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others iudge it tobe Eri^ambac of the Arabians. In Latine it is called AJphodelus lutms ■ of forae 
it .is called BaftuhtRegu. WehaueEnglifhedit.the Spearefor a King, or final! yellow Aiphc>- 
dill. ' 
2 The Lancafhire Afphodill is called in Ratine, Aftfadelus Lancafiria . and may likewife be 
Called Ajphodelus palufiris , or Pfaidoafphodelus'luteus, or the Ballard yellotv Afphodill. 
t 3 This is Ajphedelus minimus luteits pdtiftris Scoticus dr Lxncajlricnfis, oiLobell . and the Pfcu- 
doajpboddus pumihofolijs Iridis, ofe/wjJ«r,as farreas lean iudge 5 although Bauhtne didinguilheth 
them, t & 
<[[ The temperature andvertucs^ 
It is not yet found out vrhat vfe there is of any of them in nourifhment or medicines. 
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Chap. 72. Of Onion <iAf)hodill. 
AJphodelus Btilbofhs. 
Onion Afphodill. 
If Thedefcription. 
T He bulbed Afphodill hath a round bulbus 
or Onion root, with fome fibres hanging 
ivjui,wuii mine nnres nangmg 
thereat ; from the which come vp many grafi 
fie leaues, very well refembling the Leeke ; among 
the which leaues there rifetli vp a naked orYmooth. 
ftem,garnifhed toward the top with many ftar-Iike 
floures, ofawhitifh greene on the infide,and whol- 
ly greene without, confiding of fix little leaues 
fharpe pointed, with certainechiues or threads in 
the middle. After the floureis pad there luccee- 
detha fmallknop or head three fquare, wherein li- 
eth the feed. 
5f The place. 
It groweth in the gardens ofHerbarids in Lon- 
don, and not elfewhere that I know of, for it is noc 
very common. 
51 The time. 
It floureth in Iune and Iuly,and fomewhat after. 
IT The names. 
The dalke and floures being like to thofe ofthe 
Afphodill before mentioned, do -fhew it to be A- 
Jphodeli jpecics, or a kinde of Afphodill - for which 
caufealfo it feemeth tobe that Afphodil ofwhich 
Galen hath made mention in his fecond book ofthe 
Faculties of nourifhments, in thefe words • The 
root of Afphodill is in a manner like to the root of 
Squill, or Sea Onion, aswell in fhapeas bitternes. 
Notwithdanding, faith Galen , my felfe haue known 
certaine countrymen, who in time of famine could 
not with many boilings and deepings make it fit to 
, be eaten. is c3.\\cdo^Eodon£us i AJphodelus firm/. 
Va, ana A Jp hodelus Btdbofus, Byacmtho-Afphodelus , and Afphoddus Hyaanthimis by Eobellp and that 
rightly - for that the root is like the Hyacinth, and the floures like the Afphodill : and therefore as 
“ o Of h participate of both kindes, fir likewife doth the name : in Englifh we may call it Bulbed 
AlphodiJI. Clnfius calls it OrnithogaltMn majus , and that fitly. 
The nature. 
The round rooted Afphodil, according to Galen, hath the fame temperature and vertue that 
Aron, Arifarum, and D racontium haue, namely an abderfi ue and clean fing qualitie. 
_ qf The 'vert ties. 
The yong fprouts or fprings thereof is a lingular medicine againd the yellow Iaitndife,for that a 
the root is of power to make thin and open . A 
Galen faith, that the aides of this Bulbe mixed with oilc or hens greafe cureth the failin' 3 ' ofthe D 
hatreinan^/^fc/aorfcalldhead, 0 “ 
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