5 The ftalkes of this are fome two or three foot long, winged, weate, and lying on the ground 
vnlefle they haue fomewhat to fupport them.Vpon thefe at certainediftances grow winged leaues 
with two little eares at their fettingonto the ftalke: thefe leaues confiftoffixlong and narrow 
greene leaues like thofe of the other plants of this kinde • and thefe fix leaues commonly ftand vp- 
right,by couples one againft another ; otherwhiles alternately : the footftalke whereon thefe ftand 
ends in clafping tendrels : the fioures are in fhape like the former, but the outer leafe is of a faire 
red or crimfbn colour, and the inner leafe white : after the floures come the cods, containing fome 
foure or fiue pretty large flat feeds, which fwell out of the cods where they lie, which in the fpaces 
betweene each feed are depreft, like that of orobus. This is only a garden plant with vs,and floures 
in lune and Inly, the feed is ripe in Auguft. I haue for this giuen you LobtU figure of his Lzthyris 
anguftiore graminco folio - which may feme, if you but make the leaues and cods" to agree with this 
defcription. f 
6 The yellow wilde Tareor Fetch hath diners very fmall ramping ftalkes, tough, and leaning 
this way and that way, not able to ftand of it felfe without the helpe of props or things that ftand 
by it : the leaues are very thin and fharpe pointed : the floures grow alongft the leaues in fafhion 
of the peafe floures, of a bright yellow colour: the roots are very fmall, long, tough, and in number 
infinite, infomuch that it is impoflible to root it forth, being once gotten into the ground.vnlelfe 
the earth be digged vp with the roots, and both call into theriuer,or burned. Doubtleffe it is the 
moft pernicious and hurtfull weed ofallothers,vnto all manner of greene who! fome herb es or any 
woodwhatfoeuer. 
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