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Show 94 THE FIRST\BOOKEOCOF THE HISTORTE‘OF PLANTS. pound., mixethem togitherbeingfirkt ftampedina ftone mortar , it taketh awaythe paine oft, goute, 2) fy: B Moreouer, if awoman doe vie towafhher face with the decoétion ofthe roote, mixed witht meale ofLupines,itfoorthwith cleanfethaway the freckels and morphew,& fuchlike deformities, Of Spanifh nut, diligent Herbarifts in London, who haue themintheir gardens where they increafe exceedingly, efpeciallythelaft deferibed which is faid to grow wilde about Conftantinople, Morea and Greece, fromwhenceit hath been tranfportedinto Italy, where it hath beene taken for Hermodac?ylis, and by fomeexpreft or {et forthin writing vnderthe title Hermodactylis, whereas in truth it hath not Chap.68. I SpandhNut Sifiavichium. 95 % Theplace. Thefe baftard kinds of Flower de-luces,areftrangers in England , except it be among fome fewe anyfemblance atall with Hermodactylis. 2 Iris Tuberofa, % Thetime. Thefe wilde or baftard Flower de-luces,do flower from Maie to the end of Iune. % The names. x Thebulbed baftard Flower de-luce which wehaue Englifhed Spanifh Nut,is called in Spaine Veluet flower de-luce. Nozxella: theleffer fort Parana Nozells,in their owne toong Adacuca: we take it to be that kinde of nourifhing Bulbe whichis namedin Greekeavetyov: of Pliny Sifinrichium. ; 2. Plinyand Theophrastus contend whether this veluet Flower de-luce bethe true Hermodachylis: Thewhich controuerfie I intende not to meddle withall, feeing the matter fo plaine, which may be decidedbythe leaft andfimpleft Symplift in thefe our daies, confidering it doth notagree with the true Hermodacfylis in any one point. # The nature and vertues. Ofthefe kinds of Flower de-luce there hathbeenlittle ornothing at all leftin writing concerning their natutes or vertties :onely the Spanifh Nutis eatenat the tables of rich and delicious, nai¢ vicious perfons in fallads,or otherwife to procure Inft andlecherie. ? OfCorne Flag. 1 Gladiolus Narbanenfis. French core Flag. Chap. 69. 2 Gladiolus Italicus. Italian corne Flag. I S Panith Nuthath final prilosec2”: whichrifeth vp a fmall fta' lke ofbacae oftheltars ofBechlemv ardraithogalisamons leanes;bit se garnifhed withthelike of : idseaneee top,chee atthe gtow -Juceot ace . re comn colour, in { bej : which amonJris cmonohcbeeerylace arringi ee oh nion fathion,coue . ._ intafte,arid may bécatenbal us kinde fomwk ; : : S, iké thofe'o 2 . credwith askin or filme,in thapelikea Net. The bulb flowers; “Thereisferfoorth nother EEat SE ee ' aa at climate,and yerthe felfe fameplant. ungious or fullof pith,trailing YP" fow,or asswe w ten > : Pe being paft theee'follz io, turde greene rifethvpa ftalke ofa foorehighbem? chao turne downward, are of @ ng softihiclfeo kae esis welted abone‘with ¥ ith g preenilh hicd ; h they; getednnti oretefted: feede ie cetienk leaues do coomit: ssfitrfiib knobby bunches fi, white feede, as big as-tt of the bigties ofa mans" ches dike fini gers, : J S*sthe Fetch or Tare, The roore confifterh of ro wherein . weth a isconteined ound rh wl ia x French |