Lib. 1. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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grow to a 
ureor tipe 
is contained flat feeds, tough and limmer,of the colour of Mace. The whole plant as well mors 
as floures, do fauour or fmell very like a Fo*. As the plant groweth old, fo doth it wax rich brin 
ging forth a Crowne of floures amongft the vppermoft greene leaues, which fome make a fecon 1 
kmde, although in truth they are but one and the felfe fame, which in time is thought to ' 
triple crowne, which hapneth by the age of the root, and fertilitie of the foiie- whofe fi<n, 
I haue thought good to adioyne with that pidure alfo whicji in the time of his infancie it had ' 
% The Vince. 
This plant likewife hath been brought from Conftantinople amongft other bulbous roots and 
made Dcnizons in our London gardens, whereof I haue great plenty. J ‘ 
5f The Time. 
It floureth in April!, and fometimes in March, when as the weather is warroe and pleafant The 
iced is ripe in Iune. r 
^ The Names. 
This rare & ftrange Plant is called in Latino, Corona Tmperialis^nd Lilium Byzaminum.-the Turks 
doe call it C nude Lie, andTitfai. And as diners haue fent into thefe parts of thefe roots at fun 
dry times, fo haue they likewife fent them by fundry names j fome by the name Tufa ■ others Tol 
fit, anaTuyfchiachi, and 1 ikevvife Turfnni and T wfmda. 4: Clttfius, and that not without o-ood'rea 
fon,iudgeth this tobe the Hcmerocallis of Diofcorides, mentioned lit. 3 . caji. no. % ° 
51 The Nature andvertues. 
Thevertue of this admirable plant is not yet knowne, neither his faculties or temnerarnr* 
working. 1 alu| rin 
t II 'hi' be the Htmtroc.lli, cfDiofccriJe/.vou may findc rhe venues thereofrpeeifled pee. 99, nfth't WorVe ■ where 
of mil, ™ ha' le ” C b ‘ CnC k ' rC = yC ‘ '“ rt " s day h “ c kno,,lc ‘ , S' of lhc ftyGcall operation o; cither of thofcpl; 
in mviutigeftienc they are not To ftly p l aC( . 
land mentioned m that place, or of .hi Seated 
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Chap. lop. Of Dogs Tooth; 
51 TheDefcription. 
1 'X' Here hath not long fince beene found out a goodly bulbous rooted plant, and termed 
, - , , 6at y non > vv 1 , vvas fnppofed tobe the true Satyrion o i Diofcorides, after that it was 
chenfhed, and the vertues thereof found out by the ftudious l'carchers of nature.Little difference 
hath bin found-betwixt that plan t of Diofcorides and this Dens cantnus, except in the colour, whicli 
(as you know) doth commonly vary according to the diuerfitie ofplaces where they grow as it 
falleth outin Squilla, Onions, and the other kindes of'bulbous plants. It hath moft commonly 
3 ver } rieldome three ■ which leafe in fhape is very like to allium rrftmm, or Ramfons 
though farre lelfe. The leaues turnedowne to the groundward; the ftalke is tender and flexible’ 
like to Cyclamen or Sow-bread, about an handfull high, bare and without leaues to the root ' The 
proportion ofthe floure is like thatofSaffron-orthe Lilly Home, full of ftreames of a purplifh 
white colour The root is bigge,and like vnto a date, with fome fibres growing from it : vnto the 
faid root is a finall flat halfe round bulbe adioyning, like vnto Gladiolu-s, or Corn-flao- 
2 The fecond kinde is farre greater and larger than the firft, in bulbe, ftalke, leaues floure and 
cod feyeeldeth two leaues for the mod part, which do clofe one within another, and at the fi-ft 
ik7r£ C T h r C r . he fl a l n f< ? •?. ng as L lC brl “g s not his floure) it feemes to haue but one leafe 
ke the Tulipa s, and like the Lillies, though fhorter, and for the moft part broader • wherefore I 
Haue placed it and his kindes next vnto the Lillies.befbre the kinds of Orchis or ftones The leaues 
bmht rif ret ?r re | fp0ttCd 7 o h many grMC fp0tS ofaciarke P ur P Ie c °lour , and narrow below 
but by little and little toward the top wax broad, and after that grow to be fharpe pointed, in form 
fomewhat neere Ramfons, but thicker and more oleous. When the leaues be wide opened th” 
floure fheweth it felfe vpon his long weake naked ftalke, bowing toward the earth-ward , which 
floure confifteth of fix very long leaues of a fine delayed purple colour, which with the heat of the 
• unneopeneth it lei fe, and bendeth his leaues backe againe after the manner of the Cyclamen 
floure, within which there are fix purple chines, and a white three forked ftile or peftell. This 
floure isofnopleafintfmell,butcommendableforthebeauty .-when the floure is faded there 
iucceedeth a three fquare huske or head, wherein are the feeds, which are very like them of Leucoi 
urn btilbofum pracox-, but longer, flenderer, and ofa yellow colour. The root is lone thicker below 
tlwnaboue/etwirhmanywhitefibres, waxing very tender in the vpper part, hauing one or more 
cinf th h ni00ts ’, from ; vhlch thc ftalke ar ' f cth out of the ground (as hath been frid)brin- 
v ^ing rorth two leaues, and not three, or oncly one, fane when it will not floure, 
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