T R IB E II, 
The Theater of Tlants. 
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Chap. VIII. 
Aphaca, The yellow wilde Vetch. 
Have thought it fitted to place this Pulfe alone by it felre, and before the Lencills, as partakin theri 
of, not hliding any other of the former or following Pulfes, to be anlwerable thereunto and there’ 
fore take the description thereof here in this * nd - re “ 
aphaca. The yellow wifcfc Vetch. 
1 manner. It rifeth up higher than Lentills, 
with many weake (lender and cornered 
ftalkes full of joynts, with fmall leaves at them fet by 
couples clofe together untill they be well growne,which 
then (land more leparare in funder, each whereof is 
broad at thebottome, as it were doling the (hike, and 
fmall at the end, fomewhat like unto the fmall Binde- 
weede leaves branching upwards, and every one ending 
in a fmall clafper, the flowers come forth at the joynts of 
the leaves, and clafpers with them, from the mjddle up¬ 
wards, of a pale yellowifh colour, and afterwards fmall 
and fomewhat flat cods, longer than thofe of Lentills, 
wherein lie foure or five hard blackc round flattifh Ali¬ 
ning feede, the roote is fmall and long, with many fibres 
andendureth not, peri(hing every yeare. 
The Place andTime. 
ft groweth in divers come Holds in Kent, and elfe 
where, flowrethin Inly, and the feede is ripe in Ak- 
The Tfjmes. 
It is generally held to be the A>*'»» Aphacn of Diofco . 
des, Galen, and Pliny, the name being derived from the 
Pcafeand the Lentill, both which it doth in fome parts 
felemblc, but not that of Theophrajlw, which is ac¬ 
counted inter imubacea, but that in 8. Htft.Plant, c. y. a- 
mong Lentills, Peafe, and other Pulfe, it is taken alfo 
by Ltigditnenjis to be his o&fayx” Orobanchc lib.can/a- 
rnmc.zi. that groweth among Orobus and flrangleth it, 
Anguilara and Cameraritu take it to be bis pi- 
tine. Dodonans and Lobel call it Aphacct THofcoridis 
J-ugdHncnfu Orobanche /evvwrv.becaufc he acknowledg- 
eth vnopatx Orobancheptabermentanus 8Luma tertia,tnd 
Hankinses Vkta lutcafolijs convolvuli minor Is, 
The Vertues. 
Diofcorides faith that it hath an aflringent propertie, 
and that therefore being parched, broken and boiled, af¬ 
ter the manner of Lentills, they flay the fluxes, both of 
dwLm°T Cke GaUn faith “ “binding as the Lentill, & is ufed to be eaten as the Lentill: but it is hardtier 
gelled , yet it drieth more powerfully, and healeth moderately, which aflringent qualitic, laith Dedmtus wed 
have found true by our owne experience in this Aphaca. 4 » wc< ? 
Chap. IX. 
Lens Lentills. 
IHere are three forts hereof, a greater, a leffer.and a fpotted one, as ffcall be declared, 
ylggj 1. Lens major. The greater Lentill 
W.Jf , The *: en V 11 hach fu ?*y nend " " cake branches fomewhat hard, two foote lonv fmm 
WS wbencefhoote forth at ieverall palces long ftalkes, offmali winged leaves, that is,many on each fide 
clafper- thc°flo, ! ’ 7, Til? u ° ne ** ch f e " d i for the ™ dd '™bbe of each (talk enrieth in a fmall 
ciaipcr. tne ttov ers are fmall,and rife from betweene the leaves and the ftalkes pi«m fnr ~ - u » 
fmall /b 8 fooce of a fad rcddi111 P ur P le coIour ’ fomewhat like to thofe of Vetches after which emoe 
fmall fhorr, and fomewhat flat cods, within which are contained two or three flat round fmooth lied- I 
P»le yellowifh alhcolour; Remote is fibrous, andperilbechyearely roundfmooth feede, of a, 
. 2. Lens minor. The ieffer Lentill: 
Whiter:' thC fl0WerS are m0rep3le - **"*** in the’eods i s 
T ,. ... ?. Lens macnlat. Spotted Lentills. 
wkbbladeT'fpo^r" 11 liCdCd ' ffCrenCC£r0 “ the!aftminy th ‘ nS > but the fecde which ‘ s blackifh, fpotted 
j'L. r r The Place ar>d Time 
C e I. former even beyond the feacs.ate onely fo wne in the fields as other manured Pulfes are,and fo are they in 
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