U The deferipion. 
T He white Afphodill hath many long and narrow leaues like thofe of leeks, fharpe pointed. 1 
The ftalke is round, finoorh nal'prl and uri. hour lo-moo j c . — 
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The ftalke is round, fmooth, naked, and without leaues, two cubits high, garnifhed from 
the middle vpward with a number of floures ftarre-fafhion, made of fine leaues apiece, the 
colour white, with fomedarke purple ftreakesdrawne dovvne the backe-fide. Within the floures 
be certaine fmall chiues. The floures being part, there fpring vp little round heads, wherein are 
contained hard, blacke, and 3 fquare feeds like thofc of Buck-wheat or Stauef-acre. Thetootis 
compa 61 ofmany knobby roots growing out of one head, like thofe of the Peonie, full of juyee, 
Witha fmall bitternefle and binding tafte. 
2 Branched Afphodill agreeth well with the former defeription, failing that this hath many 
branches or armes growing out of the ftalke, whereon the floures do grow, and the other hath not 
any branch at all, wherein confifteth the difference. 
, 3 Afphodill with the reddifh floure groweth vp in roots, ftalke, leafe, and manner of growing 
-f-ri C ? e P rc ce< sent, failing that the floures of this be ofa dark red color, & the others white, which 
r C j 1 0 , r lc difference, if there beany fuch difference, or any fuch plant at all : for I haue con- 
rre . vv , m any moftrexcellent men in the knowledge of plants, but none of them can giue mee 
' no ' v *edge of any fuch, but tell me they haue heard it reported that fuch a one there is, 
1 ° tU f a ° ’ ^ llt c . ertainI y I cannot fet downe any thing of this plant vntill I heare more 
to nam tlC " *° r aS ^ et * k* lle n ° crcc ^ c t0 m y Authour, which for reuerence of his perfon I forbeare 
r ? 77° y e!Io 'y Afphodill hath many roots growing out of one head, made of ftmdry tough, 
a ’ °i e P lls ycljpw fprigs,or gtoffe firings, from the which rife vp many graffy leaues, thick and 
n- c ’ tenc l ln g t0 fpnareneffe • among the which commethvp a ftrong thicke ftalke fet with the 
tvif Af^’n’ ' 3Ut * e( ^ e : v P on ^"'liich do § rcnv ftcirre-like yellow floures, , other- 
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