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Ch AP. z8. 
'Theatrum ' Bot anicum . 
Tribe 14. 
'Vumiata or Fclufmm. T h'Nam'S. , , 
called by A/«<rAiW» in Latine^nd fo j^^ ore refcmble Houfelceke then 
in my judgement rathtr then thehr CJ ]| e j ,k 0 srdum mar mum, and againe, becaufe it hath not 
the former .which is like unto Alo t, t fi yUphw and yefliurim, however Lobtl calieth the former Stra- 
becne obferved any where but ln l \W (nations totamios & jodiim acjuuult. Bauhimt placcth the former 
ttonslivoM,atari, Awdcs among the iJtcuU, ,„d calieth 
wirh the forts of Aloes, and calieth it ^ p ft ,>^ UuoTibm, Alpitim faith that the Egyp- 
it Lent tenia palsrftrts eAiyyptiaca five "‘’""'J mU chwfayas Scdumaquaticnm. It is probable that Theophra- 
call it With them Hayhalemel thereof in the end of the ninth Chapter of his fourth 
ft«s meant this plant,whereunto he giveth no name.ipeaKing tnercor i 
Booke,growing in ponds like a Lilly with many leaves of a grecne colour, ficc. 
, , r jj • „ aOri»oent withall.but Ga/cvfaith itiscold andmoift, and ashc 
Each of tlefe are very cooling and kidneys,,fit be taken indrinke. Limy addeth 
and r D tofeortdes fay ftayeth the fluxe ofblo ■ w ounds and caufeth that they be not enflamed : it 
thereunto fome Ohbanum, ,t ‘‘kew ^‘ W fi e ' 1 3 ? weUl „ gs in other parts, it healeth alfo all wounds 
^ WOUnd > inbrnifiB S the lMVeS >nd IayinSthCD1 
thercon.which wonderfully healerh them, 
Cam XXVIII. 
Water Gladioli. 
GUd'olm Lotftris Cluftjftve Lcucoium puluftre fiore ftburtilcoBauk 
mis plant that was fent to Chfut from Crotuirg by a worthy Apothecary there called ‘Z>«,found 
I' S.. GM-thu Uttatu 
i ..tt/ncr OvInWinll 
by him in a great pond or 
Lake of water where noo- 
thcr herbe did grow .befides 
in the Country of Drcnti *, 
neereuntoa fmall village called Norcke 
and Wcftervelde, is fet downe by him 
with this dcfcripcion, The leaves doc 
feldome cxceede the length of nine in¬ 
ches, being thicke and hollow fevered 
with a particion like the cods of Stocke- 
Gilloflowers, or the like, but greene and 
iwtetc in tafle.being an acceptable food 
for the Duckes that dive to the bor.omc 
cf the warer to feede on it, which is di* 
vers tiles depth un cr the water: yet the 
(blkcthac l'pringcth from among thofc 
leave* is feene to rife above the water, 
furniihed with whire flowers, larger 
then rhofe of StockgiUoflowers, the hol¬ 
low and lowed part, which is next to 
thcdalke, being of a blewifh colour, 
lomewhat refembling the forme of a 
Gladiolus) or Corne flaege, but yet not 
much like it.confiding of five leaves, the 
two uppermod whereof doe turne backe- 
ward tothtdalke, the other thtte which 
are the larger hang downe •• unto thefe 
flowers fucceede round heads or feede 
vcfiels broad below and pointed at the 
end full of ied feede. This was obferved 
in flower in theend of July. 
The Place y Time and Names 1 
Are related in the foregoing title and 
dcic ription, as much ^ can be faid of it, 
[ubearuleo Bauhiai 
Water Gladioli. 
