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Show ES Re Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 96 $ 3 A/phodelus Lancaftria verus. , i Afphodil. The; true Lancafhire ~L sesh: enh q The defiviprion. He leaues of the. Kings Speate are long, narrow,and chamfered or furrowed, of a blewifh greene colour. The ftalk is round, of a cubit high. The floures which grow thereon from the middle to the toparelvery many, in fhapelike to the foures of the other ; which being paft, there comein/place thereoflittle roundheads orfeed-veffels, wherein the feed is contained. The roots in like manner are very many, long, and{lender,fimaller than thofe ofthe other yellowfort. Vponthe fides whereofgrow forth certaine ftrings, by which the plantit felfe1s cafily encreafed and multiplied. 2 There is found:in thefedayes a certaine waterie or marifh Afphodill like vnto this laft defcribed, in ftalke and floures, without any differenceatall.[t bringeth forth leaues ofa beautifull greene fomwhat cham- ‘Liset Ofsthe Hiftorie of Plants, 97 ri ae see ra” others iudge it tobe Erixambac ofthe Arabians. In Latineit is called Afphodelus - of fome . is called Hafluta Regiae VWVe haue Englithed it, the Spearefor a King,or {mall luteus yellow Afphos till. 2 ag The Lancafhire Afphodillis calledinLatine, Apphodelus Lancaftrie « and may likewif: called Aphodeluspaluftris, ox P»fendoalp hodelus luteus, or the Baftard ay: Afphodill an £3. Thisis Ajphodelus minimus luteus paluftris Scoticus & Lancaftrienfis, ofLobell . and the P/nooopumiliofolys Iridis, ofClufius,as farte as Lcan iudge ; although Bauhine d iftinguifheth them, £ : | Thetemperature andvertues, “At is nor yet found out,whatvie there is ofany ofthem in nourifhment or medicines, — Cuar, 72. OfOnion eAfphodill, Afphodelus Bulbofirs, Onion Afphodill. gq The defcription, efcription He bulbed Afphodill hath a round bulbus or Onion root, with fomefibres hanging fered,like to thofe of the Floure de-luce, or corne-flag, but narrower, not fulla fpan long. The ftalke is ftrair, thereat ; from the which come vp manygraffic leaues, very well refembling the Leeke; among the which leauesthere rifeth vpa naked or fmooth ftem,garnifhed toward the top with manyftar-like a foot high, whereupon grow the floures, confifting of fixe fmall leaues:in the middle whereof come forth fmall yellow chiues or threds. Thefeedis very {mnall, contained in long fharpe pointed cods.. The root is floures,ofawhitith greene onthe infide, and whol- long, ioynted, and creepeth as gtafle doth, with many ly greene withour, confifting offix little leaues {mall ftrings. $3 Befides the laft deferibed (which our AuthorI fharpe pointed, with certainechiues or threads in - themiddle. After the floureis paft there fiteceedetha {mall knop or head three fquare, whereinli, eth thefeed, : q The place. It groweth in the gardens ofHerbarifts in Hon- feare miftaking, termed C4/phodelus Lamcaffria) there is another water A{phodill,which growes in many rotten moorith groundsin this kingdome,and in Lancafhire is vfedbywomeh to die their haire of a yellowith coJour, and therefore by themit is termed Maiden-haire, don, and notelfewherethatI knowof, forit is not very common, ifwe may befectie Lobell.)- This" plant hath feaues of fome two inches and an halfe, or three inches long, being fomewhatbroadat the bottome, andfo @ The time, fharper towards their ends. The ftalke feldome attaines to the height of a foor, and itis fmooth Tt foureth in Iune and Iuly,and fomewhat after, to fucceed longith little cods, vfually three, yet fometimes foure orfiue fquarc,andin thefe there The ftalke and floures being like to thofe ofthe without anyleaues thereon; the top thereofis adornedwithpretty yellowftar-likefloures,wher- The names, iscontained afmallred feed. The root confifts onelyofa few fmall ftrings. + Afphodill before mentioned, do fhew it to be [phodelt fpecics, ora kinde of Afphodill , for which q The place. 1 Thefmall yellow Afphodill groweth notofit felfe wilde in thefe parts, notwithftanding we havegreatplenty thereof in our Londongardens. caufealfo it feemeth tobe that Afphodil ofwhich Galen hath made mentionin his fecond book ofthe Lancatter, in the moorifh grounds there, as alfoneere vnto Maudfley and’ Martom,two Villages root ofAfphodillis inamannet like tothe root of 2 TheLancafhire Afphodill growethin moift and marifh places neére vnto the Towneof Faculties of nourifhments, in thefe words; The notfarre fromthence ; where it was found by a Worfhipfull and learned Gentleman, a diligent fearcherof fimples, and feruentlouer ofplants, M. Thomas Hesket, who brought the plants there- Squill, or Sea Onion, as well in fhape as bitternes, Notwithftanding faith Galen, myfelfe haue known ofvnto mefor the encreafe of mygarden. Certaine countrymen, who in time of famine could Ireceiued fome plants thereof likewife from Mafter Thomas Edwards, Apothecarie in Excefter, not with manyboilings and fteepings makeit fro learnedandskilful in his profeffion,as alfoin the knowledgeofplants.He foundthis A fphodill atthe footofahill in the Weft part ofEngland,called Bagthothill, neereyntoa village of the famename. $ This Afphodill figured and deferibed out of Dodoneus, and called Afphodelus Lancaftrie by our Author, growes inan heath fometwomiles from Brugesin Flanders, anddivers other places ofthe Low-countries ; but whetherit growin Lancafhire ono, I can fay nothing of certaintie: but Lamcertaine, thatwhich I haue defcribedin the third place growes in many places ofthe Weftof England ; andthis yeare 1 632, my kinde friend M. George Bowles {ent mee fome plants thereof, which I keepe yet growing. Lobellalfoaffirmes this to be the Lancathire Afphodill. . gq Thetime. Theyfloure in May and Iune: moft of the leaues thereof remaine greene inthe Winter,if it be not extreme cold, | Thenames. Some ofthe later Herbarifts thinke this yellow Afphodill to be Iphyon of Theophraftus , a others be eaten. It is called ofDodonens, Afphodelusfami. A, andApphodelus Bulbofus, Hyaciatho-Afphodelus, and Afphodelus Hyacinthinus by Lobel, and that rightly ; for that the rootis like the Hyacinth,andthefloures like the Afphodill : and therefore as it doth participate of both kindes, fo likewife doth the name: in Englifh we may call it Bulbed Alphodill. Clufius calls it ormithogalum majns, and that fitly. : © The nature. The round rooted Afphodil, according to Galen, hath the fame temperatute and vertue chat Aron, Arifarum, and Dracontivm haue, namely an abfterfiue and cleanfing qualitie. | The vertues. The yong {proutsor {prings thereofis a fingular medicine againft the yellow Iaundife;forthat the rootis ofpower tomake thin and open. Galen faith, that the afhes ofthis Bulbe mixed with oileorhens greafe cureth the falling ofthe A B haireinan Alopecia or {calld head, Chap , |