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Lib. I 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants . 



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h a p . 75. Of Spani/b &{ut . 



1 Sifjnrichittm majus 



Spanifli Nut* 





5 irk tritrofa. Vcluet Floure de- luce, 



$ 2 Sifynrhhium minus . 



Small Spanifti Nun 



J 



% The Definition. 



I O Panifti Nut hath fraal graffV Icaues 



like thofe of the Stars of Bethlem, 

 or rnit hog alum ^amongd which ri- 

 feth vp a fmall aalke of halfc a foot high, gar- 



nifhcd with the like leaues, but fhorter. The 

 floures grow at the top, of a sky colour, in 

 fliapc refcmbling the Floure de-lucc, or com- 

 mon Iris ; but the leaues that turne downearc 

 each of them marked with a yellowifh fpot: 

 they faile quickely,and being pafl, there fuel 

 ceed fraal I cods with feeds as fmall as thofe of 

 Turneps. The root is round,compofcd of two 

 bulbyhc one lying vpon the other as thofcof 

 the Corn- flag vfually do^and they are couered 

 with a skin or filmc in fhape like a Net. The 

 Bulbe is fwect in raft, and may be eaten before 

 any other bulbed root. 



2 



of this kindc 



fmell fweerer 



than the former. 



3 Velvet Floure de-luce hath many Jong 

 iquare leaues fpongeous or fill of pith,trailing 

 vpon the ground, in (hape like to the leaues of 



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fa igi?, 



