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cojrapt, rotfen,feffcreo,f retting anu confnmtiig fojtiSjbcittgfirll 

 roff cij tmuer tmbers, aiiD f Ijen pounu toitlj Ijoit^ anu laiD to. 



Of the white field Onion. Chap.lxxvij. 



S^The defer ipti Oft. 



^tsfetnueof Bulbus at tl)e firft fp^inijtng tjp tratb long 

 fmall narroto gratfie leaues oj blatjes of a fpan long:from 

 amongft totiicl) fpjingetl) tjp a ronnu grane ftemme , of a 

 fpan long oj t j)ereabout0,b?ingtng fojjtt) fourc oz fine fmall floto^ 

 erSjgreeue Uiitljotit ano \xii^ite l»itl)in,rtof muc^ Diflffering in pjo^ 

 portion from t^t fal^ion of t!)e lil|? fiotoer, cfpec iallr before tbe? 

 be fuU^ fp^eao ab^obc ano opcneo, but tlje^ be mncb lelfer . Ue 

 rot is rounoe It^e an ^nion o; Bulbe , tofitte botb fottbtn anO 

 ioitljoat, anu ber^ fltmr ItJte c omfre^ , toben it is bjufeO 02 b;o^ 

 ken in peeces : in taftc fometpbat Cbarpe. %Us agre^tb not tottb 



drnithogalum of SDiofcojlDcsi, foj ^i» Ornithogalum ig Oefcri^ 



beo to banc a certaine aglcf,o? a tbing calleD Cachryos,grotDing 

 bp in tbe mioDle of tbe Soloer ♦ ^eitbcr is it libe to be S^atfbio^ 



100 Ornithogalum : fo; tbat tubicb be kttttlt befUJtpt Orni- 

 thogalum anb Trafi , batb a rmtc blacke luitbont anb tx>W^ 

 toitbin* 



2 2Cbi« Ornithogalum maius i$ lifee t^t of ber,but mncb grea^ 

 f er « SDbe leaues of t^is be long ano fmall , but bigger tban t^e 

 firft. 2Dbe ftalfee grotoetb a frnte anb a balfe bigb ? anb lis tm 

 tmn* SDb^re grotn bpon t^t top of tbe ft alke faire pleafanf floto 



cr0,of colour tobif e,ltfee bnto fmall lilies, in tbe mibblets a ^thn 

 iifee tbe feeo tbat is nameb Cachtys . 2Dbe rente is a Bulbus, t^z 

 yxiWb ligbtl^ multiplietb into man^ otber, 



^ The Place. 



SDbts berbe grotoetb in fanut? places tbat lie open to i^t aire, 

 anb be manureb qi toileD , anb is founbe in man? places of iBja*' 

 bant , efpeciallip about Opalines 0; ^ecbelen almoft in eueri? 



fielb. 



^ The time. 



%^t leaues of f bis Bulbus 00 fp^ingbp firft in sparcb anb 

 p^ill,anb tbe fioloers in ^a?, anb about Bjune tbe? bo fo banilb 



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t^at t^t^ be not an? longer to be Umz 0; founo. 



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