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Leaves of the Tree Bean-Trefoil. At the ends of 
the Branches for the moft part , come forth the 
Flowers , three or four together , of a fine Gold 
color , and of the fafhion of Broom-Flowers, but 
not Jo large. After the Flowers are pafi , in their 
places come crooked , fiat, thin Cods , in form or 
fhape of an Half Moon, or Crooked Horn, xahitijh 
when they are ripe , in which is contained blackijh 
Seed the whole Plant has a pretty hot Smell, but 
not firong . Gerard fays. That its Branches are 
tough and hairy ■, that the Leaves are like thofe of 
the Meadow-Trefoil *, that the Cods are crooked like 
a Sickle •, that the Seed or Grains tafie like Cicers 
or Chick Peafe ^ that the whole Plant is hoary like 
Rh imnus or Buckthorn and that being broken or 
bruifed, it fmells like Rocket; 
V. The fecond, or common Tree Trefoil. Its 
Root dive rfly fpreads.it f elf under Ground-, from 
whence arifes a Stem or Stalk, larger both in height 
and thicknefs than the former , having a blackifl) 
coloured Bark, replenijhed with Trefoil Leaves, 
but fmaller and greener than the former. The 
Flowers are f mailer, but of the fame fafhion and 
color. The Cods are blackijh and thin , not very 
long or great, but lefferthan Broom Cods, in which 
is contained fm all blackijh Seed. Gerard fays. That 
it grows to the height of a tall Man, ( but that is 
as the Soil is in goodnefs : ) That the Leaves are 
like fome of the Common Trefoils, but fmaller, 
of which the middlemoft of the three is always the 
longefi -, that the upper fide of the Leaf being green, 
the underfide is fomewhat reddifh and hairy ; that 
the Flowers grow on the Stalks aim oft from their 
bottoms to their tops, but greater than any of the 
reft, of a Gold yellow color. Broom fafhion' d and 
that the Seed has a Cicer, or Chick-Peafe Tafte. 
VI. The third, or German hoary Tree Trefoil. 
Its Root, ps woody, running it felf out under the 
Earth many ways from which rifes up fever al 
fender hoary Stalks , which are but low, and more 
Woolly than fome others, with long Trefoil Leaves, 
which in fever al places of them , are on the backfide 
fomewhat more hoary than on the upperfide , the 
middle Rib being fomewhat great , of a kind of 
fweetifl) Tafte, and a little J'weet in Smell alfo. 
The Flowers are of a Gold yellow like the other 
forts, and like Broom Flowers, ftanding many to- 
gether, one above another at the end of the Branches. 
After which comes hoary, and fomewhat hairy , lit- 
tle, long, narrow and ji at Cods, containing therein 
fmall Seed like that 'of Broom, tafting like Tares. 
Gerard fays, that its Stalks and Branches grow not 
very high, but are plentifully fpread out round a- 
bout ; that the Leaves are greater than the former, 
but leffer than thofe of Meadow Trefoil That the 
Flowers growclofe together, as lho > they were bound 
up, or compatl into one Head, or f poky Tuft, fome- 
what greater than the former -, that the Cods are alfo 
greater and more hairy y that it falls out to be more 
hairy or woolly in one place than in another , and the 
more hairy and woolly it is, the whiter it grows • 
and that the Branches- of this often lye upon the 
Ground. Johnfon alfo fays. That the Leaves are 
fmooth and green above , and hoary underneath *, 
that the yellow Flowers when fading, become fome- 
times Orange coloured J and that the Cods are round, 
and Seeds brownijh. 
VII. The fourth, or Spanifh Tree Trefoil. Its 
Root Is woody and fibrous, f presiding it felf abroad, 
which fends up ufually but one Stalk, f ifing to a 
Mans height , and covered with a dark grayijh Bark, 
which fpreads it felf out round into Branches, 
which are replenijhed with fmall pale greenifh 
Trefoil Leaves on the upperfide, and a little red- 
difh and hairy underneath. The Flowers are of a 
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Gold yellow color , fomewhat longer than others , and 
coming forth at the bottom of the Leaves in fever al 
places , commonly two or three at a place , which 
turn into j mall , Jhort, and flat Cods , leffer than 
Broom Cods, and fomewhat blackijh when they arc 
ripe , containing within them final 1, flat and 
blackijh Seed , at fmall <u that oj Broom. 
