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Show ien —eae sOicneeE EPa a et > ee SPSS - —— — HISTORIE OF PLANTS. OF THE THE FIRST BOOKE 50 Ofvariable Flower de-luce.. % The defcription. 5 Thiskinde ofFlower orth ‘ the fpring de-luce came firft fromPortin gale : vs -Tebrin ge thfe a yiolet,w thaw rite hairie “ tdownethe time flowers of a purple orviolet colour, finelling likeharde to breake. Inleaues and fhewitislike orneor , {tubb fhort e and thick middle, The toote!is s be more {pred abroad, and it commonly to theleffer Flower de-luce of Dalmatia, but theleaue reth againe, and bringeth foorth the mne hath bat one flower vponone ftalke, whichin Autu 1 Iris lutea variegata. Variable Flower de-luce. Chap.36. 2 Irischalcedonlea. Turkie Flower de-luces flow like flowers, for which caufeit wascalled srs biflore. er,and the flower is of a more deepe violet 6. Iris violates is like vnto the former, but muchfmall colour. ies aly s The defcription. h in his pannonick foort et ts, hathf arif Herb of er edfath learn t and llen 7 Carolus Clufiusthat exce t broadleaues, thicke and fat, ofa Epitome the picture ofthis beautifull Flower de-luce,with grea uce, which it doth vet urple colour neere vnto the ground,like the great Dalmatian Flower de-l the Florentine Zrisin feet eth wellrefemble, The rooteis veryfweete whenitis drie, and {triu with urs, infomuch that my colo dry dwithfun ly mixe ufed conf r moft othe nes, The foweris of all the es that ftande vpright do pencannotfet downe euery lineor ftreake as it deferucth, The three leau looke downwardeabott es that leau r, The owcolou yell and ofa are her, e or embrace one anot clafp ple,andhath many the edges,areof a pale colour,the middle part ofwhite mixedwitha line ofpur gelt reded final purple lines ftripped ouer the faid white flower, euen to thebrim ofthe pale colou fmelleth like the Hawthorne flowers,being lightly{melled vnto. booke named Horts 8 The Germaine Flower de-luce, which Camerarius hath fet foorth in his l ofinice: the Jeaues beve Medicus, hath great thicke and knobbyrootes: the ftalke is thicke andful ftalke, rie broad in refpeét ofallthe reftof Flower de-luces. The flower growcthat the topof the confifting offixe great leaues,blew of colour, welted downethe middle, with white tending royeh s ged abouttht lowe, atthe bottome nexttheftalkeit is white ofcolour. with fome yellowne frin tly his beautic, the which faide white, as alfo about the brims or edges, whichfetteth foorth grea Toachimus Camerarius,he fonneof old Camerariusof Noremberg , had fenthim out of Hungatit and did communicate one of the plants thereofvnto Clu/us, whofe figure he hath mot Liuely ft foorth withthis defcription ; differing fomewhat from that, thar Joachimus himlelfe did gine vat meathis being in London. The leaues faith he,are very large, twife fo broad as any of the others Theftalkeis fingle and fmooth,the flower groweth at the top fa moft bright fhining blew colows the middle rib tending towhitenes, the three vpper leaues fomwhat yellowith, The rooteislit wile fweete as Zreos. : % The place. hae —7pes de-luces do prowe wilde in Dalmatia, Gotti aand Piedmont; notwith gardens are very wellftored with eucry one of them. al % The time. heir time of flowting anfwereth the other Flower de-luces. % The names. !“he Dalmatian Flower deuceis called in Greek of Athen ens & Theophrastus ies:«ath iris lesfortht name alfo sveavia,of: the Heauenly bowe,orRainbow:v 6See the : fame occafionSuvpasts,or Sutiasts,O) ‘Admirablesfort Ne : c a l do Poets fometime Godetall idlaets ae Rainbowe Sevuariar: in Latin Jyés,and in Englifh Flower de-luce. es do fufiicienclydiftinoutth them.whereby th may be knowenone : m another. froman y they * 3 ? % The natur ; oe 1 : The nature ofthe toie thofe of the commonkinde, thatis; oli) are anfiverable Hekate rons ; ¢ Flowerde-luces €s ate hotanddric in the latter end of the fecond degree a ; & The 2 ena f Theiuice ofthefe Flower de-luces dot i aise butmoftefpeciallywatrith humors,s, and : af mee een oe foorth . and is mas be drunkein fweete woort Orehay. = aungular good purgation for themthat haue the The fame1€is good good for { them that : hane cb eu} av ; with cramps of 4 that are troubledthat euill pleenes,oralfo with { ean arebit fuchas Gono and for the fions, haue muchthofe profiteth It BAe orrunning ofthe raines s > ¢ bring downe the monethly Sesnies, ¢ ~ . ith vineger as Diofeorides {aith': and drunke with winé : 4 + 3° x In % The defeription. Hat whichis called the Flower de-luce ofmany colours, lofeth his leaues in winter, and in the {pringe time recouereth them a newe. Iamnotable toexpreffe the fundry co- lours and the mixtures, containedin this flower. It is mixed with purple,yellowe, blacke, white,and a fringe or thrum downethe middle ofthe lower leaues, of a whitifh yellow tipped or frized,andas it werea little raifed vp : of a deepe purple colour neere the ground. 2 The fecond kind hath long andnarrowleaues of a blackith greene, like the ftinking Gladdon, among which rife vpftalkes two foote long , bearing at the top of cuery ftalke one flower, compact of fixe great leaues, Thethree that ftande vpright are confufedly and very ftrangely ftripped, mixedwith white anda duskith blacke colour. The three leaues that hang downwardare likea gaping hood,and are mixed inlike maner 5 but the white is nothing fo bright as ofthe other, and are as it were fhadowedouer with a darke purple colour, fomewhat fhining : fo that according to my iudgement,the whole flower is of the colour ofa Ginnie hen:a rare and beautifulflower to behold, % The defcription. 3 The French Flower de-luce (whereofalfo there is another of the fame kinde, alrogither leffer,) haue their rootes without anyfavour, Infhewthey differ little from the garden Flower de-luce,but that thefe latter are altogither flenderer, andvnpleafant in tafte, growing plentifilly in therough crags ofthe rocks vnder the Alpes,and neere vnto the fea, The which Pea found in the grafic gra- uelly grounds of the fea coaftes neere to Montpellier. The learned doétor Affatiusa long time fuppofedittobe Atedsum Dioftorides : Matthiolus deceiued himfelfe and others, in thathefaid, that the rooteof this plant hath thefent of the peach: butmy felfe haue prooued it to be withoutfa« uouratall. Ir yeeldeth his flowers in Lune, which are ofall the reft moft like vnto the grafle Flower de-luce. The tafte ofhisroote is hot,bitter,and with muchtenuiti¢ ofparts,as hath beene found by phificall proofe, Wed 7 84 |