1 2 i 6 Salmon ’ s Herbal. Lib. 1. 
this veiv thing being given to mar/y others, who 
complained in like manner, they were all loon Cu- 
red, by voiding their Worms more or lei's * and 
fome by voiding Rouls or Balls ot Hair, and other 
Heterogeneous things. It is held to be no lei's ef- 
feftual againlt all manner of Poifon, as ail'o the 
Birings ot Serpents, and other Venomous Crea- 
tures. Many other great things Mo minim lpeaks 
hereof, which fuch as pleafe, may have recourfe 
to the Author tor the lame. 
CHAP. DCCXXII. 
Of VETCHES not bitter. 
Karnes. The Vetch is called in Greek 
JL iii/.i y, ’z(t£zx.ov, * K uctuoi '• in La tine, 
Vicia, pi. Vicia ■, in Engl till, the Vetch or Tare. But 
we make a diftinftion ^ lor iho ? all the Species are 
called Vetches, yet the Manured kinds are molt 
commonly called Tares ; and ot ihofe, both the 
Manured and Wild forts of them, we have alread 
treated in Chap. 6 S3. and 684. aforegoing ^ the 
other kinds mote commonly called Vetches , reman 
to be treated ot in this and the tollowing Chapters 
II The Kinds. Of thefe forts of Vetches , we 
make two pi inci pal Species, vis • 1. The Vetches 
not bitter , of which we treat in this prefent place. 
2 The bitter Vetches , ot which we (hall difcourle 
in the Chapter next enfuing. 
III. The Kinds of Vetches not bitter. There is 
a large Stock of thefe, many of which grow in 
Foreign Parrs, and tar d Itant Regions, which we 
polftnly may not fee in many Ages^ ot thefe Stran- 
gers wc (hail fay nothing-, but thole ot wnich we 
treat, lhall be what are daily round growing Wild 
among!! us, or aie other wile Nurlt up by the Curi 
ous in their Gardens, the chief of which are thefe 
following. 1. ’A :<*■.* ’ayeia: in Latine, Aphaca , 
Aphaca Sylvefris, The yellow Wild .Vetch- Lug- 
dunenfis takes it to be the o : cCdyyj, 0 rob ant he • 
Theophrafli , lib. 5. cap. 22. Caufarum ■, which 
grows amonglt Orobus and ltrangles it. Anguilara 
and Came ran us take it to be his n'mvti, Tit me : 
Lobe l calls it Aphaca Diofcoridis -, and Lugdunenfis , 
Orobanche Legume n , (becaufe he acknowledges a- 
nother Orobanche.) It is the Elat me tertia Taber- 
n<emontani , and the Vida lute a jo/ijs Convolvuli 
mincris Bauhini. 2. ’A Altragalus, Milk 
Vetch * it isalfo called jjJtraga/oides herbariorum , 
Aflragalus Kothus , Baliard, or bafe Milk Vetch. 
3 . 'HiNm&v, tie dyf arum, Securidaca , Hatchet Vetch, 
which is ot two kinds, firlt, Hedyfarum majm, 
Securidaca major vera , The true greater Hatchet- 
Vetch, or Sicklewort. 4. Secondly, Hedyfarum 
minus, Securidaca minor. The lelfer Hatchet Vetch. 
5. her rum Equinum majm Tabernamcntani, Solea 
Equina Lugdunenfis , The greater Horfe- Shooe 
Vetch. 6. Terr urn Equinum minus. The lelfer 
Horfe - Shooe Vetch. 7. Ornithopodium majm , 
Pes Avis major. The greater Birds Foot, (fo cal- 
led from the iorm of the Pods.) 8. Ornithopodi- 
um minus, Pes Avis minor , The lelfer Birds-Foot. 
9. Ornithopodium radice nodofa. Knotted Birds- 
Foot. 10. Anthyllis Lcguminoja vulgaris Clufij -, 
Anthyllis prior Dodonti ; Lagopodium Tabernxmon- 
tani Anthyllis Lenttjimilis Lobelij ■, Anhetica 
Saxonum Phalij Vulneraria ruflica Gefneri . , (be- 
caufe his Country - Men called it Wundkraut , 
Wound-Wort : ) Loto ajfinis vulneraria pratenfs 
I tiaubini, Our common Kidney Ve ch, 1 j. Stella 
LeguminoJ a Lobelij -, Vicia Sefamacea Column * Bau- 
hino, (which Name i think Bauhine has wrongful- 
ly applyed-, ) The Star Codded Vetch. 12. V.eta 
Glycyrrhizata Gerardi G/aux vulgaris Legutni- 
nrfa. The Liquorice like Vetch. It is the ternu- 
grecum Sy he fire Tragi & Dodonai rhe Glycyr- 
rhiza Sylvejins Gejneri and the Glaux vulgaris 
Lobelij. 13. Vicia Glycyi rhizata a' ter a • Glaux al- 
tera Leguminofa, Glycyrrhiza Sylvejins a'nCa- 
merarij x 3 Thalij , The ocher Liquorice like Vetch. 
The Descriptions. 
IV. The firlt, or yellow Wild Vetch. Its Root 
is fmall and long, with many tibres, not enduring 
all Winter, but perifhmg every I car. It nfes up 
higher than Lentils, with many weak, fender , and 
cornered Stalks full of Joints , with Jmall Leaves 
at them, fet by couples cloje together , until they be 
well grown, which then (fond more jepar ate, each 
of which is broad at bottom , as it were enciofmg the 
Stalk, and Jmall and Jharp at the end, jotnc thing 
Vetch Yellow, Wild. 
like to the fmall Bindweed Leaves , branching up- 
wards, and every one ending in a fmall Clafper. 
The flowers come jorthat lie Joints of the Leaves y 
and Clajprrs with them, j>am the middle upwards \ 
oj a pate yellowilh color, and after them fmall, and 
Jomewhat flat Cods , longer than thofe of Lentils, in 
which lye 4 or 7 hard , black, round, flattijh , fhi- 
ning Grains or Tares. 
V. The fecond, or Bt Hard, or bafe Milk Vetch. 
Its Root grows great and thick at the Head , tough 
and woody, running deep into the Earth , and abi- 
ding 
