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Of the Hiftoric of Plants. 



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j ~D raciwcu fos aq uaticus . 



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broken afunder,there^eareth tb^frSTlik^ * 

 bunch or clufter of grapes ; the berries *£ 

 the firft are green, afterwards red and fuj ofSL 

 in which is contained feed that is foraewhatCd ! 

 the root continued! freft, thickelike toaS' 

 wh^couered with a thinne pilling.ofrentim 5 

 the bignefle of a raeane apple , full of white H 

 threds appendant thereunto. 



The lefler Dragon is like Aron or Wfa 

 n in leaues, hofeor huske, peftle and berries ' 

 yet are not the leaues fprinkled with blacke bu? 

 withwhitifhfpots, which perifh notfo fo^ea 

 thofe of Wake-Robin, but endure together wirh 

 the berries euenvn til I winter: thefe berries alfobe 

 not ofadeepe red,but of a colour inclining tobf. 

 fron. The root is not vnlike to the Cuckovr-pintle 

 hauing the forme of a bulb,full of firings, with di'. 

 tiers rude rtiapes of new plants, whereby it greac/y 

 increafeth . 7 



# The figure which our Author here gaue by 

 the title oiDracumum minus, was no other than of 

 Aron which is defcribed in the firft place of the 

 next Chapter : neither is the defcription of any 

 other plant than of that fort thereof which hath 

 leaues fpotted either with white or blacke fpots, 

 though our Author lay only with white.I haue gt- 

 uen you Clufius his figure of Arum Byzantwum, ia 

 fliead of that which our Author gaue. $ 



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mean bignefle j out of the joints whereof arife the (talks of the leaues, which are round, fmooth, 

 and fpongie within 3 certain white and (lender firings growing downwards. The fruit fprings forth 

 le top vpon a fhort ftalke, together with one of the Ieaues,being at the beginning couered with 



little white rhreds,which are in llead of the flourcs : after that it groweth into a bunch or cluftct, 

 at the firft preene.and when icisrioered,leflerthan thatofCuckow.mSir hnrnntleflfc hiring :Tbc 



at 

 leau 



icauo arc u\ u^Uj gie^mm, gnL/ 3 anw imuum,iu laauuii ii&^ Luuic ui ivy y ycc leucr m«m uiuiw •» 



Cuckow- pint ; and that thing whereunto the cluttered fruit growes,is alio lefler, and in tbat part 



which is towards the fruit (that is to fay the vpper part) is white* 



The great Dragon ofMatthiolus his defcription is a (tranger not onely in England 3 butelfe- 

 for any thing that we can learne : my fclfehaue diligently enquired of moft (hangers skil/ui 



where for any 



wiicic IOI ally Liiiiiti iliac vvw iau iv-aiuw • iuj iwnwurtuw uiii^^iitiy cuuiliicu ui muii uiau^u— »•• 



in plants, that haue reforted vnto me for conference fake,but no man can giue mee any cerraktie 

 thereof 5 and therefore I hold it vnfit to giue you his figure or any dcfcription,forthac I take it for 



a feigned pi&ure 



5f 7 he Place. 



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The greater and lefler Dragons are planted in gardens. The water Dragons grow in watery 

 marifh places, for the moft part in fenny and {landing waters. 



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The berries of thefe plants are ripe in Autumne 







_^f The Names. {t . 



The Dragon is called in Greeke ******* « in Latine,Dracunculus. The greater is Mmc \ S ^L : 



ria major : of fomc^/f^and Colubrtna : Cordus calleth it Dracunculus p^hillM and LuPff^J. 



in high Dutch 3 ^langcnfewut : in low- Dutch, ^pewtoojtdc : in 



in Spanijh^TaragMtia .• in Engli(h,Dragons 5 and Dragc 

 and fetteth downe manv (trance names tbereof,which w 



in 



liar\,Drac(,ntea 



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is called j4roma y bccaak it is like to Aron. 



K^dthena 





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