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Of the pjiftorie of Plants. 
cinths, which hath caufed it to occupie this place. The floures refemble the Daffodils or Nar- 
cifrus.’ The whole plant confifteth ofa woolly. or flockie matter : which defcription with the Pi- 
cture was lent vnto Dodoruus by Iobames Atchol\ius. It may be that Aichol^tus receiued inftruCti- 
ons from the Indies, ofa plant called in Greekc «**», which groweth in India, whereof Tbeophra- 
ftus and Athenam do writein this manner, faying, The floure is like the Naniffm,' confiding of a 
fiockieor woolly fubftance, which by him feemeth to be the defcription of our bombaft Iacinth. 
i Bnlbiis Bombicimts Commentititis . 
Falfe bumbalte Iacinth. 
2 Tigridisflos. 
The floure ofTygris. 
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2 Thefecond feigned picture hath beene taken of the Difcouerer and others of later time, to 
be a kindc- of Dragons" not feeneofany that haue written thereof; which hath moued them to 
thinke it a feigned picture llkewife ; notwithftanding you fhall receiue the defcription thereof as 
it hath come to my hands. The root (faith my Author) is bulbous or Onion fafliion, outwardly 
blacke ; from the which fpring vp long leaues, fliarpe pointed, narrow, and ofa frefh greene co- 
lour : in the middeft of which kaues rife vp naked or bare ftalkcs, at the top whereof groweth a 
pleafant yellow floure, ftained with many fmall red fpots here and there confufedly caft abroad: 
and in the middeft of the floure thrufteth forth a long red tongue or ftile, which in time groweth 
to be the cod or feed-veflell, crooked or wreathed, wherein is the feed. The vertuesand tempera- 
ture are not to be fpoken of, confidering that we affutedly perfuade our felues that there are no 
fuch plants, but meere fictions and dcuices,as we terme them, to giue his friend a gudgeon. 
if Though thefe two haue beenq thought commentitious or feigned, yet Bauhimu feemeth to 
vindicate the latter, and John T bcodore de Bry in his Florilegium hath fet it forth. He giues two Fi- 
gures thereof, this which we here giue you being the one; but the other is farre more elegant, and 
better refembles a natiirall plant. The leaues (as Bauhine faith) are like the fword'.flag , the foot 
like a leeke, the floures (according to'De Bries Figure) grow fometimes two or three of a ftalke : 
the floure confifts 6f two leaues, and a long ftile or peflill : each of thefe leaues is dinided into 
three parts, the vttermoft being broad and'large, and the innermoft much narrower and fharper : 
the tongue or ftile that comes) forth of the midft of the floure is long, and at the end dinided into 
three crooked forked points. All that Be Bry faith thereof is this ; FlosTigridis rubet egregie circa 
medium tantcnfallet^albufque ejl dr maculatus -ex Mexico a Cafparo Bituhino. That is ; Flos TigridU is 
wondrous red, yet is it pale and whitifh about the middle, and alfo fpotted; it came from about 
Mexico,! had it Hmm.CaJ]ntr Bauhine. t 
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