Chap. 722. 
ding many Tears -, but all its Stalks perij. 1 ) every 
Year, new ariftng again in the Spring , which are 
fever al. , upright , and hard crrftcd , growing to a 
Yard in height , and Jet on all ftdes with winged 
Leaves , four or five couple on a middle Rib , 0/" 0 
m - / fad green color , 770 bigger than thofe of Len- 
tils. Tta Ylowers (land at the tops of the Stalks 
Vetch Milk Ballard. 
and Branches , many fet together , which are J. wall 
and fhort , 0/ a dead purplifh color , turning Wan 
with (landing ■, and change into finally black , and 
almofl round pointed Cods , 777 which are contained 
4 or 5 fmall blackifh Grains or Fulfe. 
VI. The third, or the true great Hatchet Vetcl^ 
or Sickle-wort. i/x R00/ ;x fmall, perijhing every 
Year. It grows not above a boot high , with divers 
winged Leaves growing on its Stalks , which are fo 
weak , <2/ 7707 to Jland upright. Each of the Leaves 
is fmall , 770 / t; 07 ^ long, and round at the end. At 
the top are many fmall yellow blowers, (Matthiolus 
fays reddijh, in which he was mi (taken : ) After 
which , come as many long, flat, thin, reddijh, fmall 
crooked pointed Cods, containing flat and reddifl) 
Grains ■, fo lying in them , that they may be dif- 
cerned thro 5 the Cod ■, the whole Cod being compa- 
red in Form to a Hatchet. 
VII. The fourth, or teller Hatchet Vetch. Its 
Root is like the former, and perifhes Yearly with 
us. In form and manner of growing, it is much 
like to the former, but fome thing lejfer -, yet not 
much lower, if it grows in any good Ground. The 
Flowers grow many together , of a pale yellow color, 
and after them come fmall crooked Cods, bowed 
almofl together, or much like to a Horje-Sbooe -, 
in which lye pale brown Grains, not fully round, 
but fquare and lejfer. 
VIII. The fifth, or greater Horfe-Shooe Vetch. 
Its Root is flender, 3 or 4 Inches long, with feveral 
bibres or Strings adjoining , white and hard, and 
lives many Years. It has divers fmall winged 
Leaves, fet on fmall weak Stalks, leaning, or ra- 
ther ly ing upon the Ground, each Leaf being fmall, 
fhort, a little longifh, almofl round pointed , of a 
wh'ttijh green color. At the Joints with the Leaves, 
come forth Jingle blowers, viz. one at a place, on 
a very fhort b'ootflalk, being fmall and yellow • 
after which, follow a long flat Cod, a little bowed , 
and cut or divided on the Concave or inner edge 
into 4, 5, or 6 Divifions , each being cut in round, 
fomething like the Letter C. or like an Horfe-Shooe, 
whence it took its Name •, in which lye fo many 
Grains, rut there are f paces between the Chafms or 
Cuts, which are fmall, longifh and crooked. 
IX. Thefixth, or lelfer Horfe-Shooe Vetch. This 
in its Roots, Stalks, Branches, Leaves, blowers. 
Cods , and manner of growing, is very like to the 
former or greater kind, but lejfer by the half, the 
Stalks being not abovfthree or Jour Inches long, and 
lying clofe upon the Ground , and is of a little whi- 
ter color than it. 
X. The feventh, or greater Birds-foot Vetch. It has 
a long, flender, flringy Root, running deep into the 
Earth. It is a fmall Vetch, ( tbo’ greater than the 
next ) not growing above a Span, or 8 or 9 Inches 
high , with many Branches fpread on the Ground, - 
fet with many Wings of fmall Leaves, in manner 
of the lafl Vetches, but much f mailer. The blowers 
grow upon the Branches, many fmall ones fet in a 
Tuft or Head together, of a pale yellow color, which 
afterwards turn into fo many fmall jointed Cods y 
well refe tabling the Claws of a fmall Bird, ( whence 
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