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Show 102 Of the Hiftorie of Platits. hid — ———~ F Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis. t themfelues of thofe varieties,tofuch as haueonely and parpofelytredtedof Floutes.and theirdiy uerfities; as De-Bry, Swerts, and ourCountteyman M. Parkinfoe, whoin his Paradsfias terrefiris, fee forth in Englith, Anwo r629. hattviudicioufly and exa Gly comprehended all thathath beenedes liuered by othersin this nature, o£ i Caav75. Of Spanifh Nut. } § 2 Sifjnrithiumminey, z Sifjnrichium majus: £ 6 Iris Bulbofalore cinereo. Ath-coloured ‘Blouredesluce; ¥ Irie Bulbofa flore albido. f Whitith of Floure de-luce, Spanifh Nut.” ~< Small Spanith Nut, 4 , : Ae 3 re Tuberofa. Weluct Floure de-[ucee ; qT heplace, The fecond of thefe bulbed Flourede-luces: growes wilde, or ofit felfe, in the corne fields of ~ Weft od of — about Batheand: Wells, and. thofe places adiacen t- from whence : eshe:eon t into. London,where theybe naturalifed,an d encreafe in great plenty in our The other forts do grow faturally in SpaineandItaly wilde, fitom whence w ad F tor our London gardens, whereofthey do greatly ibioied, 4 Sipeaes» . G The defcription. Panith Nuthath finall graffie Ieaues like thofe of the Starres of Bethlem, or Ornithogalum , among which rifeth he . t . = 2 . q) Thetime, — Boba Flourede-luce is called ofLobelius, Iris Bulbofa,and with the like leaues, but fhorter, The Floures growat the top, ofa skie colour,in fhape refem- bling the Floure de-luce , or common /ré =-but They floure in lune and Iuly, and feldome after. The-names. vp afimall ftalke ofhalfea foot high, garnifhed , alfo Hyatinthus flore Iridis of fone, Eyasies 7s Poctarum ,. and peraduenture it is the fame. = omen Chapter, faying, That wis, named among that Apuleius mentioneth in the one theold Writers Hieris, may alfo becala - not mors Hierobulbuc, or Hieribulbus : as thoughyou fhould fay, Iris Bulbofa,or Bul— ;ni effeyouwould haue teens, called a greater or larger Bulbe: foritis certaine, that Sreat and hugethings werecalled ofthe Antient s > tes Of Sacra: in Englith,Holy. The oe The nature. nature of thefe Bulbed Floure de-luces are referred tothe kindes ofAfphodils. Take; faith Apuleius; mae teins, of the € herb herbe Hierobu fix3G 5. Goats fuetas much, Oile of Alcannaone a lbys bsoe A og 3 mix themtogether,being firtt ftampedina ftone morter, it taketh awaythe paine ofthe Moreoucr, ee ifawomian do> vfe towath her facew} C é ith the decotii on ofthe, root, mixed with the B_ meale ofLupines;it forthwith cleanfeth awaythe freckles & morphe w,and fuchlikei deformities. Chap. the leaues that turne downe are each of them marked withayellowith {pot: they fade quicke- ly, and being paft, there fucceed {mall cods with feeds as {mallas thofe of Turneps. The root is round, compofed oftwo bulbes, the one lying vponthe otheras thofe ofthe Corne flag vfually do; and they arecouered withaskinne orfilme in fhape likea Net, The Bulbeis fweetin tafte, and maybe eaten before any other bulbed Root. 2 Thereis fet forth another of this kinde, fomewhat leffer,with Floures thar {mell fiveeter than the former. 3 Veluet Floure de-luce hath amany long {quare leaues, fpongeous or full ofpith, trailing vponthe ground, in fhape like to the leaues of Rufhes :among which rifeth vp a ftalke of ‘ ee I2 * high, |