IB. i. Ot the Hirtoneoi: Plants. $p 



Notwithttaiiding I judge it not amiAc togiuctbc figures and briefedefcriprions,ot fome more 

 of the Dwarfe Floure de-luces, as alfoof one of the narrower leaned. 



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fmall 



fore c&ruleo obfoleto^ 



( 



i 



is fomewhat tall)diuidesit felfeintotwoor three branches, whereon grow floures in fhape like 

 thofe of the other Floure de- luces,but their colour is of an ouerworne b lew, or ail> colour. 



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if ok * 



but their principal! diftindion is in their floures ; for fome haue floures of violet or purple colour, 

 (bnie of white,othcrfbme are variegated with yellow and purple, &c. Therefore I will onely name 

 tfa co!our,and giue you their figures,becaufe their fhapes differ little.This eighth therfore is Cha- 

 mtiruniveajut ;W/<&, White Dwarfe Iris : The ninth ,C bam a iris lat/folia fl$re rubtUo, Red floim d 

 Dwarfc Irts : The tmth,CAm*irislktca % Yellow Dwarfe 7r# : The elcuenth, Cham&iris vanegata, 

 Variegated Iris. The Jeaues and ftalkes of thefe plants are vfually about a foot high ; the floures, 

 for the bigncfle of the plants, large,and they floure betimes, as in April 1. And thus much I thinke 

 may fufiice for the names anddefcriptionsof thefe Dwarfe varieties of Floure de-luces. 



Plants. 



dofi 



% 



% The Time. 



The Names 



of May 



K^ilaifa Sufii 



fron) the Italians, Ftere Belief Mate : in Englifh, Floure de-luc. . v « ~* «* «»«»„ U4US uccuc 



touched in their titles and hiftories. 



^T Their Nature And Vertues . 



The facul ties and temperature of thefe rare and beautifull aoures are referred to the other forts 

 of Floure de-luces, whereunto they do very well accord. 



There is an excellent oyle made of floures and roots of Floure de-luce, of each a like quantitie, A 



called oleum 



rep!etion,andthedifeafe called in Greeke Peripneumonia. 



like be made: 

 proceed ing of 



Cefi 



the B 



Chap. 43. Ofjlinfyng Cjladdon. 



% The Defer ift ion. 



rubbed 



greene 



v -' -~. „ j.l . r t? 1 , ' ^""w^.v.. * 1^ names are many in numDer, and round 



toward the top, out of which doe grow floures like the Floure dc-Iucc ofan ouerwo mlh\. 

 colour^ rather purp e,with fome yellow and red ftreakes in the midft. A te? £ HSKJ23 



there come great huskes or cods, wherein is contained a red berry or feed » bte as a peafe Th^ 

 rootislons.andthreddwndprnMth 7 «*> oig as a pcaie. The 



f 



doS^S^faT 7 §ardCnS : l ^ fCene " WiId " ""* P UCCS > as « "oods «* (ha: 



fr The Time. 



Auguft,the feed thereof 



m The Names. 



king Gladdon,and Spurgcwort. 



5caiiedmGreekef r byi>/^/^.andw.^by Theophraflue accord!™ 



*guU among the Apothecaries : it is called Jfo X^SSffi^ 



hot and dry in the third degree. 



Suchisthefacultieoftherootsofallthelridesbcforenamed thatbeino nn,m^ B t 



ke fnecfiog, «, purgc thc tod:gcncraIly M the kinds CeSS^fngfe 



They 



