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the 'Name -, ) in which are contained many Jmall 
round Grains. 
XI. The eighth, or lefler Birds-Foot Vetch. This in 
its Roots , Stalks , Leaves , blowers. Cods , and man- 
ner of growing , fr //£* /fo former , /’«/ <-/// 
//x parts, and growing with its Branches and Leaves 
in a more handfom manner, in which is all the dif- 
ference. 
XII. The ninth, or Knotted Birds-Foot Vetch. This 
ha* in its Roots many final l white Knots or Kernels 
among its Fibres 5 otherwije in its Stalks , Winged 
Leaves , Flowers , Cods , and manner of growing, it 
is like to the greater Birds- loot, Javing that the 
Flowers are of a pale whitijh red color the Cods 
difinCl by Joints, and the whole Plant fomething 
larger. 
XIII- The tenth, or our common Kidney Vetch- 
Jr s Root is long, blackijh on the out fide, white with- 
in, parted many limes into 2 or 3 or more long parts, 
with feme Fibres adjoining to them. It is a fmall 
Plant, Jcurccly growing to be a Foot high, having 
many I Kinged Leaves coming from the Root, which 
arc fomething fmall, long , Jojt , fappy, pointed, 
green on the upper fide, and woolly underneath net 
always jet orderly one againfl another , but confu- 
Jedly, the greeted and longefi being at the end, 
Vetch Kidney, Common * 
which fome unadvijfdly have compared to Lentil- 
Lraves, but bigger - among the Leaves rife up 
foft Stalks, divided into Branches, with the like 
'Winged Leaves on them. At their tops grow Tufts 
of many fmall yellowifh fwcet Flowers, fometimes 
of a white, or pale purple, not much unlike, at 
Clufius fays, in form to thofe of the Meadow- 
Trefoil, (landing in white hoary Husks. After the 
Flowers are pa ft, there come in thofe Husks or Tods, 
fmall , round, flattifh Grains, very like to thofe of 
Herbal Lib. I. 
the Meadow-Trefoil, but a little redder, and ufu- 
ally but one in a Cod. 
XIV. The eleventh, or Star Codded Vetch. Its 
Root is fmall, flcnder, and yel/owijh, running deep 
into the Ground. It grows to be about 6 Inches, 
or it may be a Span high, with upright Stalks, on 
which are fet many Winged Leaves, confifmg of 
many very fmall Leaves, like unto thoje of the 
Birds-Foot. From the Joints of the Stalks with 
- the Leaves, comes a Tuft of fmall pale yellow 
Flowers, upon a fmall prickly jading Footftalk, 
which turn into 5 or 6 fmall, long, crooked pointed 
Cods, funding one again ft another, like unto a Srar, 
from whence came the Aame -, but not jointed at the 
Birds-foot are, having within them fmall brownijh 
Seed, of the Tafle oj other Tulje, but a little clam- 
my withal. 
XV. The twelfth, or Liquorice like Vetch. Its 
Root is thick and long , dividing it felf into two or 
three very long Strings, running very deep into the 
Ground, ( as deep even as Liquorice Root ) fweet 
in Tafe like to Liquorice, which dyes not, but 
abides long, footing four new Branches every Tear 
in the Spring. From whence rife up many weak, 
round, hard Stalks , trailing on the Ground, branch- 
ed upwards-, fet fomething thick with Winged 
Leaves , made of many lejfer ones, fet by couples 
upon a middle Rib, much like to thofe of the great 
Wild Tare, in Chap. 683. Sefl. 8. aforegoing, and 
one larger , and pointed alfo at the end. The 
blowers come forth at the Joints, many together , 
funding upon a long Footfalk, of a bleak white co- 
lor, tending to yellow , which turn into crooked 
Cods, containing two rows of Grains , cornered. , 
grayifh , and of the Tafe of other Tulfes. 
XVI. The thirteenth, or other Liquorice like 
Vetch. Its Root is like the former, thick , and ve- 
ry long, fpr coding , and running deep into the 
Ground, and fweet in Tafle as the former, abi- 
ding many Tears and according to Thalius, is ve- 
ry like to the True Liquorice. It has fuch like 
Stalks and Winged Leaves as the laf, but not 
fpreading fo far, nor leaning fo much down -, nor 
are the Winged Leaves fo large, but of a darker 
green on the upperfide, and gray underneath. The 
blowers are of a Turplijh color. The Cods are 
brownijh, long, and round and the Grains with- 
in them more round than the former. 
• XVII. The Tlaces. The firft grows in divers 
Corn-Fields in Kent, as about Hartford, where 
Gerard lays he had found it. The fecond is Nurft 
up in Gardens with us. The third and fourth 
grow alfo in our Gardens. The fifth and fixthare 
Natural to the Britifh Climates, being often jound 
upon dry Heaths, as beyond Deptford and Swanf- 
comb in Kent, and feveral other places. The fe- 
venth, eighth and ninth, grow alfo with us on 
Heaths, and open Untill’d places, in many parts 
of England. The tenth and eleventh, as alfo the 
feventh, are found likewife in many places of this 
Land : Gerard fays, he found them all three 
growing upon Hampfl cad -Heath, near London, 
right againlt the Beacon, going from London, near 
to a Gravel- Pi t^ and that they grow upon Black - 
Heath , in the Highway leading from Greenwich 
to Charlton, within half a Mile of the Town. 
The twelfth Gerard fays, he found growing in 
Suffolk, in the Highway on the right Hand, as you 
go from Sudbury, to Corner Church, about 10c 
Paces from the end of the Town ; and in many 
other places of the fame County ; and in Effex, 
about Dunmow, and in the Towns called Clare 
and 
