ioo8 Salmon s Herbal Lib. 1. 
hereafter particularly fpeak) and this Opinion is 
■very probable lor feveral reafons. i . For that the 
Tulip grows in many places of Greece and the 
Idler 4 fin., which could not but be known both 
to Theophrafius and Diofcorides , and was account- 
ed among the Bulbous Roots , although by feveral 
Names. 2. As Diofcorides lays ol his Satyrion, 
fo this irioft commonly bears three leaves upon 
a Stalk (altho’ fometimes it has with us four 
or rive like unto a Li/lyl of which fome are 
often feen to be both in \e firft fpringing up, 
Red ; and alfo in the decajufig, efpecially in a 
dry time, and in a dry ground. 3. The Flower 
likewil'e of fome is White, and fomething like 
a Lilly. 4- The Root is round, and as white 
within as the white of an Ej*g, covered with 
a Brown Coar, having a l'weetilh, but not un- 
pleafant Tafte. 5. From fome Experiments which 
Satyrion Trip billon verm. 
have been made of its 1 Root, it appears to have 
the fame Virtues with the True Satyrion , which 
the Tulip is fuppofed by our Modern Authors 
to have. This Delcription here given does fo 
lively fet forth this Plant, that we need not a- 
ny longer to be in doubt, but that our Tulip 
is the true Satyrion Triphyllum Diofeoriiis : and 
that our red Flower’d Tulip may very well a- 
gree with his EalvW efvSelvio r> or Satyrium Ery- 
sbronium for that the Defcriptions in Diofcorides, 
Lib. 5. Cap. 14; and 144. are both alike as to 
their Qualities. The greateft Objection which is 
made againlt this Opinion is from the deferip- 
tion of the Seed : for the Seed of the Tulip 
is very like unto the Seed of Lilly’s , as may 
eafily be leen by comparing them, as being flat, 
hard, and flimy : Whereas Diofcorides fays, the 
Seed of his Satyrion is like to F lax or Line- 
Seed : it is true as to the hard and fhining pro- 
perties, tho’ not to its form, magnitude, and 
color, they being mote like to that of the Lilly. 
But it is not impoffible but that there may he 
a miltake in the Orthography or true writing of 
the Name in the Greek Text, putting /Wwiffi* 
for KfuevirsfrcB a fault very fubjeQ to fuch as Cop- 
py other Mens Writings, and know nothing of 
the teafon of the matter. 
ill. Then as to the Species of Tulips ; tho’ 
the whole Progeny of them may be accounted 
as fo many Kinds of Satyrion, yet Modern Au- J 
thors give the Title of Satyrion chiefly to thefe 
following, viz. r. Satyrion Bolonienfe, Tulipa Bo- 
lonienfis. The greater Red Satyrion, or Bolonian 
Tulip. 2. Satyrium Bolonienfe flore luteo. Jive 
Tulipa Bolonienjis flora Luteo. The Yellow Bolo 
Ionian Satyrion or Tulip. 3. Satyrium Pumilum , 
Tuhpa Pumila lutea. The Dwarf Yellow Satyrion, 
or Tulip. 4. Satyrium Italicum , five Tulipa Ita- 
licum major Lj minor. The Italian Satyrion or 
Tulip, greater and teller. ;. Satyrium Pumilum , 
Tuhpa Lufitanica , five Pumi/io verficolor , The 
Dwarf fttrip’d Satyrion or Tulip. 6. Satyrion, five 
Tulipa pumila alba , The White Dwarf Satyrion 
or Tulip. 7. Satyrium minut five Tulipa Bico/or, 
The fmall partly colored Satyrion or Tulip. 
8 . Satyrium , five Tulipa de Cafja, The Satyrion 
or Tulip of CafFa. 9. Satyrium Piimilum rubra, 
five Tulipa Bergomenfis rubra media Of minor. 
The Red Dwarf Satyrion, or Bergomo Tulip, 
greater and leffer. 10. Satyrium Byzantinum , 
feu Tulipa Byzantina duobus fioribus Clufij. 
The fmall Satyrion of Conftantinople, ot fmall 
Turky Tulip. 11. Satyrium Perficum , Tulipa 
Perfica, The Perfian Satyrion or Tulip. 12. 
Satyrium Creticum, Tulipa Cretica, Satyrion or 
Tulip of Candia. 13. Satyrion Armenicum, Tu- 
lipa Armenica, The Satyrion or Tulip of Ar- 
menia. 
The Defcriptions : 
IV. The Firft, or Greater red Satyrion or Bo- 
lonian Tulip. Its Root is plainly difeerned to 
differ from all others , for that it is longer, and 
has not fo plain an Eminence at the bottom there- 
of , as fome of the earlier and later Tulips have, 
Satyrion Bolonienfe, or Tulip 
Bolonian. 
but 
