft receiued it among other feeds from Spaine, I haue giuen 

 it the name, as it is entituled. The fourth is called of fome Sandalida Cretica, 

 & Lotus filiquofus flore rubella, Lotus tetragonolobus, Pifum rubrum, & Pifum 

 quadratum : We vfually call it in Englifh, Crimfon Peafe, or fquare Peafe. 

 The Medica Cochleata is called of Dodonaeus Trifolium Cochleatum, but not 

 iudged to be the true Medica. Wee call it in Englifh, Medick fodder, Snailes 

 Clouer, or as it is in the title, and fo the reft of the Medica's accordingly. 

 The Hedyfarum clypeatum or Securidaca is called of Dodonasus Onobrichis 

 a/tera, and we in Englifh for the likeneffe, The red Sattin flower, although 

 fome foolifhly call it, the red or French Honyfuckle. The laft is called by 

 Lobel, Scorpioides bupleurifolio, I haue called it minus, becaufe the greateft 

 fort which came to me out of Spaine was not knowne vnto him : in Englifh 

 they are generally called Caterpillers. 



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