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Show 152 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. Lis. i Lit The Defcription, : LthoughI haue expreffed two piGures ofSaffrons,as youfee, yet are you to vnderftand thar $ 3 Crocus vernusflore lutea, Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Yellow Spring Saffron.; A thefe two dobut fet forth one kinde of plantwhich could not fo eafi ly be perceiued by one picture as by two,becaufe his floure dath firft tife out ofthe groundnakedly in September, and his long {mal grafly leaues fhortlyafter the floure,neuer bearing floure andleafe at once, The $ 4 Crocus vernusflorealbo. White Spring Saffron, which toexpreffe,I thought it conuenient to fet downe two pidures before you,with this deferip: tion, vw. Therooris {inall, round, and bulbous. The floure confifteth of fixe {mall blew Jeaues tending to purple, hauing in the middle many {mall yellow ftrings or threds; among whichate two,three, or more thicke fat chiues ofa fierie colour fomewhat reddith, ofa ftrong {mell when they be dried, which doth fluffe and trouble the head.. The firft picture fetteth forth the Plant whenit bearethfloures, and the other expreffeth nothing butleaues. 1 Croéus vernus, 2 Crocus vernus minor. Earlyflouring wilde Saffron, Small wilde Saffion, 6.Crocus montanus Autumnal: Autumne mountaine Saffron, * 1 G The Place. Common, or the beft knowne Saffron Sroweth plentifully in Cambridge-thire Saffron-Walcorne den, and other places thereabout, as in the fields ._ ¥ 7 ° Time, Saffron beginnethto floure in September, The and prefently after {pring vp the leaues,andremain greene all the Winter long. ¢ @ The Names. Saffronis called in Greeke, xenss: in Lat fron : in Englith, Saffron: in the Arabic ine, Crocus ; in Mau ritania, Saffaran: in Spanifh,¢4 ke tongue, Zahafaran: at _ 9 TheTemper ature, Saffron isa little aftringent or bin ding, but his hor qualitie doth fo oue t-rule init,that in the whole effenceit is in the number of thofe herbes which are hotin the fecond degree, and drie in the fir: therefore italfo hatha ctionthat is init, as Galen faith. A B certaine force toconcod, whichis furthered bythe {mall aftri- © The Vertues, uicenaffirmeth that it caufeth head-ache, andis hurefall to ¢ he braine, which it canno taking it nowand then, but by too much t doby vfing ofit: for toomuch vfing of it cutteth through want whereof the head and off fleepe: fences are out of frame. Butthe moderate for the ltead, and makeththe fences more vfe quicke andliuely,thaketh off heauy and of itis good and makethaman merry. drowfie fleep% i Alfo Saffron ftrengthneth the heart the lungs, and remoueth obftrudtions,, concoéeth crudeand taw humors of the chef , openetit Iris . | | $7 Crocus |