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5 Polygon at urn angnfli folium ramofum . 
Narrow leaned Solomons feale. 

(hew faue that they are fomewhat hoarie vnderneath the leau^^^ ~~ 
tafte,but fomewhat acride or biting towards the later end. From the backe part of die 1 - infill 
forth final! long tender and crooked ftcms,beariflg at theend little gapingu hire f ourfs , r,- . f 
vnlike Ltlium conuallium fauouring like Hawthorne floures, fpotted on thf inner fide with bl e ‘ 
fpots : which being pa ft, there come forth three cornered berries like the narrow leafed Son •' C 
feale, greene at the firft, and red when they be ripe, containing many white hard mimes Thf. ,“° ns 
differ from all the other kindes,and are like vnto the crambling roots otThaiiclml, wh ich the 00rS 
tier hath omitted in the pifture. . ' 0 oal,ctm,n ^ « Jc h the gra--» 
\ This rare fort of Solomons Seale riles 
vp from his tuberous or knobby root, with a 
flraight vpright ftalke ioynred at certainedi- 
itances, leaning betweene each ioynt a bare 
and naked ftalke, fmooth , and of a greeniib 
colour tending to yellownes ; from the which 
loynts thru ft forth diners final branches with 
foure narrow leaues fet about like a ftar or the 
herbe Woodroofe : vpon which tender bran- 
ches are fet about the (hikes by certaine fpa- 
ces long narrow leaues inclofing the fame 
round aboutiamong which leaues come forth 
fmalhvhitifh floures of little regard The 
fruit is final!, and of a red colour, full of pulpe 
or meate ; among which is contained a hard 
ftony feed like that of the firft Solomons 
r • j 1 u There ls k r C P X in our gardens , and 
laid to be brought from fome part of Ameri- 
ca another Polygonatum, which fends vp a ftalk 
fome foot and more high, and it hath leaues 
long, neruous, and very greene and fhinino- 
growmg one by another without any ord« 
vpon the ftalke, which is fomewhat crefted 
crooked, and very greene . bearing at the very 
top thereof aboue thehigbeft Ieafe,vpon lit- 
tle foot-ftalks.fome eight or nine little white 
floures, .confifting of fix leaues apiece, which 
are. Succeeded b y berries, as in the former. 
This floures in May,and is vulgarly named 
Poljgcnatum Virgimmm, or Virginian Solo- 
mons feale. | 0 
The Place. ' % 
The firft fort of Solomons feale grawes naturally wilde in Somerfet-lhire vpon the North 
ofa place called Mendip in theparifh of Shepton Mallet : alfo in Kent by avSlao* called Crlv 
ford, vpon Rough or Row hill : alfo in Odiam parke in Hampfhire ; in Bradfords wood neere to a 
ESSiiSdK 
in Yortlljirccallcd 
The Time. 
They fpring vpfln March, and (hew their floures in May : the fruit is ripe in September. 
The Names. 
Solomons feale is called in Greeke ■. in Latine Iikevvifc Polyronatiim ofmanv Knee 
for To the Greeke word doth import: in fhops } Si%illtt>n Salomons, znAScalacaU: in Englifh like’ 
wife Scala coeli, Solomons feale, and White-wort, or white root : in high-Dutch mtiThittrk V 
m French, Sean de Solomon : of the Hctrurians, and PraxmeUa. ' : 
® \ The Temperature. 
, Tlieroots of Solomons feale, as Galen faith, haue both a mixt facultie and qualitiealfo ■ For 
they haue (faith he) acertaine kinde ofaftriflioh or binding, and biting withal! and likeWife a 
certame loathfome bittetnefle, as the lame Author affirmeth : which is not ‘to be found in thofc 
tlwt do grow in our climate. 
