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Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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Therefore feeing it ilof this kinde Afnanure, it is raanifeft that the noutifhment which comes 
thereof hath in it no r^ A — — >- - ■ • 
choly. 
gobd niyce at all, but ingendreth a thicke blond, and apt to become melan- 
■J - The figyrCof the common Fetch was formerly wanting, and in the Head th< 
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:oJv«^'utthat of the other, deferibed herein the fecond place* 
C H A P. 51 ( 5 . Of Chicklings , Teafe, and Tare euerlajli, 
. The Defer ip tion. 
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i r T' ¥ Here is a Pnlfe growing in our high and thicke woods, hauing a very thicke tough and 
| wooddyroot • from which rife vp diuers long weake and feeble branches, conlifting 
of a tough middle rib, edged on both fides with a thin skinny membrane, fmooth.and 
f £ a grafle greene colour; whereon do grow atfcertaine diftances fmall flat ftems,vpon which ftand 
two broad leanes ioyning together at the bottome : from betwixt thofe leaues come forth tough 
clafping tendrels which take hold of fuch things as grow next vnto them : from the bofome of the 
item, whereon the leaues do grow, fhooteth forth a naked fmooth foot-ftalke, on which doe grow 
moftbeautifull flourcs like thofe of the Peafe, the middle part whereof is of a light red , tending 
to a red Purple in graine ; tin outward leaues afe fomewhar lighter, inclining to°a blufh colour: 
which being pa ft, there Succeed loiig round cods, wherein is contained feed,of the bigneiTe of a 
Tare, but rounder, blackifh without, hnd ydliowifh within, and ofa bitter tafte. 
J 5 Lathyrus mrior Ltfolim. $ 2 Ladyrus angujlifolius (hire a llit. 
Peafe euerlafting. 1 White floured Chichelings. 
t 2 Ofwhichkinde there is likewile another likevnto the precedent ineach refpefffauincr 
that the leaues hereof are narrower and longer, and therefore called of mod which fet forthdre de^ 
leription, Lathynu angajltfolia : the floures of this are white, and filth alfois the colour of the fruit: 
thetoot is final!, and not lafting like that of the former. 
t 3 The ftalks, leaues, and flourcs of this are like thofe of the precedent, but the floures are 
of a reddifh purple colour : the cods are letter than thofe of the former, and in them are contained 
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