Tr I B*. 5 . 
TheTheater ofTlants. 
o . Trifoliumbituminofum /inter icanum . 
Strong ftnclling Clater oiAwtr'wi % 
Chap.ii2. jiy 
4. Tfijotium Arntriccwm, 
Trcfoilc of America. 
vearesvet didnevercome to fiowringfincel had it) In his booke tikewife he laboureth fprighrly to prove that 
this pUntcommlth nearer to the defaription of ‘Diofcerides his Trifolium Alfialtite, then that other aft defcti- 
bed which is accounted the trueft with all writers, his greatefl reaion being grounded from the colou o the 
flower,which in this received is not purple like the Hiacinth which is Galeus note. 
A ; . Trifolium Americanum. Claver of America, _ , 
This flranee Clav'er bringeth forth many round [hikes, leaning to the ground, fpreading forth into many bran* 
ehes, whereon are let in divers places three leaves upon long footeftalkes, each whereof rs fomew at: roun ike 
the "B ituminofum but larger, of a darke greene colour, more dented about the edges, but0 * ro fl ng ’ . ■ 
like thereunto • at the toppes of the Ltalkes and branches (land long fpikie eares ef whitifo s ( S 
towSelthofc of that recited ftrong fmelling Claver, after which come in their places ftnali 
round and flattifti feede : the roote is fmall and ftrmgy, fpreading divers wayes. 
The‘Place. . , , 
The firft groweth not wilde in Iterance or Germany, but with them all is onely fowemn their Gardensi.and 
foit is with us j and even Diofcorides faith it grew inGardensm his time, as not growing wddein^^ccor 
other places that he had heard of. The fecond groweth about Mompeber and CMarfetllc, as 
andisa ftrangcr at Venice and other places of Italy, as well as m Germany and wlthus, andl onely 
in the Gardens of thofe that are curious confervers of rare plants. The two laft come irom the Weft M,es called 
America as it is thought. 
s The Time . , _ , - f 
The firft flowreth in Inne and luly, and doth alwayes perfeft his feede, but the ethers becanfe they flower a- 
ter,doe often miffc to give good feede,whereby we are often to feeke for them againe. 
The Names. . 
The Greeke W feemeth to be taken * velupute, for fo Newer (aith it ferveth Neorum volupun. The firft is 
of mod of the bell writers taken to be the A®Wr »>{©• of‘Diofcorides ,n Latino 
thiolits taketh it to be his Aamr dyei &, Lotus fyhefiris, and fo doe AngmUra and Caflor VurantesfoMPuJctm 
cits G^CameraL and callft Lotus fanva, Lacuna zod Turner ^ urhaua J*»g*r «U«h 
it TrifolJm D.ofcoridis,for fo Diofcorides faith his Lotus fativa was caUed Dodemus calleth it Tnfolwm 
turn llterum. becaufe he named the Mel,lot in the next Chapter to be Trtfolmm 
hortorum odora, onely Tabermmanus calleth stMMotus vcraSauhtn,ucMedstt Lo,,u h^Jis odora, ^ 
the tJMelilom fine*laris Alpiri by Pom, in the defcription of <~Mom Baidas Molt now a dayes c 11 it T f 
odora,urn, and the qermJes of old time called it Sjhen gez.eit (as Tragus and others fet it downe) that is feaven 
times fweete: fuppofing it loft his fent and gained it againe fo many times in a day which is bu a fancy:is 1 
before, but being gathered and kept dry in the houfe it doth keepehis lent a little, but wi me % ^ 
rainy weather, ^hereby many deTire to lay it in their chambers, to be as it were their Almanacketo fhew them 
