7 *6 Chap. 112. Theatrum Botanicum. Tribe 7 
I. Trifoltum odor atum five LotueZlrkana. Sweet Trefoile or Bailame. 
The fweete Trefoile rifech up with one llrong round whitifh (hike, three or foure foote high, fpreadin" forth 
many branches on all tides, whereabout are fet many leaves upon long footelialkes, three alwayes let together 
of a whitifh greene colour, very foft, and lomewhat dented about the edges, of the fent of Fenugreek., which is 
thought to alter feven times a day,andis but a fancy, at the toppes of the branches Hand many flowers dofelyfet 
together, each of them like unto thofe of CfttellUot but larger, and of a bleake, or pale, watchet, blewcolour- 
after which come round whiteheads conteining darkeyellowifh coloured feeder the roote is fmall white and 
threddy, perifhing every yeare, and raifing it felfe from the feide that fheddeth, or being fowen in the 
Spring. 
1, Trifolium Afpbaltites fiveiituminofum, Strong fmelling Claver. 
This kinde of Trefoile or Claver hath his firlt leaves fomewhat larger and rounder then thofe that grow upon 
the (hikes, three alwayes (landing together upon along footeftalke, ofadarke greene colour almolHhining, fee 
With lome hairinefle thereon: the llalke is llrong round and hairy alfo, riling to the height of two foote or bet¬ 
ter, whereon grow the leaves, more long and pointed then the lower, branching from the bottome mod ufuallv 
to the toppe, where grow many large flowers in a bufh or tuft,thicke fet together, of ablevviili purple colour 
and fomewhat hairy or hoary withall efpecially the huskes conteining the flowers, which afterwards turne into 
hairy brownilh broad cods conteining every one but one feede,which is fomewhat broad, rough and pointed at 
the one end ■■ the roote perifheth with us every yeare, but abideth in the hotter countries where it is natural!. 
T he fmell of the leaves and whole plant is fomewhat llrong almoft like Rue, or Herbegrace, efpecially while 
they are young, but much lltonger when they are growne old, even of Bitumen whereof it tooke the name: 
but although it retaineth his fent in his naturall and hotpiaces; yet withuslhaveobfervedthedrongfentwax- ' 
eth weaker every yeare then other, and after the fecond yeares lowing to be almoft without any fent at all- fo 
much can doe (in this as in many other plants) the temperature and moiilure of our countrey. 
3. Trifolium Bituminofurn zAmericanum, Strong fmelling Claver o (America. 
This other bituminous Claver hathaflender, darke red, cubit high llalke, branchingfrom the bottome tithe 
toppe; fet with long leaves which are hairy and clammy, three alwayes togethei on a long footeftalke, not 
f melling fo llrong being bruifed as gently touched, the young fhoots fmelling like Rue or Herbegrace, the elder 
like a Goate or Bitumen.- rhe ends of the branches have purplifh flowers on them like Screphularia, the great 
Figwort.with three leaves Handing out, and one turned inward, but white within: the greene pods that follow 
have the like hairy clammineffe with the leaves, being of a fingers length, and a fmall purplifh tippe at the ends, 
wherein lye Kidney like foede : the roote is long and fibrous, whofetafteis almoft as fharpe as the Anemone: 
being annuaH as Cormm faith it is to be yearcly fowen (but if it be Galega Americana fore purpured as hee there 
faith f'ome called it, and whereby r Kob'm M of P*ru fent mee a plant longfince, i r dyethnot but abideth many 
1. Trifolium adoratumV 1 TriftHium bi'tominofiim. 
Smetc Trefoile, Strong fmelling Claver, 
yeares; 
