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times ate more in number, fo that fome one ftalke hath borne fome 48 floures . The root is much 
like the former. 
+ 4 L,liurnment.floreflimonanfunlhto. 
The yellow Mountaine Lilly with the 
vnfpotted floure. 
3 This in roots is like thofe afore de- 
ferred, the ftalke is fome 2 cubits high, 
fee confufedly with long narrow leaues, 
with three confpicuous nerues running a- 
longft them. The floures are at firft pale co- 
loured, afterwards yellow, confiding of fix 
leaues bended backe to their ftalkes,& mar- 
ked with blackifh purple fpots. 
4 There is alfo another differing frdm 
thelaftdefcribedonely in that the floure 
is not fpotted,as that of the former. 
The Place. 
Thefe Lillies are thought Natiues of the 
Pyrenean mountaines,aod oflateyeares are 
become Denizons in fome of our Englifn 
gardens. 
«(]■ TheTime, 
The firft ( as I haue Laid) floures in the 
end of May : the reft in Iune. 
The Names. 
1 This is called by Clufius , Lilium ru - 
brum pro: cox. 
2 Clufius names tl^js ,Lilium rubrumprs- 
cox 5. anguflt folium. Lobel ftiles it, Hemero- 
catUs Macedonica , and M art agon Vomponeum. 
3 This is Lilium flauo fort maculis diflin- 
Bum of Clufius, and Lilium montanum flauo flo, 
of Lobel. 
4 This being avarietieof the laft, is 
called by Clufius, Lilium flauo florc maculis non 
diflintium. 
TheTemper axdVcrtues . 
Thefe in all likelihood cannot much differ from the temper and vertues of other Lillies, which 
in all their parts they fo much refemble. $ 
Chap. 107. Of theTerfian Lilly. 
The Vefcription, 
T He Perfian Lilly hath for his root a great white bulbe, differing in fhape from the other Lil- 
lies, hauing onegreatbulbefirmeorfolid, full ofjuyce, which commonly each yeare fet- 
tethoff or encrealeth oneotherbu!be,and fometimes more, which the next yeare after is 
taken from the mother root, and fobringeth forth fuch floures as the old plant did. From this 
rootrifethvpafatthicke and ftraightftemmeoftwo cubits high, whereupon is placed lorn* nar- 
row leaues of a greene colour, declining to blewnes as doth thofe of the woade. The flouresLow 
alongft the naked part of the ftalke like little bels, of an ouer-worne purple colour, hanging down 
their heads, euerv one hauing his owne foot-ftalke of two inches long, as alfo his peftell or clap- 
per from the middle part of the floure • which being part and withered, there is not found any feed 
at all, as in other plants, but is increafed onely in his root. 
7 he Place. 
This Perfian Lilly groweth naturally in Perfiaand thofe places adiacent, whereof it tookehis 
name, and is now (by theinduftrie ofTrauellers into thofe countries, louers of Plants) made a 
ITMiizen in fome few of our London gardens . 
The 
