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Show | acicaleaca ee aetecrecinentnaeeeeaip _— SPSA DeeaieeeRa IEE era Tee pe THE FIRST BOOKE OF THI 96 HISTORIE ‘OF PLANTS. se The defeription. r rchamfer {with ng nerues bef Rench Corne Flag hath finall ttiffe leanes stibbed « {ri al Flower deduce r the blade di the of thofe ke fhapeli Prransingehrough he fame,n colour among the whic hrifech vpal {worde<hatpepointed,ofan ouerworne greene order manyfaire purple flowers, gapiy comely growin do on hereup brite ftalke,a cubite high,w as thofe ofSnapdragon,or notmuchdiffering fromthe Foxe gloue, called in Latin Digitabisale he, of a brownerd there come in place round knobbyfeede vellels , full ofchathe feede, very dith colour. The roote confifteth of two Bulbes,one fet vpon the other, the vppermoftw hereofin the beginning ofthe fpring islefferand more fullof inice : the lower more greater, but mote lock - colourlike the former,as are alfo the rootes,butfeldome feene one aboue another, as in the foun, 3 Gladiolusflore Pallido. Pale Core Flag. 3>.» There is athirde fort of Corne Flag, whiche Enterocele. The roote of Corneflag ftamped with hogs greafe and wheaten meale, hath been found bylate E, practitionersin Phificke and Chirurgerie to be a certaine and approoued remedieagaintt styyma, Scrophulasand {uchlike fwellings inthe throte. The codswiththe feed driedand beaten into powder, & drunke in Goates milke, or Afles milke, F prefentlie taketh away the paine ofthe collicke. t : OfHyacinthes and their kinds. Chap.79. & The bindes, Herebe likewife Bulbus or Onionrootedplants that do orderly ficceed whereoffomeare to be eaten, as. Onions, Garlick, Leekes, and Ciues; notwithftanding I amfirft to entreate of thofe Bulbed rootes whofe faire and beautifull flowers hatie receiued grace and ornamentin gardens, and Garlands: the firft are the Hyacinths, whereofthereis founde at this day diuers{orts differing very nota bly in manypoints,as (hall be declared in their feuerall defcriptions. greeth withthe laft deftribedin every point, fag that the flowers ofthis are of a pale colour, at 2 Hyacinthusfellatus Lilifoliys, 1 Hyacinthusftellatus Fuchsi. werebetweene white and that which wecallm : Starrie Iacinth. Lillie Jacinth, dens bluth, % The place. Thefe kinds of Corne Flags growe in medonts, and in eareable grounds amo g core in manypl ces ofItaly , as alfoin the parts of Frauince bot ting therunto. Neitherare the fields of Auftriaatt Morauia without them,as Cor dus writeth,Webat great plentie of chemin our London gardens, eit cially for the garnifhing anddecking themyp,"™ their feemelyflower ic % The time. They flowerftom Maytothe end ofluly. % The names. ; Corne Flagis called in Greeke Zip7:in Lat Gladiolus, and offome E nfis; ofothers edryaits im Gladiolusfegetalis: Theophraftwsin his difcourl Phafganum, makethit the fame with Xiphion. res vius Cordus calleth Corne Flag Vidforialisfei BSS ’ others 7iéforjalie rotunda ; In the Germaine oO Seigwurts: tomake aditference betweene diolus and Vidtorialis, feeing thatthe right /ifim lis is akinde of Garlicke found vpon che called of the Germains Seimimurts: fo that Cond aide Boefegant al vib rialts: notwithftanding the Germaine “rans did forget himfelfe in calling Gm? ie Italians Afonacuccio :inEnglith C Sappellations. The flowers of Corne Flag are calledo ome Flag,Corne Sedge, Corne Gladin : in French G/aé. 8 % The nature The roote of Corne Flag.as G sat 2 drawe, waite or confuume awayand dric,* ‘of WO FS powaero f frankenfence and wine,applied, draweth foorth fplin The roote ftam:a ped with'the % The vertues, eh and thornes that ah Being ftampe dwiththemeale D lumps, nodes an d fivellings beingof sara honied water, doth wafte and make fibrilhe sat = =e \V alfo of a fubtill and djgeoe faith,is offorceto A Cc The vpperroote drunkein water, is profirable againft that kinde of burfting in childrety called D . and lithie whicha littlewhile after perifheth. 2 Tralian Corne Flag hath long natrowleaues , with many ribs or nerues runt ing thtouight fame the ftalkeis ftiffe atid brittle,whereupon do grow flowers orderly placed vpon onefideottt ftalke,whereas the precedent hath his flowers placed on both the fides of the ftalke , in fhapeat 97 Some affirme thatthe vpperroote prouoketh bodilie luft,and the lower caufeth barrennefle. % The defeription. brittle, ofthe length ofafinger: Hefirft kind ofTacinth hath veryamong fat thicke browneleaues hollow alittle trough,very which fhoote vp fat thickelike brownith falkes, {oft 1 _ and verie tender,andfulofiuice, wherupon do grow many {mal blew flowers confifting of fixc little leaues,{pread abrode like a ftar, The feed is contained in {mall round bullets, which are fo Gr ponderous |