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Show The Gardenofpleafant Flowers. es, but t he nameedoth doth notenotfo DayLillie we call them r both DayLilli Englith thcallthe Engli {pecified, aboue caufes the for firft, the with as laft, iththe er res The Vertues. The rootesofAfphodill hath formerly beene hadin great account, bit now isvtterly neglected ; yet by reafon oftheir fharpeneffe they open ang cleanfe, and therefore fome haueof late vied them for the yellow Iaundife The DayLillies haueno phyficall vfethat I know; or haue heard, CuHuar. XV. Phalanginm. Spider-wort. ‘Te plants doe fo nearely refemblethofe that are laft fet forth, thatI thinke nonethat knowes them,will doubt, butthat they muft follow next vato them, being fo like vnto them, and therefore ofthe faireft of this kindefirft. 1. Phalanginns Alobrogicum. The Sauoyc Spider-wort. The Saueye Spider-wort {pringeth vp with foure or fiue greene Ieaues , long and narrow, yet broaderat the bottome, narrower pointed at theend, and alittle hollow inthe middle ; among whichrifeth vp a round ftiffe ftalke, afoote and a halfe high, bearing at the toppe oncaboue another,feuen or eight, or more flowers , every ones large almoft as the yellow DayLilly laftdefcribed, but much greater then in anyo ther of the Spider-worts, of a pure white colour, with fomethreeds in the middt, tipt with yellow, and a {mall forked pointell : after the flowers are paft, the headsot feede veflels grow almoft three fquare, yet fomewhat round, wherein is contained blackifh feede : the rootes are many white, round,thicke,brittle {trings, ioynedtogt ther at the head , but are nothing fo long, as the rootesofthe other Phalangia orSpi der-worts. 2. Phalanginm mains Italicum album, The great Italian Spider-wort. This great Spider-wort hath diuers long andInarrow leaues fjpread vponthegrouni, and notrifing vp as the former , and notfo broad alfo as the former > but fomewha larger then thofe that follow : the ftalke is bigger, but feldomerifeth yp fo highasthe next, whereofthis is alarger kinde, hauing along vnbranched ftalke ofwhite owes, laid open like ftarresas it hath, but fomewhat greater: the rootesare long and whit, likethe next, but fomewhatlarger. 3. Phalanginms non ramofumvulgare, Vnbranched Spider-wort. The leaues of this Spider-wort doe feeme tobee little bigger or longer thentht leaues ofgraffe, but of a more grayifh green colour, rifing faed iately from the head ortuft of rootes ; among which rifevp one or two ftalkes » fometimes twoor thit foote long, befettoward the toppe manywhiteStarre-like lowers , which afit they are: paft turne into finall roundwith heads, containing g black ¢ feede, like i ynto the fe 4 aiy tsbees Afphodill, but leffer : the tootesare long white ftrings, runnily 4. Phalanginm ramofum. Branched S pider-wort. The branched Spide r-wor thath his leaves fomeewha , wh t broader then the former, 2 rebebiofeatoe acd : the ftalke hereof is diuerfly biatiched atthetoh ing many white flowers, like ynto the fo feedes and r00 t¢s are like the former inall things, rmer, but {maller :3 the feede s The 1 Phalanginum Allobrogicum. The Sauoye Spider-wort. 2 Phalanginm non ramofam. Vnbranched Spider-wort. 3 Phelangiumramefum. Branched Spider-wort. 4 Phalangiu ms Ephemerum Virginianum, Yoho Tradefcante’s Spider-wort, |