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Show BOOKE OF THE HISTORLES/OB PLANTS. Wilde Star of Bethlehem, | 137 % The defiription. ene Vrcommon Star ofBethlehem hath manynarrowleaues, thicke, fat, ful ofinice,and ofa very greene colour,witha white ftrake downe the middle ofeachleafe: among the which rife vp {mall naked {talkes,at the top whereof do grow{inall flowers,compact offixe {mal leaues , {tripped on the backfide with lines of a yellowifh greene, The infideis of amilke white colour, which openethit felfe at the rifing of the funne, and fhutteth againe atthe funnefetting, whereofit hathbeenecalled offome Bulbus Solfequius. The flowers being paft,the feed dothfollow inclofed in three corneted husks. The roote 1s bulbus, white both within and without. 2 The fecondfort hath twoorthree {mall graffic leaues proceeding froma clouenorfealy bulbus roote. Theftalke rifeth vp in the midft naked, but towardthe top there do thruft foorth more leaues like vnto the other,but{maller and fhorter:among whichleaues do ftep foorth very fmal,weake and tender footeftalks,ech of thembearing oneflowerlike vnto the precedent. 3 TheyellowStar of Bethlehemis verylike vnto the laft defcribed. The flowers of this are on the backfide,ofa pale yellow {tripped with greene,on the infide ofa bright fhining yellow colour,in other refpects alike. 4 ‘The great bulbed Star of Bethlehemhath many large andlong leaues, thicke and crefted, refembling Galens bulbed 4Phodyll inroote, ftalke and flowers, fauing that this plant doth bring foorth white flowers {tripped with greene on thebackfide, and altogither white on the innermoft fide,and the _4/phodyll notfo. % Theplace. Stars ofBethlehemgrowin fundrie places whichlie opentothe aire, not onelyin Germany and the Lowe countries,buralfo in Englandin fundry places,andin our gardens very common. The yel- low kinde Z’Obedins found in Somerfetfhirein the comefields, The laftis a ftrangerin England,yet we haue it and thereft in our gardens. ; — Ss — 3 Ornithogalumluteum. Yellow {tar of Bethlehem. 4. Ornithogalum Pannanicnth Star of Hungaric. % Thetime. Thefekinds ofbulbed plants do flowerftom Aprill.to the end ofMay. siqtheaner! y s DED. c i : Touching the names there is no certaintie, {eeing that Phinyis fo breefe who hathonely mentio- ned them.In high Dutchitis.called Felds wihel, Ackers turbel + as you fhould fay Cepa agraria, and Bulbine: in Englifh Stars ofBethlehem. % The nature. Thefeare temperate in heate and drines, % The vertues. The vertues of themare vnknowne, notwithftanding Hieronymus Tragus writeth that the roore A of the yellow Star of Bethlehemrofted in hot embers, and applied with honie in maner of a cataplafmeor pultus,healeth old eating vicers. The rootes whichare tobe vfedin Phificke , ifany partthereof be, donot make any goodiuice. aa miMea» faith Déoféoridess and hardto be digefted, and throughtheir windines prouoke cin y aut, Of Onions. Chap.84. % The kindes. Here be,faith Theophrastusdivers forts of Onions, which haue their firmames ofthe places wherethey grow. Somealfo leffer, others greater s fome be round, and diuers other long : butnone wilde as P/ny writeth. 13 XL Copa |