Chap. 705. "Englijh Herbs. 1171 
Trefoil Hares-Foot, Small 
Common. 
hairy Stalk, /[reading it /elf out into /evertil Branch- 
es, on which grow Jmall Leaves , three joined toge- 
ther, like thofe of the /mall Trefoils. T he Flowers 
grow at the very Points of the Stalks andBranches, 
con Fiji tng of a rough Knap, or Bu/h of Hairs, or 
Down, tike that of Alopecuros or Fox-tail, of a 
whitijh color tending to a light Blu/h , with little 
white Flowers among the Down inc/s. 
XIII. The ninth, or Small yellow Trefoil. It 
has a /mall /lender and fibrous Root , from whence 
rife up fmooth , J lender weak Stalks, about a Cubit 
high. Jet with few Leaves on them, which are / 'mall 
and round pointed, and fometimes denled-in in the 
middle of the end , almojl in form of an Heart , (not 
much unlike to the Common Meadow Trefoil,) 
each J landing feverally on their own Jhort F'oor- 
Jlalks. The Flowers come forth at the tops of their 
Stalks and Branches, made as it were of browni/h 
yellow Scales, laid one upon another, well ref cm- 
bling an Hop , of which it took one of its Names, 
viz. Lupulus Sylvaticus. Johnfon in Gerard /ays] 
that the Heads are pretty large and yellow, which 
afterwards become of a browni/h color , and fome- 
what re/emble an Hop, whence Thalius called it 
Lupulus Sylvaticus, or Trifolium Luteum alterum 
Lupulinum ; but Dodonarus, Trifollum agrarium. 
Field Trefoil. The Flowers being pall away, are 
followed by many little crooked cluftering Seeds. 
XIV. The tenth, or fmallell yellow Trefoil. Its 
Root is /mall and thready, which /ends forth a 
few weak Jlender Stalks, (but little bigger than 
/mall Rufhes) lying on the Ground, on which grow 
/mall Trefoil Leaves, fometimes more than three 
on a /mall Footftalk, and fometimes a very little 
dented about the edges. The Flowers are /mall 
Trefoil Yellow, Small. 
and yelloni/h fet clo/e and round together , after 
which follow /mall, b/acki/h, fiat, and crooked Seeds 
in Husks, almojl like a Medica, or Claver. h has 
two little Leaves cloje at the bottom of the three- 
Leav d Footjialk ; as its Leaves are much j. mailer 
than the former, fo the yellow Heads are alfo 
much IcJJer. J 
XV. The Places. Thefe are all Meadow- 
Plants with us, but the third and fourth are Sown 
in Fields m Italy, and in Flanders and Holland 
and feveral other parts beyond^ie Sea, of which 
theymakean excellent Food fo”attel, as well to 
batten them, , as to give good (fore of Milk ; where 
they are Manured, t they come up ranker than thev 
do m our Meadows where they grow Wild and of 
their own accord ; as alfo on the Mountains and 
Hills of Spam and Germany. The feventh is fiid 
§P W , m A'W'f, and is by Camerarius called 
Medica Arabtca, but it is common wirh us in 
tngland The eighth and ninth growsalmoft everv 
where throughout our Land, in dry Grounds, as alfo 
among Corn efpecially among Barly, and’likewife 
in Barren raitures in moft places. 
X VI. The Times. They are frelh and green prer- 
ty early In . the Spring, and Flower in June Juh 
and AuguJI, perfuSing their Seed in the mean 
time. 
Qualities. They are temperate in re- 
fpect to heat or coldj and dry in rhefirlt Degree • 
v P u ntl n e n D ' S l ftive ’ Anod y n > Vulnerary, Diure- 
tick and Alexipharmick. 
XVIII. The Specification. They are ufed to clear 
Woundf'hV’ abate „ InHami ™™s,eafe Pains, heal 
Wounds, help the Strangury, (lop the Whites in 
Women, and refill the Poifon of Venomous 
Creatures and cure all forts of Fluxes. 
from 1 '1 A ? Jff a / J a, ‘ ons - You may have there-. 
trom, I. A Liquid Juice or Effence. 2. A JV- 
coUton in Wme or Water. 3 . fi Pouder 0/ the 
Se , e d 4 t -d DecoHed Oil. ACataph/m. 6 . The 
AJhes 0/ the whole Plant. 1 J 
7 K 1 
XX. The 
