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£ 5 phdUHZ^mVirgiHianumTrddcfc. 



TrdJefcdnts Virginian Spidcr-worc. 



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5 This plane in my iudgmcnr cannot be fit- 

 Her ranked with any than thefe laft defaibed • 

 therefore I haue here giucn him the fift placets 

 the laftcommcr. It hath many creeping ftringy 

 roots,vyhich here and there put vp green leiucs in 

 ftiape refembling thofe of the laft defcribed :a- 

 mongft thefe there rifeth vp a pretty ftiffe ftalke 

 jointed, & bailing at each joint one leafe incom- 

 paflingthe (la Ike, and out of whofebofome oft- 

 times little branches arife : now the ftalke at the 

 top vfually diuides it felfe into two leaues > much 

 after the manner of Cj/w///;between which come 

 forth many flours 3 confifting of three prety large 

 leaues apicce,of colour deepe blc\v,with reddifh 

 chiues tipt with yellow (landing in their middle. 

 Thefe fading , ( as vfually they do the fame day 

 they fhc\vthemfelues)therc fuccecd little heads 

 couered with the three little leaues that fuflained 

 the floure. In thefe heads there is contained a 



Jong blackifh feed. 

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Thefe grow only in gardens with vs, 

 and that very rarely. 4 This growes naturally 

 infome places of Sauoy. 5 This Virginian is 

 in many of our Englifti gardens, as with M r .Par~ 



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^T 7 he Time. 



Auguft 



4. J. Thefe floure in Iune ; the fecond a- 

 thc beginning of Iune, and the third about 



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ramofum, branched Spid 



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x »«. ueu » taucu muangium ramojum, orancnea spider-wort. 2, Pbalanriu, 

 branched Spider-wort. Cordm calls it Liliago. j, This Clufim calls ^Ajhhodelm 



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Candy Spide 



4 This is thought tobe the Phdangium of the Antients.and 



thitoCuHatthiolw.ltisPhala»giumAffol>rogicumo(CluJt 



kmfon (who firft hath in writing giuen the figure and defcription thereof ) is7pily\7rmed7/^ 

 V™WwrumVirginUnu, w, Soon-fading Spiderwort of Virginia :or Tradefcatts Spiderworr fo 

 that M John Trtdefcant firft procured it from Virginia. Bauhim hath defcribed it at the end of hi- 

 rinax, and very vnfi tly termed it Allium, fine t_Moly Virginianum. £ 



% The Nature. 



Cden faith, phalangium is of a drying qualitie, by reafon of the tenuitie of parts. 



fmdes faith, That the !eaues,feed,and floures,or any of th 

 tings of Scorpions,and againft the flinging and biting of 



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all other venomous beafts. 



through the body 



ogether, cxpell poyfon-yca although 



hap. 40. Of the Floure deduce. 



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bulbous or Onion roots • fom 



glweetin the root, M . 



fomc without: fome of one coIour,fome of many 



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