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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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I 3 utfrknUtus LancaftrUverus, 



ov Uil The true Lancashire Afphodill. 







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He leaues of the Kings Spearc are long. 



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lewifh grcene colour.Thc ftalke is round 



narrow, and chamfered or furrowed nfl' 



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tne middle to the top are very many in man*, in, 



. the flou.es of the othe, . wb «£ Kg p" ftXret™ 



h in place thetof little, ound heads or feelveffeSc. 



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m the feed is contained. The roots in like manner 

 very many, long, and flender, fmaller than thofe of the 

 other yellow fort. Vpon the fides whereof ? row for h 

 certaine firings, by which the plant it fclfe ileafil y en 

 creafedand multiplied. 5 n " 



There is found inthefe daies a certaine vvarerie 

 ,or mari(h Afphodill like vnto this laft defcribcd.in 

 *9ri3 ltalkes and floiires 3 wtthout any difference ax all Itbrin 

 geth forth leaues of a beautifull grcene fomwhat cbam 

 d fered, like to thofe of the floure de-luces, or corne-flag 

 butnarrower,notfuIlafpan long/The ftalke is ftraighr 

 * fir a foot high,whereupon grow the flourcs, conning of 

 " fix fmall leaues i in tho mi^u tmhnm^f ~~~~ r^Lt. 



fmall yellovy 



| long, joynted, and ( 



/ > ddu:fmall firings, xl 



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Befides the laft defcribed (which our Author I 



x , ncd ^(phodclu* LmcajlrU) there is 



another water Afphodill, which growes in many rotten 

 moorifh grounds in this kingdome,and in Lancashire 

 is vfed by women to die their haire of a yellowifh co- 

 Jour,and therefore by them it is tearmed Maiden-hairc, 

 (if we may bekeue Lokl J This plant hath leaues of 



fharper towards their ends. The ftalke feldomc attainesto the height of a foot, and it is fmooth 

 without any leaues thereon 5 the top thereof is adorned with pretty yellow ftar-like flourcs : where- 

 to fuccecd longilh little cods, vfually three, yet fometimes foureor fiue fquare, and in thefe there 

 is contained a fmall red feed. The root confiftsonely of a few fmall firings- $ 



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e great plenty thereof in our London gardens . 



TheLancafhire Afphodill groweth in moifland marifh places neere vnto the Towne of 



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leerevnto Maudfley and Martom 

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vnto me for the encreafe of my garden. 



i I receiued fome plants tfWnf likewife from Matter 



learned and skilfull 'in his profeffion, as alfo in the knowledge of plants. He found this Afphodill 

 at the foot ofa hill in the W^^nart of Enaland, called Bagfhot hill, neere vnto a Village of the 



fame name. 



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Afbhoddus Laacajl, 



$ 1 Ins Af phodiu hgured and deicriDeu oui ^i ^«^«,» , -.« — v- «^- -• y . 



our Author orowes in an heath fome two miles from Bruges in Flanders,ano diners other places o 

 H*T.ou,eo nnmVs , but whether it srow in Lancafhire or no, I can fay nothing of certainenc ■ but 



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the Low-countries ; but whether it grow in L- ;-:--: 'i w i .~*a^.\v*(l 



'«.•»:.»- ,,Y--t. -j .-- thethird place growes in many places of the Weit 



:i a 3 z,i» 7 . iend W. George j OT /«fcnt mcforo" 



which I keepe yet growing. Z^/alfoaffirmes this to be the Lancashire Afphodill 



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of England \ and this yeare ^ my kinde M*^'**** '*£» f ^ 



not extreme cold. 

 Some of the Iai 





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Winter 



thinke this yellow Afphodill to be 



tphrsjtfis,™ 



other 



