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% Ii beatfs pienuiuu «^ - .~ „„ & ™ „™. . 



•ei than that of the laftdefcribed. ? 



germ .j-j^ f raa n Medoiv Saffron hath three or foure thickc fat leagues 



hJieft ' The flourc appearcth in the fall of the Ieafe,in ftape, colour and m 

 Ihewmmon mede Saffron, but of a more reddifh purple colour, and altoget 

 in tfcis, contrary to the nature of thefe plants, prefently follow after the flow 

 the Winter and Spring, euen vntill May or June. The root is bulbous and 



root hereof is big 



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narrower than any o( 

 a nner of growing bike 

 ler letter, fheieaue* 



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medow 



kiuesof the flourc arc longer and narrower, and the colour of them 

 on the middle of the backe parr, and the reft thereof a certaine flefh 



4 ColchicummontAnum minus Wi(panicumcvmflore&femwe 



defcribed,butthe 

 the infide,greene 



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Small Spanifti Medow Saffron in floure and feed. 



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of Ulyria hath a great thicke and bulbous root, full of fubftance : from 



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the Ieaues of Ieekes ♦ 

 Saffron,but fmaller! 



amonewhirM T & j groileIeaues ' fliarpe pointed, not vnhke tc 



7 Tho A(T ° f r0vr y ellovvi ft floures likevntothe English medow baftron but imaller 



"^teSSr Sa ?°r n ha i h a b ; ,Ibpus root ' madc / s * were of two p-Som e h r ; 



ro Aetop : amon.lirfi VP * fo ( Cand tender ftalke fet with fai * *>™ d Ieaues from the middle 

 °"he*hite AnenC of 2SS? h ? r r thone fin § le floure "^nto the common medow Saffron, 



*<* nS^ wi,de s L aft>on > is a bafe and 



^foS^f^ butmu <* lefler. The floures 



yellow 



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Narcifft 



roots (as Cfc/?«f affirmes) are more like to the NarciC 

 w*4//> miner., the lefll*r Autumne Narciffe. t 



t ! c °'oad Iea Ued c./^ ^ n ? 0"^ • yoa i " S^T" CalIed <***''*" ttfcwiww to#Mfo», 

 SS* ?*f »te5L^S?5£SEfc 2£!S5 *** S* «* -forme and iagni-' 



^ floures 



'ike to thofe of^.1, unT ■ il . X ims arenoc in torme and «™g nl - 



in Autumne t K "* HeIlebo ;> neich « lefle neruous, yet more greene. It befres 



suchlike the orlnf ""* f "? Sometimes twenty from one root. Their forme and 



"*c the ordinary fort, but that thefe are larger, an Uhaue thicker ftalkes. They 



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