Theatrtmi Botanicum 
T R IB fi II' 
1096 CHAP.25. 
The Vermes. 
The firft is of much ufe among the Germans for their wounds and hurts, inward and outward, and fo doe both 
wayes apply them, whence came their name : Thahu: alio (heweth by his name impoied thereon, that it was 
ufed for the gout.; 
Chap. XXV. 
Ftmum Cjreecwn. Fenugreeke. 
■?He ancient Writers made but one fort of Fenugreeke, the latter have added fome others unto it, 
°| an d although fome have fet them among the Trefoiles, whereunto they are fomewhat like, yet be- 
caufe Galen And others f'ay, that they were eaten as Lupines, andthe Egyptians and others eatetbe 
feedes yet to this day as Fulfeor meate, and that Bauhinm thereupon, as I gueile placed them a- 
tnong the Pulfe, I am content to doe fo likewife. 
1. Fatnum Grecitm fativum. Manured Fenugreeke. 
The tame Fenugreeke rifeth up fometimes but with one,& fome;imes with two or three hollow greene (lalkes, 
parted into divers blanches, whereon grow at feverall fpaces, many leaves, but three al wayes fet together on a 
foote ftalke, almoft round at the cnds,& a little dented about the fides,greene above.and grayiih underneathrfrom 
the j'oynts with the leaves come forth white flowers, and alter them crooked flattifb long homes, fmall pointed, 
with yellowilh cornered feedes'within them, fmelling fomewhat (Irongand loathfome; the roote is made of 
many fibres perilhingftill before Winter. 
a, Fosmtmgr steam [ylveftre. Wlid Fenugreeke. 
This wilde Fenugreeke hath the like one or moreftalkes branched, the leaves (land three together, and are 
fome what like the former, dented about the edges,the flowers likewile are whitifh, but (land more together at 
the end, and lo doe the long cods, fomewhat like unto them, with fmaller and darker feede in them, 
a. Feennmgrscum aliam fylvtHre. Another wilde Fenugreeke. 
This other Fenugreeke hath but one (lender (hike, feldome branched, of a foote high, and fealyas it were at 
the bottome, whereon grow fach like leaves as the former,and at the j'oynts flowers likeumo the manured San¬ 
ding Angle and leffer, but broader homes afterwards, more flat, and ending in a fmall thread, the feede within 
is likewife lcfle. . ._ 
The Vince tni Time, 
Thefirll is manured every where that I can heare of: the others grow wilde in Spline and other countries: they 
flower with 11s in the beginning of h‘ly, and give their feede in the end of Angnjl and September. 
. Fcnum g rxcum (ativuw. 
Manurfci Fenugreeke. 
z. Tccnum Gracw* fytee[Ire. 
WildeFcnu reek:. 
