t Onitmehirmefi. 
Branched Broome Rape ; 
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«{ Tie Dtfcrif lien. 
I 1FVR.oorne is abufhor fhrubby plant, it 
jtjhath ftalkes or rather wcoddie bran- 
chcs; from which do fpring (lender 
twigs, cornered, grecne^ough, and that be ea li- 
ly bowed, many times diuided into fmall bran- 
ches :aboutwhichdogrow little leaues of an 
obfeure gteen colour,and braue yellow floures; 
and at the length flatcods,whichbeingripearc 
bla'cke , as be thofeof the common Vetch, in 
which do lie flat feeds, hard, fomething brow- 
nifh,and IcfTer than Lentilsithe root is hard and 
wooddie, fending forth diners times another 
plant of the colour of an Oken leafe, in fhape 
like vnto the baftard Orchis, calledBirds neft, 
hauing a root like a Turnep or Rape, where- 
upon it is called Raptmt Ccnijl£,ot Broom Rape. 
3 This is a certaine bulbed plantgrowing vn- 
to the toots of broome, big below, and fmalkr 
aboue,couered withblackifh fcales,and ofa ye- 
lowifhpulpe within : from which doth rife a 
ftalkeafpan long,bauingw^hirifh floures about 
the top, like almoft to thofe of Dead Nettle: af- 
ter which grow forth long, thicke, and round 
htisksjin which are contained very many feeds, 
and good for nothing : the whole plant is of the 
colour of the Oken leafe. 
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