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CHAP. LX XXI I I I. 

 Lilium Centillium. Lilly Conually. 



Tilt remembrance of the Conuall Lilly, fpoken of in the precedent Chapter, 

 hath caulcd me to iufcrt thcle [limits among the reft, although ditfcring both 

 in face and properties; but lell it fhould lofc all place, let it kecpe this. It is of 

 two forts, differing chiefly in the colour of the flowers, the one being white, and the 

 other reddi(h, a^ Hull be (hewed in their dcfcriptions following. 



i . Lilium Conuallium Jiorf albo. The white Lilly Conually. 



The white Conuall or May Lilly, hath three or foure leaues riling together from 

 the roote, one enclofed within another, each whereof when it is open is long and 

 broad, of a grayilh (hining greene colour, fomewhat refembling the leaues of the for- 

 mer wilde Neefewort, at the fide whereof, and fometime from the middle of them, 

 rifcth vp a final 1 fhort naked foote-ftalke, an hand breadth high or fomewhat more, 

 bearing at the toppe one aboue another many fmall white flowers, like little hollow 

 bottles with open mouths, nicked or cut into fiue or fix notches, turning all downc- 

 wards one way, or on one fide of the Italke, of a very rtrong fweetc fent, and comfor- 

 table for the memory and fenfes, which turne into fmall red berries, like vnto Afpara- 

 whercin is contained hard white feede : the rootes runne vnder ground, creeping 

 cucry way, confining of many fmall white firings. 



2. Lilium Conua llijum fiore rubente. May Lillies with red flowers. 



This other May Lilly differeth neither in roote, leafe, nor forme of flower from that 

 before, but onely in the colour of the flower, which is of a fine pale red colour, being 

 in my Judgement not altogether fo fweet as the former. 



The Place. 



The firit growcth aboundantly in many places of England. The other is 

 a ftranger, and groweth only in the Gardens of thofe that are curious loucrs 

 of rarities. 



The Time. 

 or 

 ji They both flower in May, and the berries are ripe in Auguft. 



The Names. 



The Latines haue no other name for this plant but Lilium Conuallium, al- 

 though fome would haue it to be Lilium wrnum of Theophraftus, and o- 

 thers Oenanthe of the fame Author. Gefner thinkcth it to be Callionymus. 

 Lonicerus to be Cacalia, and Fuchlius to be Ephemerum non let hale: but they 

 are all for the moft part mirtaken. We call it in Englim Lilly Conually, May 

 Lilly, and of fome Liriconfancie. 



The Vertu. 



The flowers of the white kinde arc often vfed with thofe things that help 

 to ftrengthen the memory, and to procure eafe to Apoplecticke perfons. 

 Camerarius fettcth downe the manner of making an oyle of the flowers 

 hereof, which he faith is very effectuall to eafe the paines of the Goute, and 

 fuch like dif cafes, to be vfed outwardly, which is thus: Hauing filled a glafle 

 with the flowers, and being well flopped, fet it for a moneths fpace in an 

 Ants hill, and after being drayned clearc, let it by to vfe. 



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