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Show Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 164. £15 Hermodactyti Officinaram, The true Hermodaétyls of the fhops. Lies call it, The Sonne before the Father. + Our Authorin this chapter was ofmany mindes; for firft, in the defeription of Colchj. cum Anglicum, being the fecond, hee reproues fach as make that white floured Colchicumthe true Hermodaéy]. Then inthe defcription of the eighth he hath thefe words, which bein omittedin that place I here fet downe. of al thefe kindes (faith he) of Meadow Saffront it hath aot beenc certaimy knowne whith hath been the true Hermodactyll » notwithflanding wee hane certaine knowledge that the Illyrian Coltbicumis the Phyficall Lin. fg fe wh Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Cuar. 925 Of Starre of Bethlem, a The Kinds. Rae be fundryforts ofwilde field Onions called Starres of Bethlehem ; differing in Rature, tafte, and fell, as fhall be declared, 1 Ornithoealum. Star of Bethlehem: 2 Ornithogaluimlutenm, fiue Crpa agraria. Yellow,or wilde Star of Bethichem, Hermodatiyll, Yet when he'comes to {peake of the names,after that out ofDodonews hehad fet downethe truth in thefe words ; But notwithftanding that Hermodactyll which wedo vfe in compound medicines, differethfrom this (to wit,Colchicum)in many notable points,for that the true Hermodattyl . iata bulbeor round root, which being dried comi. aueth very white within, and without not wrinkled Ss AWE “ NX .\ “\) Wy : at all, butfull and(mooth,ofameane hardneffe , and that he had out of the fame Authour alledged the words ofValerius Cordus and Auicen,(which are here omitted) he concludes contrarie tothe truth, his firft admonition, and fecond affertion, That the white MedowSaffron which we hauein the Weft part of England, growing efpecially about Shepton Mallet, is the Her- modaétyllvfed in fhops. Thofe we hauein fhops feeme tobe the Her. A : Modactyls ofPaulus eAgineta , yet not thofeof : Nicholaus and Aduarius,which were cordial,and increafers of{perme; the which the Authotsofthe Aduerfaria, pag. §5.thinke to be the Behen al. bum & rubramofthe Arabians, And tothefe vnknowne ones are the vertues fer downte by our Authorin the third place vnder C, tobereferred, + ee © The Temperature, MedowSaffronis hotanddry in the fecond decree. q| The Vertues ofHermodactyls. t The roots ofHermoda@yls are offorce to purge, andare properly giuen (faith Paulys) to thofe that haue the Gout, cuen then when the humors are in flowing. Andthey are alfo hurtful to the ftomacke. The fame ftamped, and mixed with the whites ofegges, barley meale, and crumsof bread, and applied plaifterwife,eafe the paine of the Gout, eee and aches aboutthe ioynts. Thefameftrengthneth, nourifhethsand maketh goo Y iuyce,encreafeth fpermeor naturall feed, andis alfo good tocleanfe vicers or rotten fores. . | The correction. The pouder of Ginger, long Pepper, Annife feed or Cumine feed a little Mafticke, cor recteth the churlifh working of that Hermodaétyll which is vfed in and Shops. But thofe which — oe of the common medow Saffron muft drinke the milke ofa cow,or elfe deathprefently etn, The Danger, ‘: Theroots of allthe forts of Mede Saffrons are very hurtful to the ftomacke , and being eat? theykill by ¢hoaking,as Mu¢hromes do,according vnto Diofiorides . whereu pon fome haue calle 1 Colchicumf trangulatorium. ; ‘ ‘That which was{+3 forth byy our Authotin the fou; rth place, vnderthe title i of Colchicum . it montanum x mir fed othii i inns exprefte inher and ‘cathwerethe(atewith the ft and (econd. The fixth and feuench,which are Cathaneihastad tnehaeeee é 5 vg) its * oi z x se Soa . z the floure too round, ani isisof die ar ‘on Saute Clufius probably geffes, thac the latter is the Apenning Tulip, the Painter making the leaue Cuar G The Defcription. Vrcommon Starre ofBethlchem hath many narrowleaues, thicke, fat, full of iuyce, and ofavery greene colour, with a whiteftreake downe the middle of cachleafe : among the whichrife vp {mall nakedftalkes, at the top whereof grow floures com- pact offix little leaues, ftripped on the backefide with lines of greene, the infide being milke- white. Thefe floures open them(felues at the rifing of the Sunne, andfhut againe atthe Sun ferting ; whereuponthis Plant hath beene called by fome, Bulbus Solfeqities. The floures being patt, the feed. dothfollow inclofed in three cornered husks. The root is bulbous, white both within andwithour, tT 2 Thefecond fort hath twoorthree g raflyleaues proceeding froma cloucn bulb The ftalke rifeth vp in the middeft naked, but towardthie topther oe threat forrh mc ; beh like vnto theother, but finz ler andfhorter; among which leaues 9 ftep forth very {m andtender foot-ftalkes. Thefloures ofthis are on the backefide ofa paleyell Sreene, on the infide ofa bright fhining yellow colour,with Saffron coloi dies. The feedis containedin triangular veffels. en This Star of Hungarie, contrarie to the cuftomeofotherplants oftl ‘ 3 forth before Winterfiue orfix leaues fpread vpon theground, lof{e nar fo newhat whitith greene, and much refembling t he leaues of G uh. In Aprill the leaues beg ning to décay, amonett themrifes vpafralke be SD ? 5 t O 3 |