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4_5}_, I the Hiflorie of Plants. L I B.’ 2.

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“rt; twiitlr fuch like leaues : the Homes come forth at the tops of the bI'3IICllhe_SaI(:fa fail‘? Plfiglg 5 , p . V y .. ' _ v :- ttolotrmery like thole of the flock G1llofloure5; Ofa Very {W53 fmfiu 5 aft‘: “I71 lgdcome P <;otl::,rv’l;1ereir1iscontarnetlflnall longblackifh feed. The root 18 {lender an t.r€l y.b _n S forth 't‘h<:~. Queens white Gilloflouresarel like the lad’: mentioned, faurng that this p ant n g . faitewhite r‘loures,and the other purp e. _ _ _ _ on ht it 2 By the ind uilry of fome of our Florrils,w1thin thefe two or~th_ree year; hatgbllilfelwhae -vntoour knowledge a very beautifull kind of thefe Dame Violets, haumg VFTY 31“ 0“ lloures : the leaues, llalks,and roots are like to A the other plants b6f0r€ dCfCI1b€d- l3

1:. 3 Viola cjllatronolisflore oofolctfi-»

1 I/iZ‘éIL]:.7l:r’1i7‘0'”z![/if'z7V(f.I/5? area we allw. r . K I /I /Z’ I P if RuffetDamesVrolets.

Purpl-3 or white Dames Violets.

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This plan; hath a fialke 3 cubit high,and is diuided into many branches,vpon tvhrchihg a confufed order grow leaues like thofe of the Dames violet.y€|I 3 llftlfi broader and th1CkCT_; blcong firft offomewhat an acide , and afterwards of an acride tafte 5 at the tops of the branches lfl fairs cups grow floures like thofe of the Dames vrolegconfiflnng of foure leaues, wh_ rch {land not I 10 W open,but are twined afrde, and are of an ouerworne r_ulI'e‘r C0100)"; C0mP0f€d 3S1_t Were Of 3 Y5 day and browne,with a number of blacke purple veins druarrcated. ouer them. Their fmell on the by time is little or none , but in the euening very pleafing and fweet. The floures are fucceeile C d long and here and there fwolne cods,which are almofl: quadrangular, and containe a reddzfhfi 5‘ like that of the common kinde. The root is fibrous, and vfually liucs not aboue two, yearesi -Wu ter it hath borne feed it dies 3 yet ifyou cut it downe and keepe it from feeding,it fometimfifi Fion foal; {boots whereby it may be increafed._ I very much fufpeét that this figure and Defcfllfou, W113;-.;h i here glue you taken out of C/o/z'zo:,rs no other plant than that which its kept in lbme pow I E—..*-3i‘(lCi1:?_, and fortlr rnthe Horlm Eyflettwfis by the name of Leocoiom c.:»'1/tcl,rznol;olzcm~n 2}‘-t ya” Eire? pg the oeea fion of Il1lS“€l’l‘OI' to haue come from the figure of Clrrfim which we here préleflman Witll,‘li)r is in marry particulars different from the defcription 3 firlt in that it expreffes not (6; no’, branches : fecoudly,in Ella! the leaues are not frnpt and d1uided:thirdly,in that the floures V’ the expi-cit wrefled or twined : fourtlrlyifhe Vemes are not rightly exprelt in the lloure : and lafi wches was rm: omi:ml,Now the Lrzrr'o.iw22 melooclzolzwm hath a hairy ilalk diuided into 1' undry bf 3“ 1 r’3"l?illl‘"~’ hfilélht formerly merrtionechand the leaucs about the middle of the flralke are f<’>fl'liWl;fl1ft flail’

atetl or tleepely or t’l1€qLl%ll}’ cut in 3, The {hape and colour Of the floure is the fame rvrtlhdgfcrlbe ,

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Cl: the Hill:or'ieol~ Plants.

it 4 Lczrcoirrm mclrmo/yoiioam. The melancoly Floure.

as I can remember : forI mull confeffe , I did not in writing take any particular note ofthem, neither did I euer compare them with this dc-I fcription of Cloflm ; onely I tooke fome yeares agon an exaét figure of a branch with the vpper leaues and floures, whereof one is exprelfed as they vfually grow twining backe ,' and the ref! faire open,the better to let forth the veins then’: are fer ouer it. There are alfo exprelt a cod or feed—veffell, and one of the leaues that grow a- bout the middle ofthe italke : all whici are 3- greeable to Clzofim defcription, in myue oping, on 5 wherefore I only giue you the figure that I then dre-.v,with the title I had it by; :1:

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They are fowne in gardens for the beauty of

their floures. _ \ 17 Tée Time.

They efpecially floure in May and lime, the fecond yeare after they are fovvne. ‘ Q31‘ Tire Names.

Dames Violet is called in Latine, Viola Mdf troxalogand Viola Hyer,-2olz‘5,or winterViolets5a_nd. Viola Damafcma .- it is thought to be the Hope. rrér of Pliny, lz‘é.2v1. m;v.7-. fo called, for that it fmels more-,and more pleafantly in the euening or night,than at any other time. They are cal:

led ’ . . . H n]‘“DFT€nCb, Vzolette: oz’: d4me:,(§' dc Jommgand Girofflm o'er domes, or dmtronc: Violette: : in Eng.

’ amaske Violets,wintcr Gillofloures, Rogues Gillofloure,and Clofe Sciences. q] The Temferatore.

kezgledlgattes of Dames Violets are {harpe and hot, very like in mile and faeultie to Errmz or Roe;

*1 eemes to be a kindc thereof.

T A 1*)‘. The Vortucr. _ ltvealge d‘P"u°d Water of the fioures hereof is counted to bee a molt elfeétuall thing to procure

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_ AP. I2}. I i Of wiliirep Sattinflootre.

1} The Dofiriptim.

' Boléormc or the Sattin floure hathhard and round fialks, diuiding themfelues into nrany other fmall branches, befet with leaues like Dames Violets or Queenes Gillolloures,

Iacke b rlomewhatbroadatnd fnipt about the edges”, and in falhion almolt like Sauce alone; 0? with ma): ‘f’ih°‘lg?z_l3¥‘o‘,l5h3t the)’ 31"? l0ng,e_r-.and {barper pointed. The {talks are clrargétd 0? 1'l_3Cl¢‘fl feed comzs pom-es “kc {he C°mm0f1 l10CkC_G.i—ll0,floure,ofa purple colour : which being f3ll°_‘3g‘l7¢ the M005 blfirft ’c'°m‘““°d in E‘ flat thiifli-‘0d,witlr a {harp point or-pricke at o_r1€o¢“d:”‘ fa “I10” of Ourmoft a;e Ofgmewhat blackrflr. This cod is compofed of three filmes or_sk1n5»Wh€’€°f?llC EW9 Oth hang or ckl:l>OlJ€l.'.W'Ol’x,.le am colomgandp the imermop: 0, that in the middle, wheronthe lee<_1 piece_ The who] “U9 15 tllmne and cleere (bining,lil<e a {hred ofwhite.Sattrn newly cut from the :00: is com 6} e P13“? dleth the fame yeare that it hath borne. fced,and mull: be fown yearlyifhe

‘ P“ °f“‘°°~“Y Wbfirous parts like Key clogs,or like the great Afphodill,

defcribed,and the feed-veffels the fame,as farre