Lib. t. 
Of the Hiflorie of Plants. 
12.55: 
f 5 This in the ftalks,Ieaues, colour, and fhapc of the floures is like, yet Iclie than the firft: 
defcribed • the cods are alio fmaller,leffer,and more crooked : and herein onely confifts thechiefe 
ditferencepc is an annnall plant, and grows onely in home gardens. CMatthiolut ,Lobel ^Vodcmam ptcA 
other, make this their Hedyfarnm ,oi Securidaca minor . 
6 This hath many crefted branches, whereon great winged Ieaues, that is,fome twentie or more 
fattened to one rib : the floures are like thofe of the other plants of this kinde but the cods are 
ofaninch long, flat, or indented or toothed on their fides. But of what colour the floures and feeds 
are of it isnotexpreft by Clnfms, who onely fet this forth by api&ure, and fome pieces of a dried 
plant thereoflwhich he rcceiued from Cortnfta, by the name of Scolopendria legrminofa, or Hedyfanm 
percgrimim : Cortnjut had it from Honorim £e//«*,whoobferued it growing vpOn the Rocks at Sebe- 
tico,acitieofIllyria. t 
7 There is alfo another fort of Hatchet Fetch, which hatih very long and tough branches trai- 
ling vpon the ground.befet with Ieaues 1 ike the former, but much greater : the floures do grow ac 
the top of the branches, of a pale colour, and turne into rough round and flat cods, fafhioned like 
little bucklers : the root of this (as ofthe firft)dieth at the firft approchofwinter.asfooneas the 
feed is ripe : t The ftalks of this are ftiffe and crefted, growing to the height of two cubits, with 
Ieaues as large as thofe of Liquorice : the floures are ofa f'aire bright red colour : the cods are made 
as it were ofmany rough buckler-like feeds,or rather feed veflels wherin are contained final browa 
, feeds, t 
5 : 7 Hedy far urn Cljpeatum. 
French Honyfuckle. 
8 Ferrum Equinum. 
Hprfe-fttoo. 
8 Horfe-flvoo hath many ftalks flender and lying vpon the ground : the Ieaues be thinne,andi 
letter than thofe of Axfeed : the floures along the ftalks are little rafter which come vp long cods 
fomething broad,and a little bowing ; which haue vpon the one fide deepe round and indented 
cuts,likeafteraforttoanHorfe-fhoo: the root is fomewhat long. 
The Place. 
Thefe plants do grow iu my garden: the fecond kinde I found growing in Suffolke, in the high- 
way on the righthand,as you goe from Sudbury to Corner Church, about an hundred paces fror® 
the end of the towne,as alfo in fundry other places ofthe fame countrey $ and in Eifex about Dun- 
pawp 
