L I B. I. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
$ 5 Phdangium Virgimmm Trade, 
fcanti. 
Trade [ems Virginian Spider- 
T wort. 
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y This plant in my iudgement cannot be firlier 
ranked with any than thefe Lift deferibed • therefore I 
haue here gruen him the fifth place, as thelaft com 
nier. This plant hath many creeping flringy roots 
which here and there putvp greene leaiies,in flume re- 
lembling thofe of the laft-defcjibed;amon<rft thefe 
there rifeth vp a pretty ftiife ftalke jointed, and hauino- 
at each joint one leafe incompaffing the ftalke, an3 
out ofwhofe bofome oft times little branches arife • 
now the ftalke at the topvfually diuideS it felfe into 
two leaues, much after the manner o fCyperw ■ between 
which there come forth many floures conflflino- of 
three pretty large leaues a piece, of colour deepe bfew 
Lojjci? chiuestiptwith yellow ftandmg in their 
middle. Thefe fitdins 
(as vfually they doe the fame 
day they (hew themfelues) there fucceed little heads 
couered with the three little leaues that fuftained the 
ftoure. In thefe heads there is contained a long blac- 
kiln Iced. D 
The place. 
I. 2. 3. Thefegrowonly in gardens with vs, and 
that very randy. 4 This growes naturally in fome 
places of Sauoy. y This Virginian is in many of 
our bnghfh gardens, as with M. Parkin [on , M Trade- 
[cant, and others. 
The time. 
1.4. y. Thefe floure in Iune: the fecond about the 
beginning ofMay :and the third about Auguft, 
The names. 
The firft is called phdangitim ramofitm. Branched 
Spiderwort. 2 phdangium nonramofum, Vnbranched 
Spi&zmon. Cordus calls it Ltliago. 3 This ,CMuf 
e 1 , . calls Afthodelus minor : LobellfhaUnriumCretx Candy 
Spiderwort. 4 This is thought to be thcPW^ofthe Ancients, md that of MatthioUu-tt 
KPhalanguim Allobrogicum of Sauoy Spiderwort. y This by M. Parkinfon (who firft hath 
in writing giuen the figure and defeription thereof) is aptly termed PhdanduL EpheZumvirli 
Team fir n 00ne ' f ® 4 n & Spiderwort of Virginia, or TradeftaL Spiderwort, for tha/. M. John Trade- 
f ft pr j Cl ". e ,r 11 h ° m Virginia. Bauhinc hath deferibed it at the end of his Pinax, and very va- 
fitly termed it Allium, [we Moly Virginianum. d 5 > 8 
. /»-i i* , IT Thenature. 
Ga en laith,/’ halangium is ofa drying qualitic,by reafon of the tenuitie of parts. 
. «J The verities. 
/cfcorides faith, That the leaues, feed, and floures, or any of them drunkein Wine preuailerh a 
d,e b.t.nauf d.c Sp.Uccik J /.i.,/.,,. 
Chap. 4.0. Of the Floure de-luce. 
Thekindts. 
T ^iiian l ”r CS °^ In i : 1 0r floure de-luce, whereof fome are tall and great, fome little, 
floures are fweeVtnT f T ?r edin§fi , VCCtindlC root > fomc haL,e no faell at all Home 
mixed •vertu'-sattrihurnd^r ,andf ? mc wuhoin: ,fcme of one colour, fome of many colours 
others bulbous nr On Jnn d f0 p e ’ °c lerS n0t rcmerabred ; haue tuberous or knobby roots, 
Duibous or Onion roots, fome haue leaues like flags, others like gtafle cr mfhes. 
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