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Show 172 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. List OF the Hittory of Plants. vato our commonyellow Daffodil. The feedis inclofed in thicke knobby huskes,blacke;flatand thicke,very foft,in fhape like vnto the feeds of Ariftolochia longa; or long Birth-wort, The toon is great,white,long, and bulbous. 4 Red floured Sea Daffodill, or fea Onion,hath a great bulbe or rootlike to the precedent: the leaues long, fat,and fharpe pointed, the ftalke bare and naked,bearing at the top fundry faite red flouresin fhapelike to the laft defcribed. @ The Time. They floure from May tothe end of Iuly, and their feed isripe inthe end ofAugult. a The Names, Thefirk is called ofthe Grecians, «#2: andof the Latines alfo Sci- the Apothecaries dame it Squilla : Diuers, Cepamuris: the Germanes, 9Peer sivibel 3 the Spaniards, Cebolls albarrana : the French-men, Oignon de mer: in Englith, Squill,and Sea Onion. £. 2 Pancratium Clufij. The fecondis called renjtno, and Scillarubramajor. 3; 4, 5. Great Squill, or Sea Onion, Thefeé areall figures of the fameplant, but the leat (which is the worft) is the figure of the Aduer{aria, where it is called Panciatinm marinum.Dodonaus calls it Narciffies marinus: and Clufius, Hemerocallis Valentinaanditis iudged to be the Huexsats of Theophrafius, Lib. 6. Hift. cap.1. The Spaniards call this Amores mios : the Turkes, Con zambach - the ItaliansGiglio warti0 s Thefe three (as I faid) differ no orherwife thanin the colouroftheir floures. Thefixth is Narei(fws tertius,or Conftantinopolitanus, of Matthiolus: (Iufins calls it.Liljetarciffis Hemerocallidisfacie. 3 Pancratium Marinum, 4. Pancratinmfloribus rubric. + 6 Narciffustertivs Matthioli, Red-floured fea Daffodill. The white fea Daffodil, « one Sea OnionofValentia, | 5 The yellow i : flayed :fea Daffodill, >!or fea Onion, on, ha hath many thicke fat ike v oeicaOnionamongwhichrifeth vpa tender aig Ralke falloftuyeebeng Neb p many uke the commonyellow Daffodill, The feed and rootis like the prece- i = 6 Tothefe may fitly beadded that elecar gant plant which ich is i knowne b es— _— anc may becalled W hite Sea Daffodill. This seein. sa? 's initme a € ofdinarie Squill; the ate like thofe of other Daffodils: etait food km ay long. The leaues ftalke is pretty thicke, being fometimesburro round, Toke tan a a 1¢ top whereofgrow many large white floures : each floureis thus comPeffed pare - ong - hite leaues, in the midft srowes forth a white pointall which is incomsia t cap diuidedintofix parts, whichfix are againe by threes dinided intoei det set oe:sete ghteen Uptwith greeneof an inch long,commingfor coatllpent ourcth in the end of May. It is faid togrow natura th of the middle lly about the {ea e. i : ane .rft 2he in Spaineand Italy, @ The Place. notfar from thefeafide. hoaba a vato the fea,in Italy, Spaine, and Valentia. I haue had plants of them it isnum undry parts ofthe Medite b ae rranca aa ae n fea fide, as alfo from Conftantinople, whet anon the kindes ofNarciflus. ‘ reps deattd ’grow weth in the fands ofthe i moft places of the coatt fea, in of Narbone, and about Thefourth groweth plentifully about the coafts of Tripolis and alfoiin the falt : marthes that are fandie a and "ere to the fea,a aq. and Ale PPO, neere lie open to theaire g The q The Temperature. Thefea Onionis hotin the fecond degree, andcutteth very much,as Galen faith Icisbeft when itis taken baked orrofted, for fo the vehemencie ofit is taken away. . q The VertuesofSquills. Therootis tobe couered with pafte.or clay, (as D /ofcorides teacheth)andthen put into an ouen to be baked,or elfe buried inhot emberstill fuch timéasit be throughly rofted : for not being fo bakedor rofted itis very hurtful to the inner parts. ; It is likewife baked inanearthen pot clofe couered and fet in an ouen, Thatisto be taken efpeciallywhichis in the midft,which beingcut in pieces muft be boyled, bur'theivater is ftillto be changed, till {uch time as it is neither bitter nor fharpe : then muft the pieces be hanged oa-a thread,anddriedin the fhadow,fo that.noone piece touch anothers + Thusvfedit loferh molt of the ftrength; thereforeit is better to ve itlightly dried,without any other prep ation, £ P |