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Of the Hiftorie of PI 



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I Bulbus Bombicinus Commcmititts. 



Falfebumbaft Iacinth, 



Tigridtsflos. 



The floure of Tygris 



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be a kinde of Dragons not feeneby any that haue written thereof ; which bath mouedthemco 

 thinke it a feigned pi&ure likewife 3 notwithftanding you fhall receiue the defcription thereof as 

 it hath come to my hands. The root (faith my Author) is bulbous or Onion faftiion, outwardly 

 blacke ; from the which fpring vp long Ieaues,(harpepointed,narrow,andofa frefh greene colour: 

 in the middeft of which leaues rife vp naked or bare ftalkes,at the top whereof groweth a pleafant 

 yellow floure, ftained with many fmall red fpots here and there confufedly caft abroad : and in the 

 middeft of the floure thrufteth forth a long red tongue or ftile, which in time groweth to be the 

 cod or feed- vefleU, crooked or wreathed, wherein is the feed. The vertues and temperature are 

 not to be fpoken of, confidering that we affuredly perfuadc our felues that there are no fuch plants, 

 but meere fidions and deuices.as we terme them, togiue his friend a gudgeon. 



$ Though thefctwo haue beene thought commenticious or feigned, yet Bauhinm feemeth to 

 Vindicate theater, and IohnTbcodorede Bry in his Tlorilegium hath kt it forth. He giuestwo Fi- 

 gures thereof this which we here giue you being the one ; bur the other is farre more elegant, and 



(according to DcBrjcs Figure) 



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three parts the vttermoft being broad and large, and the innermoft much narrower and fharpei: 

 the tongue or ftile that comes forth of the mid ft of the floure is long, and at the end diiiidcd into 

 three crooked forked points. All that DeBry faith thereof is this; Flos Tigris mbct WW'S''" 

 mediumtammPallehalbnfqneeft&macuLttts-.exLMcxkc a Caftan Bauhino. ™« " J "" T <T'j™ 



wondrous redder it is pale and whitifh about the middle, and alfo fpotred^ «t came from about 



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