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not to be hcarkned vnto,that fuppofe this her be to be an barmles plantifo to conclude, thefe plants 
are moft venomous and full of poifon, and therefore not to be touched or fmelled vnto,much Idle 
vfed in meat or medicine. 
Chap. 255?. Of the Jlour e of the Sun, or the fA'farigold of Tent. 
The Dcfcription. 
T Hc Indian Sun or the golden floure of Peru is a plant of fuch ilatureand talnefle that 
in one Sommer being lovvne of a feede in April!, it hath rifen vp to the height of four- 
teene foot in my garden, where One floure was in weight three pound and two ounces, 
and erode ouerrlnvart the floure by meafure iixteene inches broad. Theftalkesarevprightand 
ftraiglitjOf the bignefle of a ftrong mans armc, befet with large Icaueseuen to the top, likevnto 
the great Clot Bur : at the top of the ftalke commcth forth ior the moft part one floure, yet many 
times there fpringout fucking buds, which come tonoperfediomthisgreat floure is infhape like 
to the Cammomil floure, befet round about with a pale or border of goodlyyellow leaues,in (Tape 
like the leaues of the floures of white Lillies: the middle part whereof is made as it were of vn- 
fhorn veluet,or fome curious cloth wrought with the needle, which braue workeg if you do thorow- 
ly view and marke we 11, it feemeth to be an innumerable fort offmall floures, refemb ling thenofe 
or nozell ofa candlefticke, broken from the foot thereof ; from which finall nozell fweateth forth 
excellent fine and cleere Turpentine, in fight, fub fiance, fauour and tafte. Thewhole plan^ in like 
manner being broken, fmelleth of Turpentine :when the plant groweth tomaturitie,the floures fal 
away,in place whereof appeareth the feed,blacke,and large, much like the feed of Gourds, fet as 
though a cunning workeman had ofpurpofe placed thenunvery good order, much like thehonie- 
combes of Bees : the root is white, compad of many firings, which perifh at the firft approchof, 
winter, and muft be fet in moft perfed dunged ground : the manner bow,fhalI be flrewed when vp. 
on the like occafion I fhall fpeake of Cucumbers and Melons. 
I Flos Solis maior. 
The greater Sun floure. 
2 Flos Solis minor. 
The Idler Sunne floure. 
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