¶ The Description.
THis shrubby plant called 〈◊〉〈◊〉, hath many wooddie twigges, growing vnto the height of foure or fiue cubits, hauing smal twiggie branches, of a darke green colour, gar∣nished with small leaues of a deepe greene co∣lour, alwaies three ioined together vpon little footstalks, like the Cytisus bush, or the field Tre∣foile, but smaller: the floures be yellow, and round, diuided into fiue or six parts, not much vnlike the yellow Iasmine, which hath cau∣sed many to call it yellow Iasmine, euen vnto this day: when the floures be vaded, there suc∣ceed small round berries as big as a Pease, of a black purplish colour when they be ripe, which being broken will die or colour the fingers like Elder Berries: within these berries are contai∣ned a small flat seed, like vnto Lentils: the root is long and small, creeping hither and thither vnder the earth, putting forth new springs or shoots in sundry places, whereby it wonderfully increaseth.