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Show mpSUS TESSMRSEAIST EEE Dens caninus,cxcept in the colour,which hathbeen found betwixt that plant ofDéoféorides and this ofplaces where they grow,as it fal(as you know)doth commonly varie, according to the diuerfitte moft commonly twoleaues, plants;Ichath ofbilBofe Heotherkihds Jeth out in Squilla,Onions,& lefler. althoughin akeaf of flowers amongft the vppermoft greene leaues, which fomem triple crowne, (0a s Igrot « t though timets in which ame, truth they are but one andthe felfe-f of the foile ; whoffigure or type I haue thought which hapnethby the age ofthe roote, & fertility time ofhis infancie ithad. in the goodto adioine with that piGture alfowhichx The place. le amongft otherbulbus rootes, and This plantlikewife hath been brought from Conftantinop . plentie great Thaue f rade denizonsin our London gardens whereo & The time. It fowreth in Aprill,and fomtimes in March vrnum or Ramfons, though far very feldom three,which leafe in fhape is much liketoAllium ftalke ts tender and flexible. Jiketo Cyclamen or Sowe The leaues turne downto the groundward:the The proportion oftlieflower bread) about a handfdlbhighy bareand without leanés cotherooré): white'colour, ‘Thérddrc is purplith Of4 islike thofe'of Saftrony orthie Lilly dower, full offtreaines faid rootexs afinalljflat halfe bigge atid like viito'a Dateywith fone fibres growing fromitt vito the come flagee. round bilbeadioining, likevnto Glidiolws ot whenas the weather is warme andpleafant, % Thenames. Imperialis, and Lilium Bizantinum ; ofthe This rare and {trange plantis called in Latin Corona auefent intothefe parts, of thefe rootesat diuersh Andas Turkes themfelues Canale lale,and Tufai. the name Tx/aé, others Tom fundry times,fo haue they likewife fent themby fundry names,{ome by fund Tuyfebiacté,and likewife Turfaniand Turfande. t The nature and vertues. faculties or temperature in The vertues of thisadmirable plantis not yetknowne, neither his working. Of Dogs tooth.. 13 Dens eaninus, Dogstooth, x95 | HTHIST ORLED OFT PLIAN TS. E THE FIRST BOOKE OF TH econd kinde, 154 Chap.97. 14. Dens caninusflore albo angustioribwsfof White Dogs tooth. lowerandeod, The@cond kinde ig farre greater and largerchan the fit(t,iimbulbe, ftalkeleaues' » and? acthe firfttheydo Te yeeldeth twolearies for the'moft patt,whichdo dlofe one within dhother's one leafe like the Tuhidethe flower(forfo long’ as it brings trot out his flower)it'eemies to haue but wherfore I haue placed it and lipaes & like the Lillies, though fhorter, 8¢ for the moft part broader 5 eth, his kinds next vnto the Lillies,befére the kinds of Or chis or tones. Thefe leaues'whichhebear tolittle and le butbylitt below, narrow colour, purple darke {potsofa great are potted with many in forme fomewhat neere ward the top waxing broade, andafter that growing to be fharpe pointed, the flower fl 1eweth it felfe Ratnfons,but thicker &more oleous. When the leaues be wide opened, flower confifteth of fixe verie ypon his long weake naked ftalke bowing to the earthward, which itfelfe , and long leaues, of a fine delaied purple colour,which with the heate ofthefimne openeth bendethhis leaues backe againe after the maner of the Cyclamen flower, within which there are but fixe purple chiues and a white three forked ftile or peftell. This flower is of no pleafant {mell, or huske fquare a three fuccedeth there vaded, is flower the when : commendable for the beautie head, whereinare the feedeswhicharevery like themof Leucoiwm bulbofiamprecox , but longer, flen- derer,and ofa yellowecolout. The rooteis long, thicker belowthan aboue, fet with many white , from fibres, waxing very tenderin the vpperpart, having one or more off-fets or yoong fhootes whichthe ftalke arifeth out of the ground(as it hath been faid ) bringing foorth two leaues and not three,or onely one, faue whenit will not flower, 3 The third kind is in all things like the former, faue in the leaueswhich are narrower , and in the colour of the flower, whichis altogicher white, or confifting of a colour mixt of purple and white. Wherefore fith there is no other differenceit fhall fufficeto haue faide this muchfor the defcription. % The place. Thefé three plants growplentifully at the foote ofcertainehilsin the greene and moift grounds of Germanie andItaly, in Styria not farte from Gratzium, as alfo in Modena and BononiainItaly, and likewife in my garden, % The time. They flowerin Aprill,and fomtimesfooner, asin the middle of March. The names. The firft is calledin Latine Dens caninus herbariorwm, and Erithronium, thatis, the Herbarifts Dogs tooth. The men ofthe countrey where it groweth do call it Schottwurts + and the Phifiti- ans about Styria do callit Dentali, andlikewife Dens caninusflore albo, angustioritus foliisthat is, Dogs tooth withthe white flower and narrowleaues. %& The wature. Thefeare ofavery hot cemperament, windie and of an excrementitious nature, asmay appeere : y the vertues. % The vertues. The womenthat dwell about the place where thefe grewe and do growe, haue with gréat pro- A ape the dried meale or powderofit in their childrens pottage, againft the woormes ofthe ly, 13 Here hathnotlone finceb B Being drunke with wine, ithath been prooued maruelloufly to aflwage the collick paffion, It fttengthneth andnourifheth the bodie in greatmeafure,and being drunke with water it cureth C children ofthe falling ficknes, % Thedefeviprion, was fippofed ae Outa goodly bulbofe rooted plant,and cermedi which fee andsthe verthes thereoffound i"ec OfDiofcorides,aftes that it was ches ¢ ftudious fearchers of nature. Little batt Itprouokethbodily luft ifit be onely handled,but rauch moreifit be drunke with wine. D of |