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Show 104. Of the Hiftorie of Platits, List OFthe Hiftory of Planta high, bearing at thetopa Flourelike the Floure de-luce, The lower leaues that turne downward are ofa perfe& blacke colour; {oft atid {mooth as is blacke Ve luet ; the’bjackneffe is welted about with greenith yellow, or aswee termeit a Goofe-turd greene; ofwhich colour the v ppermoft leaues do confift : which beingpaft,there followetha great knob or crefted {eed veffell ofthe big. neffe ofa nians thumbe, wherein i$ contained round white {eed as big&e as the Fetch Ortate. The £4 Gladiolus Lacuftris. G The defiription. Water Sword-Flag, f 10 Rench Corne-Flagge hath fmall. tiffe leaues, ribbed or chamfered with long nerues or finewes running through the fame,in fhapelike thofe ofthe & luce, or the blade ofa fword, fharpe pointed, ofarf ouer-worne greene colout,among the whichrife vp aftiffe.brittle ftalke twocubits high,whereup- z root confifteth ofmany kriobbybunches likefingers. q The place. Thefe baftard kindes of Floure de-luces are ftrangers in England, except it be among fome few diligent Herbarifts in London, who hatte themintheir gardens,wher¢ theyincreafe efpecially the laft deferibed , whichis faid to growwilde about Conftantinople, exceedingly, Morea, and Greece : from whenceit Hath beene tfanfportedinto Italy, where it hath beene dattylus, and by fomeexpreft or fet forth in writing vnder thetitle Hermodactylusstaken for Hermowhereas intruth ithath no femblanceat all with Hemodactylus, on doe grow in comely/order, many faire purple Floures, gaping like thofe of Snapdragon, or-not muchdiffering fromthe Fox-Gloue;ealled in L.- tine Digitalis. After them come round kitobbie feed-veffels, full of chaffie {eed , very light, ofia @ The time. Thewilde or Baftard Flourede-luces do floure from Mayto the endof Tune. browne reddith colour.):The root confifteth of two Bulbes,one fet ypon the other: the vppetmoft q The names. x2 Thefe bulbed baftard Floure de-luceswhich we have Englithed Spanith Nuts, are cal: led in Spaine, Nokelhas ; thatis, little Nuts : the lefler fort Barua Noxelha, and (Macuca : wee take it tobe that kinde ofnourifhing Bulbe whichis named in Grecke, amefy::0f _ £3 Some,asVly(fes aldroandus, would hauethis to be Louchités Prior, Pliny, Sifyarichium, of Diofcor, <atatthiolus takes it Hermodactylus verus, or the truce Hermoda@ill : Dadonaus and Lobell more fit] y referit to the Floure de-luces, andcall it Trustuberofa. + @ The nature andvertues. Ofthefe kindes of Floure de-luces there hath beenelittle whereof inithe beginning of the Spring is leffet, and moreful ofjuice, the lower greater,but more loofeandlithie, which a little while after peritheth, 2__ Italian Corn-Flag hath long narrowleaues with manyribbes or nerues running through the or nothing atall left inwriting con. fame: the Walke is ttiffeand brittle,whereupon do growFloures orderly placed vporone fide of the ftalke, whereas the precedent hathyhis floures pla- cerning their natures orvertues ; only the § panifh nutis Nay vitious perfons, in fallads or otherwife, to procure eaten at the tables ofrich and delicious, luft andlecherie, Cuar, 76. 1 Gladiolus Narbonenfis, French Corne-Flag,or Sword-Flag. ced on boththe fidesof the ftalke,in fhapeandcus lourlike the former, as arealfo theroots, but fel. domefeene one aboue another, as in the former, There isa third fort of Corne-Flag which Of (Corne-Flagge. agreeth withthe laft defcribed in euerie point, fa uing thatthe Flouresof this are ofa pale colour, 2 Gladiolus Italicus. Italian Corne-Flag,or Sword -Flag. as it were-_betweene white,and that whichwecalf Maidens Bluth. t 4 This Water Sword-Flag, defcribed by Clufivs in his Cur.Poft, hath leaves abouta {pan long, thicke andhollow, with a partition in their middles; like aswee fee in the cods ofStockeGillouers,andthelike : their colourisgreene, andtafte fweet, fo that they are an acceptable food tothewilde Ducks ducking downe to the bottome of the water 3 for they fometimes lie fome ells vnder water :which notwithftanding is ouer-toptby the ftalke, whichfprings vp from among thefe leaues, and beares Floures ofcolour white,larger than thofe of Stock-Gillouers, but in thar hollowpart that is next the ftalkethey are ofa blewith colour, almoft in fhape refembling the Floures of the Corne-Flag, yet hot abfolutely like them. Theyconfift offue leaues, whereof the twovppermott are reflected towards the ftalke , the three other being broader hang downewards, Afterthefloures there followround pointedveffels filled with red feed, It fonres at the end of Iuly. Itwas foundin fomeplaces ofWeft-Frifeland, by lohn Dortmanalearned Apothecary ningen. It growes inwaters which haue pure grauell at the bottomme, and that bring of Groforgh no plant befides. Clufius, and Dortman who fent it him,call it Gladiolus Lacuftris, or Stugnalts. $ Thefe kindes of Corne @ Theplace. ( 188 growin medowes, andin earable grounds among corne, in many places ofItaly, as alfo in th parts of France bordering thereunto, Neither are the fields of Au- ftria and Morania without them, as Cordws writeth. We haue great plentyofthem in our London Gardens, efpeciallyforthe garnifl ing and decking themvpwith their feemly Floures, @ The time, They floute from Maytotheend ofIuly femina: others, Viforials rotunda inthe G 13 |