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Show SHHISDORIP OF PLANTS. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE fomictimeshighet,wherenpondo growflowerslikethe former, ‘Ainiong thefooteftalkes of which Chap. 92. OfRedLillies. flowers commeth foorth certaine bulbesorclonedmobtes 5 browne oficolonr tending totednefic, whichdofall inthe endéofiAuguftypon the gtomid taking rote and growingrin the fameplace, & The kindes. Here be likewife fundry forts ofLillies, which we do comprehendvnder onegeneral! name; t in Englith red Lillies, wheroffom are of our owne countries growing,and others of beyond the feas, the which thall be diftinguifhed feuerally in this chapter that followeth, 2 Lilian rubrum, The redLillie. ee 1 Lilumanreum. GoldtedLillie, aay wherebyit greatly increafeth for feldome or neuer it bringeth foorthfeedfor his propagation. There is another fort of the red Lillies, hauinip-a faire fcaleyor clouedroote, yellow aboue,and browne toward the bottorne: from Which xifeth vp a faire fiffeftalké-creftedor furrowed, of an ouerworne browne colour, fet from the lower part to the branches, whereon the flowers do grow with many leanes’, corifiivedly placed without order, Among the branche? elgfé by the ftemme, grow foorth*€etraiheiclotes or rootes ofa reddith colour; Tike vatothe clouesof Garlicke before they be pilled , which being fallen vpon the groundeattheirtime.of ripertefle, doe fhooté foorth certaine tender{trings or rootes that do take hold of the ground wherebyit greatly increafeth, The flowers are in fhapelike the ether red Lillies, but of a darke oreng colour, refembling a: flame of fire {potted withblacke fpots, whereofit tooke his name. 3, Lilium cruentumlatifolium, Thefiriered Lillie, A % Theplace. Thefe Lillies do growe wilde in the plowed fieldes ofItalie and Languedocke, inthe moun: taines and vallies of Hetruriaand thofe places adiacent. They are commoniin our Englith gardens as alfo in Germanie, % The time. They flower commonly little before the white Lillies,when Rofes do. % The names. There haue beene from the beginning great controuerfies about the name ofthis red Lillie, or after ome purple Lillie: the which controuerfies haue beenefo ridiculous, and yet neuer cenfured , that it were much Jabourloft to repeate them: forall and euerie of them haue faid fomewhat, but nothingto the purpofe : for fomeé haue fought to mende others errors, and haue made more than were before , and therefore ic fhall fuffice what hath beenefaid in the deferiptionortitle, . % The nature. ; Theflowerof the red Lillie (as Galen faith) is % The defeription, I Hegoldred Lillie srowethto the height of two, and fometimes three cubits; andoft higherthan thofe ofthe common white Lillie. The leaues be blacker and ric thicke aboutthe ftalke,The lowersin of an earthly eflence. The roote and Jeauesdo drieandclenfe, and moderately digeftorwafte the top’ be many from tento thirtic to ehi draugh of:mae ne 248 thofe ofthe white Lillie, 2 ofamixt temperature, partly ofthin, and partly narrower, fetve and conftime away. % The vertues. ii Thefirie red Lillie hath rootes likeithe former: ‘1 fromthe which sifeth ftalke offlowerort® a-ciibite | one dothartoa Ondhe[ thofeofPlantaine, broadleaues fet with ome many,in fadehigh, colour red oraslike the swhich quickly\doth fadeand pexifh. ftature,the leaues be fewer in number, bros cd | thewith blacke fpeckes, The toot former, fauing tliat the colour heereofis more” eis {caley like the former, 4 Thereis anotherred Lillie which hath many : leaue | s fomwhat ribbed, broader thanthe Jaft belo" mentioned,but fhorter,& notfo many in number,The ftalk erowethto the height of two caba | | | co leaues of the hetbe as Dioftorédes teacheth , being applied are good againftthe ftinging of A ents, The fame boiled and tempered with vineger, are good agai wounds and vicers, nft burnings , and heale ere s5 Theroote roftedin the embers and pound withojle of rofés cureth bumings , and fofteneth C atdnes of the matrix, The fame {tamped with honie, cureth the wounded fihewes and members out ofioint. Ietaketh D ae the morphew and deformitie ofthe face,an d'taketh away wrinckles. ay tamped with vineger,the leaues of Henbane,and wheat meale, remooueth hotfivellings ofthe *“Ones the yard andmatrix, K 3 The |