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Show HISTORIE OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE ‘OF THE % The time. They flower from the beginning of March tothe end ofMay. 3 Irisfyluestris Bizantinn. Wilde Bizantine Flower de-luce. %& The names. %& The defer iption. 4 Narrow_leafed Flower de luce hath an inf. nite number of graffie leaues , much like vnto reede , among which rife vp many ftalkes , much fhorter than the leaues. On the endes of the fame fiomtheItalians, Fiore Bellepintatefuppofed ofL’Obelsus to be: Atedinm of Diofcorides : in Englith French Flower de-luce. % The natnreand vertues. Thefaculties and temperature of thefe rare and beautifull flowers, are referred tothe other A forts ofFlowerde-ices,whereunto they do verywell accord. Thereisan excellent oyle madeofthe {pring foorth two, fometimes three , sight {weete &pleafant flowers compact of nine leaues, Thole three that hang downward, are gi eater thanthe Flowers and rootes ofFlower de-luce, ofech a like quantitie, called O/eum Irinum, made after the reft,ofa purple colour, {tr ipped with white andyel low: but thofe three finall leaues that appeerenext are ofa purple colour without mixture: thofe three : Peripueumonias The flowers of French Flower deduce diftilled with Diatrion fandalon, and Cinnamom, andthe B that ftandvpright are ofan horfeflefh colour, tip. ped with purple, andynder ech of thefeleauesap. peere three {mall browne aglets, like the toongof a es addirament The Turkie Flower de-luceiis called:inthe Turkith toong A/aza Sufiani , with this fame manerthatoyle of Rofes,Lilies and fuchlikebemade: whichoile profiteth much toftrengthen the finews and ioints,helpeth the crampe,proceeding ofrepletion, and thedifeafe calledin Greeke water drunke,preuaileth greatly againit the dropfie, as teftifieth Hollerins and Gefnerus. Offlinking Gladdon. a {mall bird, 5 The finall graffie Flower de-luce,differethfrom i the former infinalnes and thinnes of leaues, in other refpects there is nodifference. ; * The place. Thefe plants do growin the gardens of Lon ward the topsout ofwhich do growflowers like the Flower de-luce, of-an ouerwotne blewifh colour, declining to grayifh, ‘or arvafh colour. After the flowers be vaded, there commeth great husks or cods,whereinis containeda red berrie orfeede, as ftantinople , and dothprofper wellin my garden, being not plantedin over wet ground. OAPI | Chameiris di Oe. ; fy: : Nektar: ve GXt of = a Dobe aa es Tinking Gladdon hathdong narrow Jeaues like Iris, but {maller; ofadarke greene colour; &cbeing rubbed,of a ftinking finell,verie lothfome. The ftalks ate many innumber, & round to- don, amoneft Herbarifts and louers of plants. The Turkie Flower de-luce came from Cot Ca . + The deferdiption. Xpris, Stinking Gladdon; Re Chap.37: Ss big asa peafe.The rooteis long and threddie. 5 Chameivistenuifolis. Graffe Flowerde-luce. % Theplace. Gladdon groweth in many gatdens;I haue feene x it wilde in manyplaces, as in woods and fhadowy places neere theféa, % The time. The ftinking Gladdon flowreth in Auguft: the feede whereofis ripe in September. % The names. / Stinking Gladdonjs called|in Latine Spatula fetida: among the/apothecariess it/is called alfo Xyris: in Englifh ftinking Gladdon and Spurgewoort, % Thenature. Gladdonis hotand dry in the third degice. te The vertues. s ” Such is the facultie ofthe rootes ofall the Irides 4 ‘ a ait before named, thatin pownding themthey promre) FE uokefneefingand purge the head: generallyall the i rm kinds haue an’heating,and extenuating quality. Theyare ¢ffe@tuall apainft the Sought theyeafily digeft, and cénfume the grofle humors, which B are hardly cqncoéted : theypurge choler and tough flegme:they ptocure fleepe, and helpe the gripings within the bellie. Irhelpeththe inuoluntarie effufion of naturall feede, as Plinie faith, If it be drunke in wine it C ‘prouokeththe termes, and being putin bathes for womentofit ouer, it prouoketh the like effect moftexquifitely, The roote put in manerofa peffarie, haftneth the birth, They couer with flefh, 3 bones |