Lib. I. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
165 
Chap, pz* Of Starre ofTSethlem. 
The Kindes. 
T Here be fundry forts of wilde field Onions called Starres of Bethlehem, differing in ftatitfa, 
tafte,and fmell,as lliall be declared. 
5 /"A Vr common Starre of Bethlehem hath many narrow Ieaues, thicke, fat, full of iuyce, 
and otavery greene colour, with a white ftreake dovvne the middle of each leafe : 
n rr ® 11: J on § the which rife vp fmall naked ftalkes, at the top whereof grow floures com- 
Ieaues, ftripped on the backefide with lines of greene, the infide being milke- 
wmte. Thele floures open themfelues at the riling of the Sunne, and fhut againeatthe Sun fet- 
IV’ ereupon this Plant hath beene called by fome. Bulb us Solfequius. The floures being paft 
and without* ° °' v lnc ^°*' c d in three cornered .husks. The root is bulbous, white both within 
a 11 The r fc , Cond hath two or three gralfy leattes proceeding from a Clouen bulbous root, 
file italke rifeth vp m the middeft naked, but toward the top there "doe thruft forth more Ieaues 
ike vnto the other but ftna Her and flrorter 5 among which Ieaues do flop forth very fmall, wcake 
nd tender root-ftalkes The floures oi this are on the backefide of a pale yellow ftripped with 
^reene on the infide of a bright (billing yellow colour, with Saffron coloured threds in their mid- 
dies. The feed is contained in triangular vcffels. 
fj, , 5 f T1 ’“ ? ta ■ ° fHlm garie, contrarie to the cuftome of other plants oftbis kinde, fenderh 
before Winter hue or Ux Ieaues fpread vpon the ground,narrow, and of fome fingers length 
mewhatwhitifh greene and much refembling the Ieaues of Gillofloures,but fomewhat rough- 
d . In Apnll the Ieaues beginning to decay, amongft them rifcsvp a ftalke bearing at the ton a 
O 3 ° fuoke 
