

.Lib. 2,. 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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(hew/auc that they are fomwhathoarievndcrneath the leaues; ivhichatthcfirftarefweetin taftc 

 but fomewhat acri <Jc or biting towards the later end. From the backe part of the leaues (hoot forth 

 fmall long tender an i crooked lknis^bearingattheeni little gaping white flours not much vnlike 

 Allium conndllium^ fauouring like Hawthorne floures, fpotted on the inner fide with blacke fpots ; 

 vhich being part, there come forth three cornered berries like the narrow leafed Solomons fealej 

 Greene at the firil>and red when they be ripe,containing many white hard graines. The roots differ 

 from all the other kxndcs, and are like vnto the crambling roots of Thalillrum^ which the grauer 



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 hat!) omitted in the figure. 



j ?dh*onAtum angufli folium ramofut 



Narrow leaued Solomons feale. 



5 This rare fort of Solomons Seale rifes 

 vp from his tuberous or knobby root, with a 

 ftraight vpright ftalke joyntcd at certaine di. 

 fiances, leauing betweene each joynt a baie 

 and naked ftalke, fmooth, and of a grecnirti 

 Colour tending to yellowncsjfrom the which 

 joynts thruft forth diucrs final branchcs ; with 

 foure narrow leaues fet about like a ftar or the 

 herbe Woodroofe :vpon which tender bran- 

 ches are fet about the ftalkes by certaine fpa- 

 ces long narrow leaues inclofing the fame 

 round about:among which leaues come forth 

 fmall whitifh flourcs of little regard. The 

 fruit is fmall,and of a red colour, full of pq Ipe 

 or meate i among which is contained a hard 

 fiony feed like that of the tirft Solomons 



feale. 





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faid to be brought from fome part of Ameri- 

 ca another Polygonatunt yvhich fends vp a ftalk 

 fome foot and more high, and it hath leaues 

 long, neruous, and very grecne and (hining, 

 growing one by another without any order 

 vpon the ftalke, which is fbmewhat crefted, 

 crooked,and very greene 5 bearing at the very 

 top rhereof,aboue thehigheft leafc, vpon lit- 

 tle foot-ftaIks,fome eight or nine little white 

 floures, confifting of fix leaues apiece, which 

 are fucceeded by berries, as in the former. 



floures in May,and is vulgarly named 

 onatum Virginianum^ox Virginians Solo- 



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^ The Place. 



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fn 7 lace cal l e d Mendip, in the parifh of Shepton Mallet : alfo in Kent by a village called Cray- 



^yP^^ghorRovvhilhalfoin Odiamparke in Hampfhire ; inBradfordsivood,neeretoa 



frnm^if lItftlire foure miles from bath } in i wood neere to a village ralfpd HnrfW fin^mju. 



tk 1 in Surrc y> and indiuers other places; 



Clipd 

 The 



erh in certaine woods 



m The Time. 



May : the fi 



Soln r ^ The Names, 



forfothr * i lscaIIed in Greeke,n.A,yW.in Latine \iVtmfc,PolygonAtum,o\ many, Knees, 

 *ife S C | • e WOr< * doth import :in (hops, Sigillum Sdomonis^x\& ScaU cali .- in En^lifh like- 

 * **nch^j£^^^^^ White-root tjnhigh Dutch, t©S CttOUttJ t 



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^ The Temperature. 



^ue7fJ^ C l. [ SoIoraonsfealc ' as G4ten < a "M a »e both a mixt faculty and quality alfo : For they 

 hithr , e ^ a certaine kinde of afti"" 



athfompK: ""-nclTe,asthefamcAui 



a certaine 



,no «rcIimate. 



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