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in Addington in Kent. (I there fownde y* a^ [i5]8r and have 

 synce often used it against wormes w^^ good successe and ye 

 stoane allso euen in my selfe for ye stoane.' 

 33. [Quotation from Pena and Lobel.] 



40. Milium indicum rubrum. Zea Mays L. 



' Redd Indyan MylHtt, which I have scene in M^ Morgan hys 

 house, the Queenes apothecarie in London.' 

 49. Harundo saccharina Indica. Saccharum offici?iarum L. 



' The suger Canes which yielde us our best suger of it selfe 

 suger without compoundinge, or connynge which ys in deede 

 good and comfortable : the other here in Suger houses by pollycie 

 denyed, ys perchaunce more profitable to the maker or mer- 

 chaunte, then healthfull to the partie, which ys to use it.' 

 55. China. Smi/ax Chifia L. 



'The diet roote Chinee whereof we have none growinge in 

 Englande and yet muche used : it hathe byn in Englande for the 

 Great pockes, allso for all deseases proceadinge from a moiste 

 brayne and the lyuer obstructed. Hereof I referre the reader to 

 Vesalius whoe hath lardge writen in his book de radice Chyna 

 lardgelye thereof.' 

 57. Acorus Diosc. & Acoros Theophrasti, Officinis falso Calamus. 



Acorus Calamus L. 

 ' I have hearde M"" U. Pennye often saye that he hath thys 

 roote in his garden in London.' 

 59. Iris nostras vulgaris. Iris Pseud-acorus L. 



80. Sparganium & Butomus Theophrasti. Sparganiiwi ramosuvi Huds. 

 ' The sharpe edged burre flagge. It groweth in watery dytches 

 about Leybourne in Kent, smale use thereof in Phisick or 

 Chyrurgie.' 

 98. Gladiolus Narbonensis. Gladiolus cojuinunis L. 



' Coarne flagge or Coarne gladdyn. I have y* my garden 

 Mr. Morgan gave yt to me a" 1578 at London yt groweth nowe 

 with me a« 1583, at Mallinge.' 



112. Narcissus poeticus. Daffodil. A^arcissus Fseudo-narcissus L. and others. 



'Theis herb^s which are set here under the name of Narcissus 



we calle Daffadowndyllyes : they be very common, and of them 



(as here they be set) dyuerse sortes of dyuerse colores.' 



137. Crocus sine florc. Croci flores. Crocus sativus L. 



' Safforne withoute flower I have never sene here : safforne with 



the flower I have sene plentye at Safibrne Walden in Cambridge- 



shyre as I thinck yt ys and in many other places in Englande. 



Allso yt ys concluded amonge all the most approued Authors y^ 



or Englishe Safforne ys the best and hath the greatest virtues. 



'J'he Qualities of safforne shall followe as the Roome wyll 

 permytt soe farre as there ys aney mency one by shape or picture 

 made of safforne.' 

 143. Colchicum sive Strangulatoriuni I'.phemerum Crocifolium. 



Autumn crocus. Colchicum autumitah L. 



'Thys we calle Hermodactylus : y*^ was gcvin me a'^ 1578 ; and 



groweth now in my garden a" 1583; very trewly y'' agreeth wyth 



thys shape [cf. figure in Lobel, /cones, 1581]. I did neuer see 



