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The (garden of pleajant Flowers. 
The Time. 
Somcofthefcdo flower in Aprill,fome in May,and fomcnot vntill lime. 
The Names. n ,‘fi 
The names cxprefled are the fitteft agreeing vnto them, and therefore it 
is needlefle againe to repeatethem. Many of the rootes of the formet or 
f reater kindcs, being drycd are fweete, yet fomc more then other, and fome 
aue no fent at all : but aboucall the reft, that with the white flower called 
of Florence, is accounted of all to be the l weeteft roor,fit to be vfed to make 
fweete powders, &c. calling it by the name of Orris rootes. 
IrUtubertft. The Veluct Flowerdeluce. 
Vnto the Family of Flowcrdeluces, I muft needes ioynethis peculiar kindc.becaufe 
of the ne3rc refcmblance of the flower, although it differ both in rooteand leafe . left 
therefore it (hould haue no place, let ir take vp a roome here in the end of the Flo’ver- 
deluces,with this defeription following. It hath many fmall and foure fquare leaues 
two foote long and aboue lomctimes, ofa grayilh greene colour, ftiffe at the firft but 
afterwardsgtowing totheir full length, they are weakand bend downe to theground- 
out of the middle, as it were of one of thefe leaues, breaketh out the ftalke, a foot high 
and better, with lornt leaues thereon , at the toppe whereof, out ofa fmske rifeth one 
flower, (I neuer faw more on a ftalke) confiding of nine leaues, whereof the three that 
fall downe arc ofa yeUowifh greene colour roundabout the edges, and in the middle 
of fo deepe a purple, that it feemeth to be blacke, rcfembling blacke Veluet : the three 
arched leaues, that couer the lower leaues to the halfe, are of the famcgreenilhcolour 
that the edges and backfide of the lower leaues are : the three vppermoft leaues if 
they may be called leaues, or rather ihort peeces like cares, arc green alfo. but wherein 
aglimpfc of purple may bcfcencin them : after the flower is paft , there* followeth a 
round knob or whitilh feede vclfell, hanging downe by a fmall foote- ftalke, from be- 
tweene the huske, which is diuided asit were into two leaues, wherein is contained 
round whicc feede. The rente is bunched or knobbed out into long round rootes 
Eke vnto fingers, twoortbree from one peece, one diftant from another, and one 
longer thenaaother, for the mod part of a darkilh gray colour, and reddifn withail on 
theoutfidc, and fomcwhatyellowiih within. 
The Place. 
It hath beene fent out of T urkie oftentimes (as growing naturally there-' 
abouts) and not knowne to grow naturally any where elfe. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in Aprill or May , fometimes earlier or later, as the Spring 
laileth out to be mlide or iharpe. 
The Names. 
Matthieluscontendcthtomake it the true HtrmtAeBjlw , rather from 
thelhew ofthe rootes, which (as isfaid) are like vnto fingers, then from any 
other good reafon : for the rootes hereof cyther dry or greene, do nothing 
refemblc the true HermedafyU that are vfed in Phyficke,asany thatknow- 
eth them may eafily perceiue, either in forme orvertue. It is moretruely 
«ferrato the Flowcrdeluces, and becaufe of the tuberous rootes^ called 
iht mb&ojt, although all the Flowcrdeluces in this Chapter hauc tuberous 
rootes. 
