fmall brownifh feed" : the rootc perifheth the fame ycare it bcareth icede, for often- 
times it flowreth not the firft yeare it is fowne. 
1 1 . Seer pi tides maius dr minus. 
Great and lmall Caterpillers. 
Vnder one defeription I comprehend both thefe forts of Scorpions graffe,or Cater- 
pillers, or Wormes,as they arc called by many, whereof the greater hath been known 
but of lateyeares; and ioyne them to thefe pulfes, not hauing a fitter place whereto 
infert them. It isbutafmall low plant, with branches lying vpon the ground, and 
fomewhatlong, broad, and hard leaues theron, among which comeforth (mail ftalkes, 
bearing at the end for the moll part, two fmall pale yellowifh flowers, like vnto T ares 
®r 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 clofing like vnto 
the Snailes, and blacker more like vnto a Caterpiller then the other, wherein are 
contained brownifli yellow feede, much like vntoa Medics : the rootes of both are 
fmall and fibrous, perifhing euery ycare. 
The Place. 
Thefe are found feucrally in diuers and feuerall places, but weefowand 
plant them vfually to furnifh our gardens. 
The Time. 
They doe all flower about the moneths of Iune and Iuly,and their feede 
is ripe foone after : but the fecond is earlier then the reft. 
The Names. 
The firft is called Clymenum of Matthfc>lus,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 afunder, that two plants fo farre vnlikcfhoufdnotbee 
called by one name : this is alfo called Lathyrus lat if elites, becaufe there 
is another called augufa folias, that differeth from it alfo : It is moft vfually 
called with vs, Ptfum perenne, and in Englifh Peafe bloflome, or Peafeeuer- 
lafting. The fecond is called by Clufius, Orobus venetus, bccaufe it was fent 
him from Venice, with another of the famekinde that bore white flowers s 
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 bearc feue- 
rall names, and to be the fame in deede. Although I yeeld vnto Clufius the 
Latinename which doth not fufficiently content race • yet I hauc thought 
good to giue it a differing Englifh name, according as it is in the title. The 
third, becaufe I firft receitied it among other feeds from Spaine,I haue giuen 
it the name, as itiscntituled.Thc fourth is called of Come Sandalida Cretics > 
dr Lotus fihqttofus fere rubcHo, Lotus tetragonolobus, Ptfum rubrum, dr Ptfum 
quadratum : We vfually call it in Englifh, Crimfon Peafe,or fquare Peafe. 
The Medica Cechieat a is called of Dodonatus Trifolium Cochleatum^ but not 
iudged to be the true Medica. Wee call it in Englifh, Medick fodder, Snailes 
Clauer, or as it is in the title, and fo the reft of the Medica’s accordingly. 
The Hedy far umclyf eat um or Securidaca is called of Dodontcus Onebricbia 
altera, and we in Englifh for the likencffe. The red Sattin flower, although 
fomefoolidily call it, the red or French Honyfuckle. The laft is called by 
Lobel, Scorpieidcs bupleuriftlio, I haue called it minus, becaufe thegreateft 
fort which came to me out of Spaine was not knownc vnto him: in Englifh 
they are generally called Caterpillers. 
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