Lib. I, 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
10 $ 
Chap. 75* 
The description'. 
1 OPanifh Nut hath final! graffie Ieaues 
likethofeof the StarresofBethlem, 
or Qrmthogalum ; among which rifeth 
vp a fmall ftalkeofhalfea foot high, garmfhed 
with the like Ieaues, but fhorter. The Floures 
grow at the top, of a skie colour, in fhape refem- 
bling the Floure de-luce, or common Iris • but 
the Ieaues that turne downe are each of them 
marked with a yellowifh fpot : they fade quicke- 
ly, and being part, there fucceed fmall cods with 
feeds as fmall as thofe of Turneps. The root is 
round, compofed of two bulbes, the one lying 
vpon the other as thofe of the Corne flag vfually 
do : and they are couered with a skinne or filme 
in fhape like a Net. TheBulbeis fweetintafte, 
and may be eaten before any other bulbed Root. 
2 There is fet forth another of this kinde, 
fomewhat lefTer,with Floures that fmell fweeter 
than the former. 
3 Veluet Floure de-luce hath many long 
fquare Ieaues, fpongeous or full of pith, trailing 
vpon the ground, in fhape like to the Ieaues of 
Ruflies : among which rifeth vp a ftalke of a foot 
I 2 high, 
