Tribe ii. 
The Theater of Plants. 
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11 Lotus cef nitubtm minorpilofas. The letter hairy horned Trefoile. 
This other hath (lender (hikes, cowed with very fmall reddiflibaires, the leaves likewife are hairy fmall 
and Q-iarpe pointed, three on a foote (hike, and two at etch joynt, from whence fprinp the flowers oneor 
two at the mod on a {mall lialke like an haire, of a deepe yellow, tending to a faffron colour, unto each whereof 
iucceedeth a very (lender long cod, with very fmall (eede therein: this likewife is found in the woods and med- 
dowes about CMompelter, and the hills adjacent, and as frequent with us. 
i z. Lotus Corniculattts incarms. Hoary horned Trefoile. 
This growethlow.bat with a little larger leaves and flowers,of as deepe afaffrony yellow colour as the other 
or rather, with a fhadow of crimfonon -them,growing three or foure together and fmall long crookodcods fol¬ 
lowing them with round feede in them : this is found alfo in divers medowes. 
13 . Trifolium cnrniculatum Lufitanicumpro rubro. Horned Trefoile of Portugal with red flowers 
This horned trefoile of ’PermgaU ,hath divers long and narrow leaves, three fet together lying on the "round 
and fo likewife are the lowed upon the ftalkc that rifeth about a cubit high,with others upwards ftandine’eyther 
bugle or two at a place very narrow and long: the flowers grow at the toppes of the (taikes and branches one -1 
a place on a fliorc footftalke, compofed offive leaves of a deepe red colour, with the drew of a little horne in the 
middle, which growing,greater the flower oftentimes abideth (till at the foote of the home for a good while 
which falling awav at the laft, and the pod growing ripe coriterneth within it verv fmall brownifh feede • the 
roote is (lender and petilheth, but by the leedc that is (hed it yearely fpringech againe. 
The P Uce and Time. 
The ipofl of thefe are declared by their titles,or after their defections where they grow, their times of flow- 
ring and feeding are in the Summer fealons. 
\ v ' The Names. 
in Greeke and Lorw in Latine is: of two kindes, for there is Z«« arbor, the Lore tree, and there is Lo¬ 
tto herb,- the herbe Lotus, which as Dufcttrida Galen and Pliny doe all agree is a Trefoile or like a Trefoile fand 
yet not the 7ut<n>w Tnfrhtm whereof he had made mention before: and whueoiD ofioride, mi Galen make 
two forts jwe- urban*.fjlveftrit-.ol theZ«i, urban : as it is gene: ally taken to be I have fpoken 
before m the end of the 6ftClaffis of this W orke: but this kinde of fjlveftri, is more controverted, diver s wri- 
ters fuppofing that which they bring and (hew forth to be the right. The lirft here expreflid was fent by Heneri - 
Z f r C *” dy Whe , re t , hc pe ?P le caU ; C fti*rtmup,i,8c Pona in his It Man 'EM,, calleth it LotopifL and bv 
Bauhmuo Lotus crettca : the fecond is called Lout, piquofue rubra fiore by Clttfitts ,and Lotus Setraoomlobm by cL 
merarnu, and Sandal,da Crettca and ulually wich us Pifum quadra,am : the third is mentioned by Alpha lib dc 
P uu the name of Abfut,which Baukinu ,: calleth Latoaffinis ^gyptiaca : the fourth the Italian Pena 
ca leth Lotus fy Iveflry D,afcer,d„, and was lent out of Canny for a Melilote, but as he thinketh is the true Lotus 
fjlveflru of D.orcondet ,and is called by Cameranus Lotus peeulmrUfiliquafus ,-.and as he faith bv Lome Ctcer hive, 
f re ini Darjchmum but both crromouflyithcfift is the Lotus pratenfi; filiquafu, of Clufitts. called by Label Lot,u 
infoltapratcnjis ftltquofa AAonfpeltenJium, and Lot w trifolia comical.,ta by Gerard : the fixe is fo called by Label 
and Lugdunenfi, as is in the title .-'the feaventh Cfa/i*f faith he found in the kingdoms of Granado and Valentin 
and IS the fame or very like unto that Label mi they of Montpelier called Lotus /> IvcttrU and by lome thoaoht m 
bethe OxytnphjUum •icribonq Largi. but Lobel thinketh the TrifeliumMtnmim/umto bee the true oJtrJjUuZ 
and that this may be the OxytrtphyUum alterum Scriboni, Largi, Clufius alfo faith he: received this out of Itah hv 
the name of Lotus fruttcafut and that Plafa tooke it to bceTcrempfana Arabur,,, whereof hee faith there aie two 
forts, the one with a white and whiter branches, the other with a red roote and reddifh branches, which he 
Moores of Granado called m their language Enzntu, and of the rootes of both which ware feme what "rear and 
cfp A Ciall y 5^® red,they made a Syrupefingular good for th% difenterie or bloody flux: the ei«ht it 
called T-nfoliitm Hxmorrko'idn/e by thole of Mompelier for the caufes mentioned in the defeription, wheieunto f 
have aided majus by the fame authority, for they doe account the ninth which is the Lotus Lybica 0 f Takcham 
put to bee the Idler fort of the former: the tenth and eleventh is the aa.and i i.Trifolium oPStuthhus i„ hi* Pro', 
aromus : the twelfth is ufually called with us Trifolium Cornicuhuum .vulgatifftmtsm ; ihe laft we had from Seel in 
Fortugall by the name of Trsfolittns filiquofum rttbrum Lufitanicum , 
The pertues. 
The wilde Lotus as 7 Vafioridet and Galen f,y is of an heating and drying quality, and thereby effcftuail aeainlt 
tlie panics in the bladder if it be taken of it fclfe oc with Mallow feede drnnke in wine: the powder of the herbe 
mixed with feme Hony and annointed taketh away the markes and blcmifhes in the fjce.&c. the eight fort here 
■expreffedas I (aid before is held about Mompelier to be of lingular good effca againft the Piles or HcmorrhcPdcs 
font hath a manifett aflrmgent tafle without any manifeftheate or acrimony itheufua ldofe of the drved herhe 
{but the feede is much better; made into powder,and the quantitie ofa dram or halfe a dram according to the ml 
and dilpofition of the l auenttaken in red wine which effeft the learned there knowing have much rtafoned rho 
cafe among; themfelvcs, whether it wotketh this effeft by any hidden propettie, or by foe aftringentfacultie m 
either of which opinion fome have inclined : the Lotus Lybica as Galen laith is in the fecond degree of heate and 
doth a little clenfe, the reft have no efpeciallpropertie recorded by any or knowne to us ' ’ 1 
Chap. XXIX. 
Trifoliamontana. Mountaine Trefoiles. 
He next Trefoiles that are to bee entreated ofarethofe;that grow on hills and the dived mounds 
wherecjfrhere are fundry varieties. J & •» 
pH *• Trifoliummontanummajuspttrpureum. The greater purple Mountaine Trefoile. 
fd&r This greater Trefoile growethfearfe a foote high, with divers leaves thereon which are large and 
r ■ force inches long fometimes, three alwayes together on long footftalkes.fharpe pointed and a little 
nmf,he PP i i,bo T ut f c , c ^ s,atthe t 0 PPe S fla„dlargeandfomewhat long heads of gallant purple flowers, like 
tlle fl ,nedow Trefoile but greater ; This is alfo found with longer and narrower leaves, and a longer fpiked 
nem of flowers. Bbbbba - - - a ,rw- 
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