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Show Of che Hittorie of Plarits. Alphodelusflore rubente. re * Reb Aiphodil. Li t Of ble HiftorieofPlants. es 95 ” Ofthis Afphodill#efodmaketlimentionin his Works, where he faith, tharfosles knowdnor how muchgoodthere is in the Mailowandin the Afphodill)becaulethé roots of Afphodill a re good tobeeaten, Yet Galen doth not beleeue'that he meant of this A{phodill, but of thar bulbe one, whereofwe will make mentiow hereafter.’ Andhe himfelfe are not to be eaten withoutvery long {eething; andtherefore teftifieth, that the bulives thereof it is not like that Hefod hath commended any fuch; for hefeemeth to vaderftand by the Mallow andthe Afphodil, fuchkinde of foods is eafily preparedyandfone Alphodelus lutewss ‘ Yellow Afphodil, ttiade tead 9 @ The nature, Thefekindes of Afphiodils be hot'and dry altiof inthe third degree, @ The'vertues: After the opinion Of Diofcoridisand Acting, thes oots of termes cffefually, efpecially being ftamped/andftrained Afphodill caten,prouoke vrineand the A with Onedram thereoftaken in wine it'mannet before rehearfed, wine, and drunke, helpeth the painein the fides fup- B tures, convulfions, and the old cough. : The roots boiledin dregs of winte'citre foule eating vicers,al l inflammations ofthe dugges or C ftones, and éafeth the felon,being put therctoas a/pulteffe. ee The iuyce ofthe root boyled inold feet Wine, keth an excellent Collyrie profitable for the eyes, together witha litte myrth and faffron, ma- D Galen faith, the roots burnt to afhe s,and mixed with the greafe ofa ducke,helpeth the Alopecia , and bringeth haireagaine that wasfallen by that difeafe. The weight ofa dram thereof taken with wine helpeth the drawing together offinews cramps, F and burftings, E Ee Thelike quantitie taken in broth ptouoketh vomits#nd helpeth thofe that are bitten with any G veriomous beats. The iuyce ofthe root cleanferand taketh away therewith ; but firft the place muft be chafed arid welthewhite morphew,ifthe face be annointed Hi rubbed with a courfe linnen cloath, re i f Cuar. 71. | Ofthe Kings Speare. $5 Befides thefe there is an A fphodill which Clufius for the fmalneffé calls Afphodelus . minimus. The roots thereofare knotty andtuberous, refembling thofe of the formerlyde{cribed, butleffe : frony'thefe arife fueor fixe very narrowand longleaues; in thé middeft of which growes vpa ftalk of the height ofafoot, round and without branches, bearing at the top thereofa {poke offloures,coniting offix white leaues a piece,each ofwhich hatha ftreake rit ning alongftit, both on the infideand outfide, like as the firft defcribed. It floures in the beginning ofIuly,whenasthe reft are paft. theit floures. Itlofeth the leaues in Winter,andgets New ones againe inthe beginning of Aprill. + | The tine andplace. Theyfloure in May and Iune, beginning below, and fo flouring vpward : and they growna- turally in France, Italy ; Spaine,and moft of them in our London Gardens, @ The names. Afphodill is called in Latine, Afphodelus, Al- bucum, albucus, and Hastula Regia. in Grecke, eepidvec: in Englith, Afphodill,not Daffodil , for Datfodillis Narciffus , another. plant differing from Afphodill. Pliny writeth, That the ftalke with the floures is called Anthericos ; and the root,that is tofay,the bulbs 4phodelus. of 1 Aphodeluslutens minor.The Kings $peat, 2, Apphodelus LancaftriaLancathire Afphodilj |