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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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B. I. 
, T l le t hifd kinde is in all things like the former, fane in the leaues, which are narrower, and 
in the colour of the floure, which is altogether white, or confifting ofa colour mixt of purple and 
white. Wherefore fith there is no other difference, it fhall fuffice to haue fatd thus much for the 
deicription. 
r «|J The Place. 
Thefe three plants grow plentifully at the foot of certain hills in the greene and moift grounds 
of Cermanie and Italy, in Styria not far from Gratz, as alfo in Modena andBononia in Italy, and 
likewife in fome of thechoice gardens of this countrey. 
*| TheTimc. 
They floure in April!, and fometimes fooner,as in the middle of March . 
i Dens caninus florc alio angujlioribus folijs. 
j Dens caninus. 
Dogs tooth. 
White Dogs tooth. 
The Names. 
This plant is called in Latine, Dens caninus-, and fome haue iudged it Satjnum Erythronium. 
Manhiolus calls it Pfeudohcrmodattylus. The men of the countrey where it groweth call it 3Cj)0lI= 
touttg* and the Pby fitians about Styria call it D entail . The fecoud may for diftinAions fake be 
termed Dots caninus florealbo, anguporibuo folijs ; that is, Dogs tooth with thewhite floure andnar- 
row leaues. 
The Nature. 
Thefe are ofa very hot temperatnent,windie,and of an excrementitious nature, as may appeare 
by thevertues. 
•[[ TheVertues. 
. The Women that dwell about the place where thefe grew, and do grow, haue with great profit 
A p U t the dried meale or pouder of it in their childrens pottage, againft the wormes of thebelly . 
, Being drunke with Wine it hath been proued maruelloufly toaffwage the Collicke pafifion. 
It ftrengthneth and nourifheth the body in great meafure, and being drunkevvith water it cu- 
reth children of the falling ficknefle. 
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