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Salmon s 'Herbal . 
Lib. 1. 
vTI-n' , and the Seed ripens fome Months after- 1 
wards. , 
IX. The Qualities , Specification, Preparations and 
Virtues , are the fame with thofe of the Broad- leav'd 
tuberous Flowcrdeluccs in Chap. 288. aforegoing. 
CHAP. CCXC. 
Of FLOWERDELUCE 
Tuberous Narrow-lea v’d, Smaller. 
I. '-p' 7/ E Karnes. It is called in Greeks w If« t v u*>- 
I s ivopvrrn iAiK&-n& : in Latin, Iris tuber of a 
angufi folia, minor : in Englifh , 17 ;^ leffer narrow- 
lea v\{ tuberous Flowerdeluce. 
II. The Kinds. There are three feverai Species 
hereof, viz. t • Inis anguflifolia minor Pannonica , 
verficolor Clufii , The Hungarian fmali variable 
Flowerdeluce of Clufius. 2. Iris anguflifolia flore 
duplici Ccrulea , The blew double-flowered narrow- 
leav’d Flowerdeluce. 3. Iris anguflifolia alba mi- 
nor Clufii , The Hungarian fmali white Flowerde- 
luce. 
III. The Defcriptions. The fir ft, or Hungarian 
fmali Variable, has a Root which is black and fmali, 
growing thicker and cloj'er together than any other , 
and flrongly f alined in the Ground, with a number 
of hard fibrous Roots. It fprings up with feverai 
lmall Tufts of Leaves, very long, narrow and green, 
growing thick together, especially if it abides any 
time in a place : among which rife up many long 
round Stalks, higher than the Leaves, bearing two, 
rliree or four fmali Flowers, one above another, like 
the former, but imaller, and of great Beauty. The 
lower Leaves are variably ftriped with white and 
purple, without any Thrum or Fringe at all. The 
ripper Leaves are of a fine blewifh purple or Violet 
color : and of the fame color are the arched Leaves, 
yet having the edges a little paler. The Heads for 
Seed are imaller, and not fo cornered as others, but 
contains Seed much like to them, which are alfo 
fmaller. 
IV. The fecond , or Blew double-flowered, differs 
not in Root or Leaf from the Greater blew Narrow- 
leav’d in cap. 289. fell. 4. juft aforegoing, but only 
in this, that the Leaves of this grow thicker toge- 
ther, and that the Flowers of this kind are as it 
were double, with many Leaves confufedly let to- 
gether, without any diftinH parts of a F lowerdeluce, 
and of a fair blew color, with many white Veins 
and Lines or Stroaks running in the Leaves. Often- 
times the Stalk of Flowers has but two .or three 
fmali Flowers, diftinftly fet together, rifing as it 
were out of one Husk. 
V. The third, or Hungarian fmali White, differs 
but little from the fi/jl of this Chapter , fave, that 
the Leaf is of a little paler green, and the Flower 
is of a fair whitilh color, with fome purple, which 
(hews it felf only at the bottom of the Leaves. 
VI. The Places. The original Place of thefe is 
Hungary : with us, they are only nurft up in Gar- 
dens. 
VII. The Times. They all flower in the Spring, 
and their Seed is ripe in the Summer Months. 
VIII. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues of thefe, are the lame with thofe of the 
Lroad-leav d tuberous Flowerdeluce in Chap. 288. a- 
foregoing -, but thefe are not fo efficacious as thofe 
be. 
CHAP. CCXCI. 
Of FLOWERDELUCE 
Dwarf Greater. 
I. 'T v H E Names. It is called in Greek, 
vdvn it) va.vuS'rn : in Latin, Chamatiris 
major , Iris pumila major : in Englifh, Dwarf Flow- 
erdeluce the Greater. 
II. The Kinds. Of the Dwarf Flowerdeluce s 
there are three principal kinds, vie. 1 . The Greater, 
of which we lhall fpeak in this Chapter. 2. The 
Leffer, of which we lhall difeourfe in the Chapter 
following. 
III. Of the Greater Dwarf kind, there are three 
Species, viz. l. Cham* iris lati folia alba major , The 
greater white Dwarf Flowerdeluce. 2. Chanueiris 
l at if oli a purpurea major. The greater purple Dwarf 
Flowerdeluce. 3. Chamairis latifolia purpurea ma- 
jor altera. Another greater purple Flowerdeluce. 
IV. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Greater 
white Dwarf, has a Root which is fmali, according 
to the Proportion of the Plant above Ground, but 
made after the fafhion of the Greater kinds, with tu- 
berous pieces fpreading from the fides, and flrong 
Fibres or Strings, ivhercby they are fajlned in the 
Ground. This Dwarf Flowerdeluce has its Leaves 
as broad as fome of the Leffer kinds aforegoing, but 
not Ihorter : the Stalk is very Ihort, not above fix 
or feven Inches high, bearing molt commonly but 
one Flower, feldom two, which are in fome of a 
pure white color, in others paler, or fomewhat yel- 
lowifh thro’ the whole Flower, except the yellow 
Freez or Thrum in the middle of' every one of the 
falling Leaves. After the Flowers are pall, come 
forth great Heads, containing round pale Seed. 
V. The fecond, or Greater purple Dwarf’ has no 
Difference either in Root , Leaf or Form of the Flow- 
er from the former Dwarf kind, but only in the Co- 
lor of the Flower, which in fome Is of a very deep 
purple or black Violet purple, both the Tops and the 
Falls. In others the Violet purple is more lively j 
and in fome the upper Leaves are blew, and the 
lower Leaves purple, yet all of them have that yel- 
low Freez or Thrum in the middle of the falling 
Leaves, which the other kinds have. 
VI. The third, or Other great purple dwarf Flow- 
erdeluce, has the Flowers purple, like the former al- 
moft, and may be reckoned, tor the Smallnefs and 
Shortnefs of the Stalk, the very next Species to the 
laft but in this the Flowers and Leaves are as 
large as any of the former kinds of Flowerdeluces. 
VII. The Places. Authors have faid nothing of 
their native places ; but without doubt they may 
grow in Greece, elfe Diof cor ides had not difcourled 
of them : with us they are nurft up in Gardens. 
VIII. The Times. They come up in February and 
March, flower in the Spring Months, and the Seed 
is ripe in Augufi. 
IX. The Qualities, Specification, Preparations 
and Virtues, are the fame with thole of the Common 
blew Flowerdeluce in Chap. 288. aforegoing, as Do- 
domfus, P erupt. 2. lib. 3. cap .3. in thefe words feems 
to inculcate : Facultate autem & Viribus, bate quoque 
Ins acris Cf impenfa calida eft, altifque Lridtbus fi- 
milis. CHAP 
