1 I" ' 
J 1 1 ghamdris variegata, 
Varigated Dvvarfc Iris* 
3 The French, or rather Sea Floure de-luce (whereof there is alfo another of the fame kinde 
altogether lefler) haue their roots without any fauour. Inlhew they differ little from the gar- 
den Floure de-luce, but that the leaues of thefe are altogether flenderer, andvnpleafant in fmell, 
growing plentifully in the rough crags of the rocks vnder the Alpes,and neerevnto the feafide. 
The which Pen.i found in the graflie grauelly grounds of the fea coaft neere to Montpellier. The 
learned Doiftor Affattus a long time fuppofedit to ha Medium Diofc.Matthiolus deceiued hiriif e 
and others, in that he laid, That the root of this plant hath the fent of the peach: but nr fe: 
haue proued it to be without fauour at all. It yeeldeth his floures in Iune, which am of the 
reft moft like vnto the grade Floure de-luce. The tafte of his root is hot, bitter, and wit much 
tenuitie of parts, as hath been found by phyficall proofe. 
t 4 This Iris hath long narrow leaues like thofe of the laftdeferibed; very n . 
fharpe pointed, hauing novngratefull fmell ; the ftalks are fome cubit and a-n halfe in length n • 
fomtimes more; at the top they are diuided into z or 3 branches that haue 2 or 3 floures a pie 
like in fhape to the floures of the broad leafed variegated bulbous Iris ; they haue alfo a got; i 
fmell : the ends of the hanging-downe leaues are of a darke colour; the other parts of them are va- 
riegated with white, purple, or violet colour. The three other leaues that Hand vpare ofadeep 
violet or purple colour. The root is blackifh, {lender, hard, knotty, t 
5 Narrow leafed Floure de-luce hath aninfinite number of graflie leaues much like vnto 
Reed, among which rife vp many ftalkcs : on the ends of the fame fpring forth two , fometime 
three right fweet and pleafant floures, compaift of nine leaues. Thofe three that hang downward 
arc greater than the reft, of a purple colour, dripped with white and yellow ; but thofe three Anal! 
leaues tbatappeare next, are of a purple colour without mixture.-thofe three that ftand vprighr are 
of an horfe-flefh colour, tipped with purple, and vnder each of thefe leaues appeare three fmall 
brovvne aglets like the tongue of a fmall bird. 
6 The fmall graflie Floure de-luce differeth from the former in fmalnefle and in thinneffe of 
leaues, and in that the ftalkcs are lower than the leaues, and the floures in fhape and colour are 
like thofe ofthe flunking Gladdon, but much leffe. 
f There are many other varieties ofthe broad leafed Floure de-luces befides thefe mentio- 
ned by our Authoiir- as alfo of the narrow leafed, which here wee doe not intend to infiftvpov. 
but referre fuel) as are defirous to trouble themfelues with thefe nicities , to Claims and oth rs . 
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