384 



SalmonV Herbal. 



Lib. I. 



.;-,_Thele{rer Turky Flowerdeluce. Thi 



Jo,-:, in refpea of the Itttle K.nds, whid 



L- Mow. 



'he Dercriptions. The firfl^ or Great Turkj 



his fart of Garden Kii 



ofa Snakes Skin, it is fo varioafly fpotted ; the thre 

 lower tilling Leaves are very large, of a deep c 

 dark purple color, almoft black, ftU of greyifh fpot! 

 black Thrum or Freez in the midlt of each of them 



tie paler at the fides ; 



y large, and of the 





wrung or prefled out, and the Juice of thefe Leaves 

 is dryed in the fliade, it will become a color almo'* 



An of Limning; 'the Flower has no fmell which ca 



ty and the rarity thereof; it feldom bears Seed i 



great Heads or Cods, being brownifh and round, bu 



feems that they might firft come from 5a/?> in Per- 

 fid into T«r^>',but from Turky they were firft brought 

 to us ; they grow and thrive very well in our Gar- 



thar all the Tuberofe llovoerdeluces (except the 

 Y'.orentine^ commonly called Florentine Orrice) more 

 efpecially thofe which have the Blew or Purple Flow- 

 tn^lijh Blew ilowerdeluce exceeds them all. 



CHAP. CCLXXXVII. 



FLORENTINE O RR I c E. 



I. 'y HE Nanie^. It is called in Greek'iai ?.. 



± y.<Sih Mmi, : in Latin Iris Tuberoja dba^ 



Englijh White Flowerdeluce, Florentine Flovoerde'lMe 



Sncf whiS^^thf dncTaf kr^?^ 

 Flore Pallida Florentina, The*yeUowi™ Whhe^OT 

 c.,.„. colored Florentine Orrice. 3. Ir^ alba major 

 ■r. The White party colored Flowerdeluce. 

 III. The Defcriptions. The firft, ^r Great White 

 Horentme Flowerdeluce, hof a Root which is Tube- 

 from every fide fuch like Tuberous Heads, lying for 



Strings. From this Root rife up many Heads of 

 vevf broad, and flat long Leaves, enclofing or fold- 

 top, thin edged on both fides, like a two edged 



ik of 'fome^f thefe Hea™of Leaves!"Jifo ^p'^a 

 round ftiiF Stalk, two or three Feet high, bearing 

 It the top one, two, or three large Flowers, which 

 break out of feveral Husks or Skins, confilting of 

 line Leaves apiece, as all the other PfoaW^&fw 

 io, and of a fair white color ; having in the mid- 

 ile of each of the three falling Leaves a fmall long 



Flowers, this being inde^ 



rly as large, and as White as the firft ilorentme -. 

 more purplifii upon the^idge of the arched Leaves, 



