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Notwithftanding I judge it not amifle to giue the figures and briefe deferiptions of fome more 
of the Dwarfe Floure de-luces, as alfoofoneofthe narrower leafed. 
7 This therefore which we giue you in the feuenth place is Iris flore csruleo ohfoUto,&c. Lobt. 
lij. The leaues of this are fmall and long like thofe of the wild Bromine Floure de-luce • the root 
(which is not very big) hath many ftrong threds or fibres comming out of it : the ftalke ( which 
is fomewhat tall ) diuides it felfe into two or three branches, whereon grow floures in fhape like 
thofe of the other Floure de-luces, but their colour is of anouer-worne blew, or Afh colour. 
8 Many are the differences of the Chamaindes Utifolia , or Broad leafed Dwarfe Floure de- 
luces, but their principall diftinftion is in their floures ; for fome haue flowers ofviolet or purple 
colour, fome of white, otherfome are variegated with yellow and purple, See. Therefore I will 
onely name the colour, and giue you their figure, becaufe their fhapes differ little. This eighth 
therefore is Chammris nivea nut Candida, White Dwarfe Iris : The ninth jChamstirislatifoliaflorcru. 
hello, Red floured Dwarfe Iris : The tenth, Camatris lutea. Yellow Dwarfe Iris : The eleuenth, C/j/r- 
m&irisvariegata, Variegated Dwarfe Iris. The leaues and ftalkes of thefe plants are vfually about 
a foot high ; the floures, for the bignelfe of the plants, large, and they floure betimes, as in April. 
And thus much I thinke may fuffice for the names and deferiptions of thefe Dwarfe varieties of 
Floure de-luces, 
The place. 
Thefe plants do grow in the gardens of London, among!! Herbarifts and other Loners of 
Plants. 
The nature. 
They floure from the end of March to the beginning of May. 
U The names. 
TheTurky Floure de-luceis called in the Turkifh tongue AlaiaSufiam, with this additament 
from the Italians , Fiore Belle pintate ; in Englifh, Floure de-luce. The reft of the names haue bin 
touched in their titles and hiftorie. 
T heir nature andvertues. 
The faculties and temperature of thefe rare and beautifull floures are referred to the othei 
forts of Floure de-luces, whereunto they do very well accord . 
There is an excellent oyle made of the floures and roots of Floure de-Juce,of each a like quan- A 
titie, called oleum Irinum, made after the fame manner that oyle of Rofes, Lillies, and fuch like 
be made : which oyle profiteth much to ftrengthen the finewes and joints,he!peth tlx: cramp pro- 
ceeding of repletion, and the difeafe called in Greeke Peripneumonia. 
TheflouresofFrenchFlourede-lucediftilledwithD/ 4 fTO»/ 2 »flWiw,andCinnamon, and the B 
water drunke, preuaileth greatly againft the Dropfle, as Hollenm and Gefner teftific. 
Chap. 4.3. Ofjlinking (jladdon. 
Thedefcription. 
S T inking Gladdonhath long narrow leaues like Iris, but fmaller, ofa darke greene colour, and 
being rubbed, ofa ftinking fmell very lothfome. The ftalkes are many in number, and round 
toward the top, out ofwhich do grow floures like the Floure de-luce, of an ouer-worne blew 
colour, or rather purple, with fome yellow and red ftreakes in the midft. After the floures be va- 
ded there come great huskes or cods, wherein is contained a red berry or feed as bigge as a peafe. 
The root is long, and threddy vndemeath. 
^ The place. 
Gladdon groweth in many gardens : I haue feene it wilde in many places, as in woods and fha- 
dowie places neere the fea. 
Thetime. 
1 he ftinking Gladdon Someth in Auguft, the feed whereofis ripe in September, 
c- , • .. . „ „ %The names. 
Stinking Gladdon is called in Greeke fe't, by Dicfcorides ■ andie^-V 0 by Thcophrajlus , according 
to Pena : in Laune Spatula feetida among the Apothecaries : it ts called alfoXyns .• in Englifh, ftin- 
king Gladdon, and Spurgewort. 
. «[J The nature. 
Gladdon is hot and dry in the third degree. 
The -vert lies. 
Suchis thefacultieof the roots of all the Irides before named, that being pounding they oro- A 
■uoke fneefing, and purge the head : generally all the kinds haue a heating & extenuating quality. 
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