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Show 200 a) Ofthe Hittorie of Plants. Lissa | Lis. Of the’ Hiftory of Plants, iy, timesare more in number,fo that fome one ftalke hath borne fome48 floures. The root is much like the former, 3 Lilinm mont. floreflano non punéato. is The yellow Gacine Lillywith the vafpottedfloure. Thisinroots is like thofe afore de, {cribed ; the ftalkeis fome2 cubits high, fet confufedly with long narrow leaues, with three confpicuous herues running’ a. longftthem. The floures are at firft pale co. loured, afterwards yellow, confifting of fix leaues bended backe to their ftalkes,& mar. ked with blackith purple{pots. 4 Thereis alfo another differing from | The Time, Thisplant flouxeth fromthe beginning of May, to the end of June. _ gj The Names. Lif This Perfian Lilly isicalledin Latine, Lilivm Perficum, Lilidte Suftandom, Pcnnacio’ Pe¥iano , and Pannaco Perfiano,cithet by the Turks themfelues,or by {uch as out of thofe parts brought them into England. but which ofbothis vncertaine. Alphonfus Pancius, Phyfition to the Duke of Ferrara, when ashe fent the figure of this Plant vnto (urolus Clufius, added this title, Pennacjo Pe rfiano e = anta belli{uma & ¢fpecie di Giglio o Martagon,diuer{o della corona Imperiale : That is in Etiglith, T - moft elegantplant Pempacio ofPerfia is a kinde of Lilly or Martagondiffering from the floure called the Crowne Imperial]. the laft defcribed onely in that the floure is not fpotted,as that of the former, Lilium Perficum, The Perfian Lilly. | The Place. Thefe Lillies are thought Natiues ofthe Pyrenean mountaines,andoflate yeates are become Denizons in fome ofour Englith gardens. G TheTime, The firt (as [haue faid) floures in the end of May: the reft in Iune, q The Names, 1 This is called by Clufins , Lilinmm brampracox, 2 Clufius names this, Lilium rubrumpre Cox 3. anguftifolium, Lobel ftiles it, Hemetts ae ; callis Macedonica, and Martagon Pomponenms . le iii ; 0 Li UST) TT) ez: ser ‘f Ef 3 Te Thisis Liliumflano\flore maculis diffin. cfnm OFClufiusand Lilium montanumflanoflo, of Lobel. 4 | This being a varietie of the laft;.is called by Clufius Liliumflanoflore maculis non diftinttum, q 7he Temper and Ver tues, Thefe inall likelihood cannot muc inall theirparts they fo much tefe hdiffer ftomthe temperandvertues ofother Lillie mble, + s,which es H E Cuar. toy, Of the Perfian Lilly, @ The Nature and Vertues. © The Defiription, He Perfian Lilly hath for his root a 2 teat white bulb e diffe lies, hauin: folid, full ofjuyce, ring in fhape fiomthe other Lilteth off which commonly each yeare fet. ote, which the next yeare after is Id plant did. Fromthis row leaues ofa greene o cub its hi gh, whereupon col out, declining to blewne along ft the naked par s as doth thofe ofthe woad is placed long nart ofthe ftalkelike litt e. The floures grow le bels, of an ouertheir heads, ¢ uery one worne purple colour, hang hauing his : »and rodtrifeth vp fat thicke and {0 bringe Thereis not any thing knowne of thenature or vertuesofthis Perfian Lilly,efteemed asyét for his rareneffe and comely proportion ; although(if might be fo bold with a firanger that hath vouchfafed to trauell'fo many hundreds ofmiles for our acquaintance ) we haue in our Englith fields many {cores of flouresin beautyfar excelling ir, ftraight ittte itemme of tw ownefooting down per from the middle part e of two j es ofthe floure ; whichftalk long, as alfo his peftell or clapbein § patta i atall, as ino ther fhannddsh aes plants, but is wither ed,there increafed Onely inhisroot, is ° Se ee oundany lee d q Th e This Perfian Lilly srowet Place, h Naturally in Per hame,andis now(by the induftrie of Trae fia and thofe pl aces adiacent, whereof it tookehis *cnizon in fome few llers into thofe ¢ Ountries , lovers of Plants) made a ofour London garden s, gy The Cuar.108. Ofthe (rowneFmperiall. @ The Defcription. ; He Crowne Imperial hathfor his root athicke firme and. folid bulbe,couered witha — ifh filme or skinne, fromthe whichrifeth vp a great thickefat ftalke twocubits high, a. bare and nakedpart of'a darke ouerworne dusky purple colour, The leaves stow contd oe theftalke like thofe ofthe white Lilly, but narrower: the floutes growat the top ofthe ak c, . compafling it roundin forme of an Imperial crowne,‘whereof it tooke his name) hangingt= : : KR 3 bHeacs |