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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
Lib. r. 
4 The fmall Floure de-luce of Dalmatia is in fhevv 
like to the precedent, but rather refcmbling Iris bi flora, 
being both ofone Harare, fmall and dwarfe plants in re- 
fpeft ofthegreater. The floures be of a more blew co- 
lour. They flower likevvifein May as the others dojbut 
beware that ye neuer caft any cold water vpon them pre- 
fently taken out of a Wei ; for their tendernelTe is fuch, 
that they wither immediatly, and rot away, as I my felfe 
liaue prouedrbut thofe which I left vnvvatred at the fame 
time line and profper to this day. 
5 This kinde of Floure de-luce came firft from Por- 
tugal to vs.Itbringeth forth in the Springtime floures 
ofapurple or violet colour, fmelling like'a violet, with 
a white hairy welt downe the middle. T he root is thick 
and fhort, ftubborne or hard to breake. In leaues and 
fhew it is like to the lefler Floure deduce of Dalmatia, 
but the leaues be more fpred abroad, and it commonly 
hath but one ftalke, which in Autumne floureth againe, 
and bringeth forth t-helik? floures ; for which caufe it 
was called Jr is biflora. 
6 Irisviolacea is likevnto the former, but much fmal- 
ler, and the floure is of a more deepe violet colour. 
7 Carolus Clufius, that excellent and learned Father of 
Herbarifts, hath fet forth in his Pannonickc Obferuati- 
ons the pi&ure of this beautifull Floure de-luce, with 
great broad leaues , thicke and fat , of a purple colour 
neere vnto the ground, like the great Dalmatian Floure 
de-luce, which it doth very well referable. The root is 
very fweet when it i s dry, and ftriueth with the Floren- 
tine Iris in fweetnefle. The floure is of all the other 
moft confufedly mixed with fundry colours, infomuch 
that my pen cannot fet downyjgupry. line or ftreake, as it 
'deferueth. The three leaues that ftandvpright do clafpe or embrace one another, and are of a 
yellow colour. The leaues that looke downward, about the edges are of a pale colour, the middle 
part ot white, mixed with a line oi purple, and hath many fmall purple lines ftripped oner the laid 
white floure, eucn to the brim of the pale coloured edge. It fmelleth like the Hauthorne floures 
being lightly fmelled vnto. 
8 The Germane Floure de-luce,which Carrier arius hath fet forth in hisfiBooke named Hortus 
Medic us, hath great thicke and knobby roots : the ftalke is thicke and full of iuyee : the leaues be 
very broad in relpeft of all the reft of the Floure de-luces. The floure groweth at the top of the 
ftalke, confining of fix great leaues blew of colour, welted downe the middle,with white tending 
to yellow ; at the bottome next the ftalke it is white of colour , with fome yellownefle fringed 
about the laidwhite, as alfoaboutthe brims or edges, which greatly fetteth forth his beautie- 
the which Ioachimus Camer arius ,the fonne of old Camer arius of Norembcrg, bad fent him out of 
Hungarie, and did communicate one of the plants thereof to Clufius ; vvhofe figure he hath moft 
liuely fet forthwith this defeription, differing fornewhat from that which Ioachimus himfelfedid 
giue vnto meat his being in London. The leaues, faith he, are very large, twice fo broad as any of 
tire others. The ftalke is fingle and finooth ; the floure groweth at the top, of a moft bright fhi- 
ning blew colour, the middle rib tending to whitenefle, the three vpper leaues fornewhat yellow- 
ifli. The root is likewife fweet as Ireos. 
The place. 
Thefe kindes of Floure de-luces do grow wilde in Dalmatia, Goritia, and Piedmont ; notvvith- 
ftanding our London gardens are very well'ftored with euery one of them. 
The time. * 
Their time offlouringanfwereth the other Floure de-luces. 
5 ] 'The names. 
The Dalmatian Floure de-luce is called in Greeke of Athcnaus aw&Theophraftes her' - it is named 
alfos«esw«, of the hteauenly Bow or Rainbow : vpon the fameoccafion:«»f<»s»Y or Admirable: for the 
Poets fometimedo call the Rainbow in Latine Iris, and in Englifh Floure de-luce. Their 
feuerall titles do fufficiently diftinguilh them, whereby they may be knovvne one from another. 
f The 
•} 8 Iris Camer arij. 
Germane Floure de-luce. 