VIII. The filth , or low Spamlh hoary Tree 
Trefoil. Its Stalks and Branches are not above 
half a Lard high, long, Jlender and hoary, repleat 
with Treloil Leaves, the two lower oj which are 
fmaller than the middle Leaf, which is of twice 
their length , but of a hoary Afh color, ji andwg on 
Jhort Vootfialks , of an AJbingent drying Tajie. 
The Flowers come forth with the Leaves at the 
Joints, allalongthe Branchestwo or three together 
which are fujiainci by /oft hoary while Husks 
wherein they fund. Gerard fays. That it growl 
to the height of a Cubit or more-, that it here 'many 
Branches which are fender and twiggy, like Broom 
f reaked and very hard-, that the Leaves are Tre- 
foil like , or very like Fcenugreek, yet all hoary ; 
that from the bojo/ns of which, or between the Leaves 
and Stalks, the yellow Flowers come forth, very like 
Broom or Peafe Flowers, but fmaller -, that the 
Cods are like Broom Cods, of an Afh color, j..t 
fender er, rougher and flatter -, that in their five- 
ral Cells are contained bright liming heed. Hue the 
black Seed of Broom ; and that the whole Plant is 
hoary like Rhamnus or Buckthorn. 
IX. The fir ft of the Greater Tree Bean- Trefoil. 
Its Root is woody, runs deep into the Ground, and 
fpreads far about, being of ayellowijhcolor. ’it ri- 
fles up to more than the heigh of a Man, if it abides 
long in any place,- and is covered with a fmooth 
green Bark . Lhe branches are very long, pliant 
and bending any way, on which grow here and there 
Trefoil Leaves upon long Footjla/As, being fome- 
thing long, narrow, and pointed at the ends, green 
on the upperfide, and oj a Jhining Stiver color un- 
derneath, without any Smell at all. '. At the Joints 
of thefie Branches where the Leaves Jland, come 
forth many Flowers much like to thofe of Broom, 
but not fo targe or open, growing about a very long 
Branch or Stalk, Jometimes a good Span or more in 
length, and of a fair yellow color, but not very deep ; 
after which come flat thin Cods, not very long or 
proad, but as tough and hard us thofe ofl Broom 
in which is contained blackijh Seed 1 Thoje Twigs of 
Flowers hang down, and do not fiand up, being aU 
moft a Foot long, as do alfo the Cods. Gerard Jays, 
that the Leaves are rather like to Viiex, or thofe of 
Cy tifus, and that the Seed is like to that of Galeea 
or Tree-Trefoil. 
X-. The fecond, or leffer Tree-Bean-Trafoil. It 
is in moJI things like unto the loft deferibed -, but it 
grows nothing near fo great, nor are the Leaves fo 
large by half, nor yet either the Flowers or Seed. 
XI. The Places. The firft four of the Tree- 
Trefoils are found in the Kingdom olNap/es, and 
feveral parts of Greece -, as alfo the fecond, ’third 
and fourth in Hungary, Aujiria, &c. but all the firft 
five are Strangers in England, but as they are Nurft 
up in Gardens ; the fecond of them being the moft 
common with us. The Tree-Bean-Trefoil grows 
in Spain and France, alfo in Candy , as Bellonivs 
fays, but with us are Cultivated under a Gardiners 
Care. 
XII. The Titties. The firft five Flower for the 
moft part in May, June and July, and give ripe 
Seed in . Augult and September. The latter two 
Flower in May and June, and their Seed is ripe 
in September. 
XIII. The Qualities. The Cytift are temperate 
in refpeft to heat or cold, driijels or moilture, yet 
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