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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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I B.I. 



^J The D efcrift 



I 



gy leaues like the blade 



bea- 



ring floures toward the top compact of fix Ieanes ioyned together 3 wherof three that ftand vpright 

 are bent inward one toward another ; and in thofe leaues that hang downeward there are certaine 



rowing or rifing from the nether part of the leafevpward 3 almoft of a yellow 



coiour. 



2 1 



g,and knobby,with many 



and altogether narrower. 



g 



g cut,it fecmes to be of the colour of raw flefli 



I Iris vulgar U< 



Floure de-luce. 



g 



the root knobby like the 



2 Irtsfalufirislutea, 



JVater Flags^or Floure de. luce, 



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IF 



profpereth well in moid medowes, and in the borders 





planted in gardens itprofpereth well 



ftanding lakes. Although it be a watery plant of nature,yetbeirig 



^ Tie Names, 

 KjithenAus and Theophraftus read 



:h tbey 



h 



W 



tficratrix^ : by which name it is called of the Latines, Radix CMarica, or rather xd* 

 e.nuer Naron,by which the beft and greateft ftore do grow.Whereupon Wean fa* 

 omraendeth it thus : 



JridemquamaluitDrilon&Naronisripa, 



lythusbeEngliflied; ' 



Irity which Drilon water feeds, 

 And Narons banks,with other weeds^ 



tyro : in Spani(h, Lilio Cardeno : in French, Thmbe : the Germans. (&\\0 



^C^toertCl; in Dutch, ^ffe^ 



The fecoiid is called in Latine, Irisfalufiris lutea, Pfetidoacorus, and Acerus palufl. 



Englidi, 

 VVater 



