the Hiftory of Plants. i6ip 
fmooth fhorc foot-ftalks,one on a foot-ftalke : after which follow cods very like thole of the com' 
rnon field peafon, but letter, an inch and a halfe long, containing foure,fiue,or fixe cornered Peafon- 
of a fand colour, or darke obfeure yellow, as big as common field peafon, and of the fame talle. 
Lathy us falnfiris Lu fit uniats Boehj 
Hath alfo flat skinnie (talks like the faid Lathy as latiere folio ,but the paire ofleaues which erovv 
on the italke are exceeding fmall as are thofe of Lathy as flore latco^nd are indeed fcarce vvorthic to 
be called leaues : the other paire of leaues are about two inches long, aboue halfe an inch bread and 
grow f;om betweene thofe fmall leaues, on flat foot-ftalks,an inch long : betweene which leaues al- 
fo grow the tendrels : the floures grow on foot-llalks which are fine inches long, commonly two on 
a foot- Italke, the great vpper couering leaues being ofa bright red coIour,and the vnder leaues are 
fomewhat paler : after commeth flat cods, containing feuen or eight fmall round peafon, no bi°o- er 
than a Pepper come, gray and blacke,fpotted before they are ripe, and when they arc fully riprfofa 
blacke colour, in tafte like common Peafon : the (talks, leaues, foot-ftalkes and coddes are fomwhat 
hairy and rough. 
Lathyrn xfiivus dumetorum Bssticus Eoelij 
Hath alfo flat skinnie (talks likethefaid Lathy, is latiore /»//<?, but fmaller,and in the manner of 
the growing of the leaues altogether contrarie. This hath alfo two fmall fharp pointed leaues ad- 
ioyning to the ftalke : betweene which groweth forth a flat middle rib with tendrels at the topjra- 
uing on each fide(not one againft another) commonly three blunt topped leaues, fometimes three 
on the one fide, and two on the other, and fometimes but fourc in aIl,about an inch and a halfe lon°- • 
the floures grow on foot-ftalks, about two or three inches long, each fqot-ftalk vfually bearing t\vo 
floures, the great couering leafe being of a bright red colour ; and the two vnder leaues ofa blewifh 
purple colour : afterwhich follow fmooth cods, aboue two inches long, containmg,fiue, fixe or 
feuen fmooth Peafon, of a browne Cheftnut colour, not round, but fomewhat flat , more long than 
broad, cfpecially thofe next both the ends of the cod, of the bignefle and tafte of common field pca- 
Iuni ferns fierilis. 
, This ftrub is in the manner ofgrowing altogether like the Iuniper tree that beareth berries on ' 
iy die vpper part of the leaues of the youngeft and tendered: bowes and branches are ofa more red 
difh greene colour : the floures grow forth of the bofoms of the leaues, ofa yellowifh colour which 
neuer exceed three in onerow.the number alfoofeach row ofleaues ; each floure is like to afinall 
bud, more long than round, neuer growing to the length ofa quarter of an inch, being notlnV elfe 
butvery fmall fhortcrudely chiues, very thickc and clofethruft together, fattened to avery fmall 
midd ie ftem.in the end turning into fmall duft, which flieth away with the winde, not much vnlike 
that of Taxus flerihs : on this fhrub is neuer found any fruit. 15.Maij.i62l. 
\A/ Hcn the laft flieets of this worke were on the Pre(Te,I receiued a Letter from from M r .Rover 
Brad/baghe,w herein he fen t me inclofcd a note concerning fome plants mentioned by our An 
thor which I haue thought fitting here toimpartto the Reader : he writes notwhoitwas that wric 
; them,wherefore I cannot acquaint you with his name, but thanke him, though vnknowne for hisde. 
(ire to manned: the truth, and fatisfie our doubts in thefe particulars. 
T) Ecaufe you write that Gerards Herbal is vpon a review, I haue thought good to put you in mind 
-Uwhac I haue obferued touching fome plants which by him are affirmed to grow in our Northern 
parts : firft the plant called Pirola, which he faith groweth in Lanfdale,! haue made fe arch for it the 
(pace of rtventie yeares, butnofuch is to be heard of. 
Sea Campion with a red floure was told him groweth in Lancafhire: no fuch hath euer bin (een 
by fuch as dwell neere where they fliould grow. 
White Fox-gloues grow naturally in Lanfdale, faith he, it is very rare to fee one in Lanfdale 
Carden Rofc he writes groweth about Leiland in Glouers field wilde : I ha ue learned the truth 
from thofe to whom this Glouers field did belong, and I finde no fuch thing, only aboundance of 
red wilde poppie, which the people call Corne-rofeis there (eene. 
Vk bite Whorrles, as he faith, growat Crosby in Weftmerland, and vpon W'endie hillin Lan- 
cafhire : I haue fought Crosbie very diligently for this plant and others which are faid to orew 
there, but none could I finde, nor can I heare of any of the countrey people in thefe parts, who^day- 
ly are labouring vpon the mountains where the V Vortle berries abound, that any white ones haue 
been® 
