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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plents, — Crap. ot. e+e a Las al ~ = val! Lilli * eo Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, ce, Of Lilly inthe valley, or May Lilly. comnalian Lis 4it” qj Thevertues, ‘The floutes of the Valley Lillie diftilled with wine,and drunke the quantitie ofa {poonfullre. Ki 2 Liliumconnalliumfloribus fuaue-rubentiby Red Conuali Lillies 4 ftoreth {peech vnto thofe that haue the dumpalfie and thatare falne into the Apoplexie, andis good againtt the gout,and comforteth the heart. : US Thewater aforefaid doth {trengthen the memorie that is weakened and diminifhed; ithelpeth B alfo the inflammationofthe cies, being dropped thereinto, The floures of MayLillies put into aglaffe,andfet in a hill ofantes clofe ftopped for the fpace G ofa monethandthen taken out, therein you hall find a liquour,thar appeafeth the paine & griefe ofthe gout,being outwardly applied,which is commended tobe moft excellent, ‘Ouar 92, OfSea Lawander. 1 Limonium. 2 Limoninmparvum Sea Lauander. Rocke Lauander; @ The Defcription, 5 ee hath beene among wria ters fromtimeto time, great contention about this plant Limon um, ho One authour agreeing wich another: x ie | The Defcription. : cratte hath many Jeaues like the {ma tle or Lilly of thethe Vally, He ConuallLillie, : \ = sh, ; garlic Water Plantaine , among which rifeth vp a nakedftalke halfe ; foot ighph ee Paar os - AVE = : with many white floures like little béls,with blunt and turned edges, of aftrong : berries1auouhy of AnitT far enough;whichbeing paft,there come {mall red berries, much res - ad inthe gum sherei is contained. The rootisfmall and flender, creeping far abroag ane pacccinate leed d kinde of May Lillies,is tike the forme in eines . andherein vane 2 The fecond kinde of MayLillies, is Tike the formerin ¢ Dect he fiveeter fmell differeth, in that this kinde hath reddifh plates is thought to haue the tv q The Place. Jarice 80° . z . unaes 1, Thefirft groweth on Hampfted heath,foure miles from London,in oi a places : : < ae any other on to Leein Effex,and vpon Buthie heath,thirteene miles from Oe yeh rhe fame" 2_ That other kind with thered floure is a ftranger in England:howbeit Ihe ing in my garden, @ The Time, They floure in May,and theirfruit is ripe in September. The Names. <4 ; ionymnt in The Latines haue namedit Lilium Gonuallium : Gefner doth thinke it to be Ca a ty s the low Dutch, Mpepen bioembens : 2 eeh,We ro blumten tongue,Mepen Germane thereis likewife another herbe which they call Muzuet,commonly named sn Ties jn 10 itis calfed in Englith Lillie of the Valley, orthe Conuall Lillie, and May tame” 2 ee @ The Nature. , ‘Theyare hotanddrie ofcomplexion, for fome haue called this herbe Zi. mostumsome another herb bythis names a MAE if j On One lis AeA = BS oie Bia? 3 x ———— oe = = Sie FS hoo &fome in remouing the ro¢k,haue mired themfelues in the murd,as Matthiolus,who i EWA Le aaa Be(eribed sous, les Wud madenbds ! Rina: ap nor yet exprefled {tin@ion of them, which was the trve Limoninm: but asa Beh aca ‘ ; : man heerein ignorant,hee {peakes not a word of them. Nowthen to leauecontrouérfies and cauilling, the true Limonium is that which hathfaire leaues, like 2 the Limonor Orengetree, but ofa darke , ; : greenc-colour, fomewharfatter and adit tectumpled : among ft which leauesrifeth vp an hardand brittle naked (talke ofa foot high, diuided at the top into fundryother fmal] branches,which grow for the moft part vpon the one fide, full of little blewith floures, in fhewlike Lauander,with long red feed,and a thicke root like vnto the fmall Docke, 2 There is akinde of Limonium like the fir in each refpeat, but lefler, which sroweth vpon fockes and chalkie cliffes. § 3, Befides thefe twoheredeferibed, there is another elegant Plant by Clufes and others 2 to this kindred: the defeription thereof is thus , froma long flender root come forth long t canes lying {pred vponthe ground, being alfo' deepely finuated on both fides, and fome2r bith. Among* thefe leattes grow vp the ftalkes welted with flender indented skinnes, and towards their tons they are diuidedinto fandry branches after the manner of the ordinarie ne, but thefe branches are alfo winged,andat their tops they carry floures fome foure or ne , ely- |