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Show Of the Hiltorie ofPlants. + & Iris Camerarif: Germane Flourede-luce, ~Brad q The nature. 4 The fimall Floure de -luee ofDalin like to the precedent, but rathter refer being both of one ftature, {mall 55 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. The nature of thefe Floure de-lucesare anfwerable to thofe of the common kinde ; that is to fay, the dry roots are hot and dry if the latter end of the fecond degree: id dwa {pect ofthegreater. The floures be of am oth« lour. ‘They flowerlikewifein Mayas the bewarethat ye neuercaft anycold watervpon ther ; q Thevertues, The iuyce of thefe Floure de-luces dothnot onely mightilyand vehemently draw forth chox haue the Jer, but moft efpecially waterie humors,andis a fingular good purgation for them that fently taken out ofa Wel ; tor their tenderneffe i that theywither immediatly, androt away,as I Dropfie,if it be drunkein fweet wort or whay. haue proued:but thofe whichHeft vnwatred at the far time liue andprofperto this day. This kinde of Flourede-luce came firft fi tugal tovs.Itbringeth forth in the Spring time floures ofa purple orviolet colour, fmelling likea violet,» ith awhitehairy welt downe the middle. Theroot is thick and fhort, ftubborne or hard to breake, In leaues and fhewit is like to the leffer Floure de-luce of Dalmatia, but the Ieaues be more{pred abroad, and it commonly hathbut one ftalke,which in Autumnefloureth againe, and bringethforth the like floures; for which caufe it or conThe fame are good for them that haue euill fpleenes, or that ate troubled with cramps vulfions, and forfuchas are bit with Serpents. It profiteth alfo much thofe that haue the Gonorrhea, or running ofthe reines, being drunke with Vineger, as Diofi, faith ,and drunke with VVine they bring downe the monethly termes. Cudr. 42. Of Variable Floure de-luces. ¢ 2 Ivis Chalcedonicas 1 Iris lutea variegata. Wariable Flourede-luce. ~ Turky Floure de-luee, was called Iris biflora. 6 Iris violacea is like vnto the former,but much {mal- ler, andthe floure is ofa more deepeviolet colour. 7 Carolus Clufius,that excellent andlearned Fatherof Herbarifts, hathfet forth inhis Pannonicke Obferuations the picture ofthis beautifull Floure de-luce, with great broad leaues , thicke and fat, of a purplecolour neere vnto the ground, like the great Dalmatian Floure de-luce, which it doth very well refemble. The rootis very feet whenitis dry, and ftriueth with the Florentine Jrin fweetnefle. The floure is of all the other moft confufedly mixed withfundry colours, infomuch that mypen cannotfet downe euery line orflreake, asit deferueth. The three leaues that ftand vpright do clafpe or embrace one another, andare ofa yellowcolour. The leaues that lookedownward, about the edgesare ofa pale colour, themiddle part of white, mixed witha line ofpurple,and hath many{mall purple lines {tripped ouerthe faid white floure, euen to the brimof thepale coloured edge. It {mellethlike the Hauthornefloures being lightly fmelled vito. 8 The Germane Floure de-lucewhich Camerarius hathfet forth in his Booke named Hortus Medicus,hath great thicke and knobby roots : the ftalke is thicke and full of inyce: the leaues be very broad in refpe<t of all the reft of the Floure de-luces. The floure groweth at the top of the ftalke, confifting of fix great leaues blewof colour,welted downe the middle,with white tending Seeleeesempeg hsbed to yellow;at the bottomenext the ftalke it is white of colour , with fome yellownefle fringec cnicate REFS PE Ole mona Noremberg, had fent him out of EUie Sad Mite dungaric, A communicate one ofthe plants thereofto Clufius swhofe figure he hath moft mee oapi:dcleription, eng ee from thatwhich Toachinous himfelfe did : leaues, faithhe,are very large,twicefo broad as any of 1. Le ig in ae g the others. The ftalke is fingle and {mooth ; the floure growethat the top. of amoft bright {ht- ning blew colour, the middle rib tending to whiteneffe, the three vppér leaues fomewhatyellowifh, The rootis likewife fweet as Ircos. + Theplace. . ‘ Thefe kindes of Floure de-luces do Baeite Dalmatia, Goritia, and Piedinont; notwithnt ; ftanding our London gardensare very well ftored witheuery one often! ‘ Taso «| The time. 7 @ The names. al f aeOssefucoo in Greeke of Athenaus and Theophraste ia colours and mixtures contained in this floure: it is mixed with purple, yellow, blacke, white, and a fringe or blacke thrum downethe middle of the lowet leaues, of a whitifh yellow,tippedor frized,andas it were little raifed vp ; of a deeppurple colour neere theground. _ 2 Thefecond kinde hath long andnarrowleaues of a blackith greene,like the ftinking Glad- Their time offlouringanfwereth the other Floure de-luces, cs q The defcription. Hat whichis called the Floure de-luce ofmany colours lofeth his leaues in Winter; and in the Spring time recouereth themanew. I am notable to expreffe the fundrie itis named ths for pe drnirable: ee Ee bacon =", ea 3Sumsrmes: a Ithe Raabe Poets fometimedo Thett de-luce. Floure Iris,and in Englith in Latine ditti titles do fuificiently feucrall teacntly diftinguith them, whereby they may be knowne one fromanother. gq The don ; amongwhichrife vp ftalkes twofoot long, bearing at the top of euery ftalke one floute compact of fix great Ieaues : the three that ftand vpright are confufedly and very ftrangely ftripped, mixedivith white and aduskifh blacke colour. The three leaues that hang downeward ae like a gaping hood, andare mixedin like manner, (but the white is nothing fo bright as of the other) andare as it werefhadowedouer with a darke purple colour fomewhat fhining- fo. that 4 according |