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Viola Lunaris fine BoWomcb. The Sattin flower. 
V Nto thekindcs of Stocke-Gilloflowers I thinke fitted to adioyne thefe kindes 
of Sattin- flowers, whereof there are two forts, one f requentenough in ail our 
Co.mtric,thcotheris not fo common. - 
l .Viola Lunaria vulgaria. The common white Sattin flower. 
The firft ofthefe Sattin flowers, which is the moft common , hath his Ieaucs broad 
belowe, and pointed at the end, fnipt about the edges , and of a darkc greene colour : 
the (hikes are round and hard, two foot high,or higher, diuided into many branches, 
fet with the like Ieaucs, but fmaller : the tops of the branches are befet with many pur- 
plifhflowers, like vnto Dames Violets, or Stocke-Gilloflowers , but larger, be- 
ing of little lent : after the flowers are part , there come in their places round flat 
thin cods, of a darkecolour on the outfide , but hauing a thinne middle skinne, that is 
white and cleare (hining, like vnto very pure white Sattin it felfc, whereon lye flat and 
round brownifh feedc , fomewhat thicke and great : the tootes perilh when they hauc 
giuen their feede,and arefomewhat round, long, and thicke, refembling the rootes of 
Lilium non bulbofum, or Day Lilly, which are eaten (as diuers other rootes are) for Sal- 
lets, both in our owne Country, and in many places befide. 
l. Viola Luntris tlttrt feu peregrina. Long liuing Sattin flower. 
This fecond kinde hath broader and longer leaues then the former , the ftalkes alfo' 
arc greener and higher, branching into flowers, of a paler pur pie colour, almoft white, 
confiding of foure leaues in like manner, and fmelling pretty fweete, bearing fuch like 
pods, but longer and flenderer then they : the rootes are compofcd of many long 
firings, which dye not as the former, but abide, and (hoot out new ftalkes cuery yearc. 
The Place. 
The firft is (as is faid) frequent enough in Gardens, and is found wilde in 
fome places of our owne Country, as Matter Gerard reporteth, whereof I 
neuer could be certainly aflured,but I haue had it often fent mee among o- 
ther feedes from Italy , and other places. The other is not fo common m 
Gardens, but found about Watford, as he faith alfo. 
The Time. 
They flower in Aprill or May, and fometimes more early. 
The Names. 
It hath diuers names, as well in Englifh as in Latine ; for it is called moft 
vfually Tsolbonach, and Viola Lunar is : Of fome Villa latifolia, and of others 
Viola Peregrina, and Lunaria Graea, Lunaria maior, and Lunaria odorata, and 
is thought to be Thlafpi crateuailn Englifh, White Satten,or Sattcn flower; 
Of fome it is called Honefty, and Penny- flower. 
TheVertues. ! 
Some doe vfe to eate the young rootes hereof, before they runnevpto 
flower , as Ratnpionsarc eaten with Vinegar and Oyle ; but wee know no 
Phy ficall vfe they hauc; 
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