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jT be (jar den of pleajant Flowers. 
leafe thereof hath on theoutfideacertaine bunch or eminence, of adarke purplifli co- 
lour, and on the infide there lyethin thofe hollow bunched places, certainecleare 
drops of water like vnto pearles, of a very fweete tafte nlmoft like fugar : in the midft 
of each flower is a long white ftile or pointed, forked or diuided at the end , and fixe 
whitechiuestipt with ycllowilh pendents, Handing ck>fe about it: after throwers 
are paft, appeare fixe fquare feede veflejs Handing vpri ght, winged as it were or welted 
on the edges, yet feeming but three fquare, becaufe ea,ch couple ofthofe welted edges 
are ioynea clofer together, wherein arc contained br oad, flat, and thinne feedes, of a 
pale brownifli colour, like vnto other Lillies , but m uch greater and thicker alio. The 
ftalke of this plant doth oftentimes grow flat, two, three, or foure fingers broad , and 
then beareth many rr\pre flowers, but for the mofz part fmallerthen when it beareth 
round ftalkes. And fometimes it happenet h the Ha) ,ke to be diuided at the top , carry- 
ing two or three tufts of greeneleaues, without an-y flowers on them. And fometimes 
likewife, to beare two or three rowes or crowne sof flowersoneaboueanothervpoa 
one ftalke, which is feldomcand fcarcefeene , and befides, is but meere accidentali : 
the whole plant and euery part thereof, as well r< sotes, as leaues and flowers, doc fineli 
fomewhatftrongasitwerethefauourofaFoxe , fothatif any doe but come neare it, 
he cannot but frncll it, which yet is not vnwho) dome. 
I haue not obferued any variety in the color ir of this flower, more then that it will 
be fairer in a cleare open ayre, and paler , or as it were blafted in a muddy or fmoakie 
ay re. And although fome haue boafted of oi ic with white flowers, yet I could neuer 
heare that any fuch hath endured in one vnifi arme colour. 
Countries, and by the relation- of fomethat fentit, groweth naturally in 
Perfia. 
and fpringethnotoutof the g: round vntill the end of February , orbegin- 
ir. • : •ji.cjrv; ■Luiamterjicum. > -a ucrcriiaiiumy. ~ * — 
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> i tf iHe rooteof the Petfian Lilly is very like vnto the root of the Crowne Imperi- 
al: aU,and ldfirtg his fibres in likcmancr euery yeire,hauing a hole therin likewife 
■ JL. where the oldftalke grew, bur whiter, rounder, and a little longer, hnaller, and 
not linking ataUlike it^fram whence fpringeth vp a round wftiulh greene ftalke, not 
Tho Place. 
Thisplantwasfirftbrought f from Conftantinople into thefe Chriftian 
Th ifc Time. 
It flpwreth mod commonly in the end of March, if the weather be milde. 
ning of March, fo'quicke it is ii a the fpringing : the heads with feed are ripe 
in tlieendofMay. 
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