Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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^j The Description. 



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Vclucc Flourc-gentle. 



holoft 



ftiarpepointed/oft, {lipperie,ofa greeiie colour, and fometimes tending toareddifh : in dead of 

 flourcs come vp eares or fpoky tufts, very braue to look vpon, but without fmcl, of a (hining light 

 purplc.vvith a gloffe like Veluet 5 but far palling it: which when they arebruifed doe yeeld a juice 

 almoft of the fame colour 3 and being gathered, doe keep their beauty a long time after • infomudi 

 that being fet in water,it will reuiuc again as at the time of his gathering,and remaineth fo, many 

 yeares- whereupon likewife it hath taken it's name. The feed ftandeth in the ripe cares, of colotr 

 bl-Jcke^and much glittering : the root is rtiort and full of firings. 



2 The fecond fort of Floure-gentle hath leaues 

 like vnto the former : the ftalke is vprighr, with a 

 few fmall flender leaues fet vpon it s among which 

 do grow fmall cluftersoffcaly floures^of an ouer- 

 worne fcarlet colour : the feed is like the former. 



3 It farre exceedeth my skill to defcribe the 

 beauty and excellencie of this rare plant called 

 F lor amor i and I thinke the penfil of the moft curi- 

 ous painter will be at a ftay,when he fhall come to 

 fet it downe in his liuely colours. But to colour it 

 after my beft manner, this I fay, F I or amor h&th a 





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root 







die firings j from which rifeth a thicke ftalke , but 

 tender and foft, which beginneth todiuide it felfe 

 into fundry branches at the ground and fo vpward, 

 whereu"^" An * u "*~— •«- — '-- <--^ j-^ 



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_ n doth grow many leaues^ wherein doth 

 confift his beauty : for in few words,euerie Ieafc re- 

 fembleth in colour 1 the moft faire and beautifull 

 feather of a Parat efpecially thofe feathers that are 

 mixed with moft fundry colours, as a ftripeof red, 

 and a line of yellow, a dafh of white, and a rib of 

 green colour,which I cannot with words fet forth, 

 fuch are the fundry mixtures of colours that Na- 

 ture hath beftowed in her greateft jolitie,vpor 



floure. The flouredoth grow betweene the 



flalks of thofe Ieaues,and the body of the ftalke or 

 trunke, bafe, and of no moment in refpeft of the 

 leaues, being as it were little chaffie husks of an o- 

 uerworne tawny colour : the feed is black, and fhi- 

 • ning like burnifhed home. 



Author menrinn« • k»* *u i . * * na ue not feene this thus variegated as out 



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rife 



orn green. ± 

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u,... ^ 6 . " line SrounatodimHf rhAmCt.^c ."n^k,^r,^v.„» ...u & "' > 



lea„ 

 daft, 

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hereand therewith red mixed 



ending to redneffe 



thofe of the red Beet, ftreaked and 



J**of euro to the ton in Z n T T™ gfee ?' - H ° UrS § fOW dIon ?« tlle ft*Iks,f ror 



h L ard together of ? I ££! nfta f ^^"Vhatis, a g reatnum berofchaffieconfufedears thruft 



^vellthead If.lSSSSSr ' 2 ?? ^^ ^ ?"■* "** <° »^ng fo" "y a to 



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erein is the feed,in colour 



£** ^ihS 1 !!^ l^e the purple Floure- g entle,but the heads are larger, 



C ^fonveluet:thtsL(bWom,r rt K c°^ °. n J Wlt ^nother, looking very beautifully like* to 

 aensof u.u. _. UIS "itWome to be found with vs. hnr f«, iu.u-..*:** rJ. - ,.._. :J~u m n,r. 



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