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Show FIRST BOOKE OF THI PLAN TS. HIST ORFE % The defeription. SSE> > 3- Theferwo pigflires expreffed are both but one and the felfe fame plane, and yeris diftingnifhed Saffron, Sotht picaufeit neuer beareth flowers andleaues both at one timeas doth the common it flowreth, Anj the firft Houre ferceth it foorth whenitis in leaues and buds, and the other when yeere it bringeth forth thereforeone defcription fhall fuftice for them both, ‘In the {pring of the KE his Jeaues,thicke,fat,fhining and fmooth,not vnlike the leaues of Lillies which do continue green KR” yYs AN Sy Wy P in the beginning¢ o£ September ynto the end oflune, atwhich time the leaues do wither away, but anygreenc leafe at all: bt without flowers white milke naked ground the there fhootethfoorthof ground notfending fofooneas the plant hath donebearing offlowers, the roote remaineth in the foorth any.thing vatill February in the yeere following. 129 9 Colchicum Syriacum Alexandrinum. »» Aflyrianmedow Saffron, 6 Colchicum Iliricum.. Grecke medow Saffron. 5 Colchicum montanum mim’. Small mountaine medowSaffton, 4. Colchicum minus. Small medow Saffron, Tih g NY LY tneAhtack dialel nearaon aekaLi = Ine THE 128 He NY j 4 LTD =) Nay KAILA ag A ci. 6 %& The defeription: ‘ThemedowSaffron ofIlliria hatha great, thicke , and bulbus roote, full of fubftance: from whichrifeth vp fat, thicke, and grofleftalke, {et about from the lower part tothe top by equall diftances, with long, thicke, and groffé leaues; fliarpe pointed,not vilike to the leaues of Leekes: among which leaues do'growyellowith flowerslike vnto the Englith medow Saffron,butfmaller. 7.: The Affyrian medowSaffron hatha bulbiisroote, miade asit were of twopecces; fromthe middle cleft whereofrifeth vp a foft and tenderftalke, fer'withfaire broade leaues from the middle to thetop: among whichcommethforthonefingle: flowerlike vito the common medowSaffron, or the white Anemoneofa4atthiolws defctiption. 8 Colchicum parunm montanum Lutenm. Yellow mountaine Saffron, % The defeription. -- The mountaine wilde faffron is abafeand loweplant, but in fhapealtogitherlike thecom-+ mon medowSaffron,but muchleffer. The flow-= ersaré {mallet and of a: yellow colour, which fetteth foorth the difference, Ofall thefekindes of medowe Saffronsithath not been certains ‘% The defeription. + = . {mall medow Saffron hath three or fowerthickefat leaues, and narrower than anya : . The flower appeereth in the fall ofthe leafe, in fhape, colour and maner of growing . - ae neon ap sbut of a blewith colour, andaltogither leffer, The roote isthicke! ner tuberous i ¢ fafhion»# Oni thofe ee osherkiads " , thatis, aknoborconfufed Jumpe rather then: Onion It 5 Thefinal mountaine Safftonh . and flowers ofapurple colour ten ath three or fower er ¢graffielong leaues,anda round ind bulbus!™ Dt , in Aut : ; é ding to as theothers do, g toblewnefle , and bringeth foorth his flowers é coli y knowne which hath beene the true Hermoy a Gyle : notwithftanding we haue-certaine knowledge that'the Illirian Colchicke is: the phificall Hermodattyle. Ia 9 Colchicum |