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the Hiftorie of Plantes* 



^ T&e Nature and Fertues, 



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Ornithogalum maius. 



Cl)efeWn6e)8:of)LiUiei3?aceneit^ecl3feI)mmeateno3^meWcine,anBtbeire'' 

 f o?e t U eirnat ur e aulH3 ert ue0 at e p ct b nfenotD em 



^ThcT> sfcripion . 



i^e leaueij of tfti0 WnD of }LiUfe 



are long atiD narrotu , amongCt 



U)i^tcftenfetlji3p alitleCmoot^; 



tentierftalbe,at t^e top tjoi^ere 

 ot t^ere jtotue Diueris faite anH pleafant 

 .flottjer^^ofaf^imng tpl^ite colomr.anH 

 pzopdzttoneD lifte to a little iltlUe , in tl^e 

 mtDie iJDl^ereof, ouer anD aboue certapne 

 final tl^.zeDDp dalfees? o^tft^tommejaf^t^ere 

 commet^ foo^tl^ one ComeU)^at greater 

 t^en tfte re Wpfee to an aglet, oi trtagleD 

 l&uilie, intDi^ic^ after t^e falling ofcof ti^e 

 flotoer0 t^e feel^e grotuetft* Cfte roote 



i% rounDe after tl^e manner of 23ulbu;8f 

 anD CometD^at great, ^ lu^ite of colour: 

 Diuitktngtt Celfeeafilp intoDiuerjS^ot^er 

 rooted* 



^ThePlac€^ 



%^\^ i^ alfo a (Iranger tjoiti^ \>^.%n^ it 

 feemetft tbat ittuas? firftbjjoug^t from 

 3file]i:anDna into ^italie ant) tl^efe regions? 



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o^iCoantrieia?^ 



^ The Names, 



ClbiiS3iillieij3? called LiliunvAlexan- 



drinuni : bUt Of BioCCO^itie^S \Xi <5UZ^t 



c^viflo>fl[Ao^»:in)Latine, Ornithogalum: anD 



bpcaufetl&erei^ pet another Ornithoga- 



lum , Defcribeb in tfte fiftb parte of tW 

 ti3ozlte,t^i0 ijBJtfterefo.iecalleD Ornitho. 



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galum 



maius. 



A^ The Nature and Vertues, 



3^iofcd^it)eiEf\x3;titetb of ®mitbogal,tl^at tliebulbujBf, oirounD rootettiere* % 

 of map be eaten anD bfeD fo^ meate eitber ratoe oj^ CoDDen^ 



^TheKtndes. 



Tl^ere be ttoo Co^tte^ of ifpacintbejar > pet oarr anD aboue XAmt$ otbet^ 

 tofticbearealfocounteD^^pacintbe^^, iwljerrof ijoe tuill tu^itein tijienew 



Cbapter^ 



■ijc- The Defcri^ttoft. 



^€ firCll^pacintbeif tubicb arecommonin t^elotoeraermante^b^ne 

 long narro\»eleaue;8f:amonga: u^fticb ftJiing Dp fmootb fl:alfeej6f,U}bicft 

 betugloDen UtlefiotoerjS from tbe miDDle euen ^p to tlie berp tep , are 

 tDitb lAit tpaigbt anD burDen of tl^e feme^maDe croofeeD,o^fpzceD to fal^lienbr, 

 0^ doupe.Cbe litlefiotoer^ are lotig anD ^oloti^e , anD aftertuarDe fonietDbat 

 ^teaD abzoDeliUeDnto UillieConnaUi not fo ftrong in (mell, butpetpleani*^*: 



anD f\»eete,of colour moftcommenlp bletD Ipfeea^ure, anD iamz^mt$ purple, 

 anD fometimes? ajBi ujbite ajaf fnotu e,grap,oi aft e colo ureD: U)& m tbefe ao\3o er^ 



are fallen,tbere folotu triangleD ^ufke^ oj coDDe? , tn^erein t^e fmaU rounDe 



{ireDe i^ contepneD^ 



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