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153 I ‘Of the Hifiorie of Plants:

_ qr The Defcriptiw. 3 I r Edow Saliron hath three or foure leaues tiling 1mmediatcly_ fcrrt.lh:<:I:i’_tl‘}e I M long: bl'O3;d;fl'11OOIi3: fat, much like to the leaues of the white_Li 1:4 En geéiafi fmoothneiic: in the middle whereof fpring vp three or foure thicke co ‘S o ~L“ gin?‘ 15,1’ mfle of a fma1l\/Vallunut, liantiingvpon fhort tender foot-flalkesgthree Cltlélielallcl?()}:%‘t:ill.l!§%‘t rrhfnn felucs when they be ripe, full of ieed fomething round,and of a blackifh red Ico:So.ri‘.g;:ii!:Aw die this feed is ripe, the leaues togetlier with the flalkes doe fade and fall away._ ‘n %:l3lCt.r,iv,:l‘1i1£C fioures bud forth,ber"ore any leaues aptaeareflianding vpon fhorttcnder and wliitifh F a in forme and colour to the lioures oi S;2ffi‘oti,l1atiing in the iniddleirirall chrueg Sr pale yellow colotngaltogether vrifitformeat O1‘ED€d1ClIl.(?. '1he root 1% rount or it ha Eat at the one end than at the other, flat on the one lide, hauing a deepe cli tor furrow in t e ficle when it £loureth,arid not at any time elfe : it is couered with hlaekifli coatsfior i1lflI'1€S1..lLx}ib‘ fiance, yeelding a juyce like milke, whileli it is greene and nliaw y vlgge £0?! 0 um - taite {weer} with alittlebitterncliiei0llOWlI1g,Wl‘1ICh drawer ware. out 0 tie mo .

Colcbicam Pzm21cmz'cm72fl0i‘e72St§fi77"/fZ””"- Hungary Mede Saffron with and without floure.

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f . . ~ - , ~ - ‘ - - i r0 2 The fecond kmde of Mede Saffron 15 111* File PY€CCd5m3‘l1fi‘3‘"1Dg°“‘3lY1“the “*0” 0 the Homes, for that this plant doth bring forth white leaues, which of ionic hath beene taken the true H crmodafiylus 5 but in fo doing they hauc C0fnmi“€d €115 gY€3t€f€rF0T- filed Thefe two figures exprefle both but one and the _felfe lame planr,which is diflingul ’ t becaufe it neuer beareth floures and leaues both at one time» 30d tléat the firfi figure l_”ets_ it fog” when it is injeaues and fecd,and the other when it floureth ; an t Lerefore 0fl€.d€l‘C1'lptlOU. in ’ f-ffi e for them both. In the Springof the yeare it brmgeth forth his leaues, thicke, fat, {hm I’, L‘ {C- I cvnlike the leaues of Lillies,which doe continue greene vnto the end of IUD“ 3VIi;iiC!1?3'::e];}?§Ieaues do wither away, but in the beginning off Septleltnlger therie fh00tCthhfOY1§1aflt - ' a : t e . the ground naked milke Whiafi fi0l1f€S W1th0_U‘ 39)’ $9933 Cad‘? at ‘if rdlltc 0}?“ fsthin wt 1 bath donebeai-iingOfH()lu1‘€S,“[he root remaines in tie grout: , not wC.1,.lll:, on any . g 1 Februarie in the yeare following. J

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man ' . eoloifbures in Autumne, {'0 that there comes fometimes twenty from one 1'00t. Their forme and;

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L I I. Of the Hifiorie of Plants:

361 It heares plentiitill {lore of reddifli feed in loofe triangular heads. The root hereof is big» ‘ea {Lilian that ofthe laltdefcribed. : e .. Ehtlmér, .Til€:‘l.i"flEllll\."lCdO‘.V Saliron hath three or foure thicke fat leaues narrower than any_oE the co = The home appeareth in the fallofthe leafe,in fhaP¢a colour and manner of growing like in th: rnmon mede Saffron, but of a more reddifh purple colour, and altogether lefler. The leaues the \}S7,_contrary to the nature of the fe plants, prefently follow after the floure, and fo continue all re y inter and Spring, eucn vntill May or.Iune_. The root is bulbous and not great 5 it is coue-=

y With many blackilh red coats,and is white within. jean S This mcdow Saffron hath roots and leaues like to thofe of the Iali defcr_ibed,but the C35 of the floure are longer and narrower, and the colour of them is white on the inlide, greens

0“ iii‘? middle of the backe part, and the reit thereof a certaine flefh colour‘.

4. Colo/zzmm montdmmz mirma Hzfianicum mmflore &' fismine.

‘Small Spanifh Medowj Saffron in floute and feed.

which TF5 m°‘l°W Saifron of Illyria hatha great thicke and bulbous root, full of fubfiance : front i an “ ¢th.vp a fat, thiclre, and grofle i'ralke,fet about from the lower part to the topby equal! amo “es: with long, thicke and grofle leaues, fharpe pointed, not vnlike to the leaues ofleekes 5 “S Which leanes do grow yellowifh Homes like vnto the Englifh medow SaFFron,but fmaller. mi(7id[,Th€ Aiiyrian medow Saffron hath a bulbous root, made as it were of two pieces ;from the to the fceleft whereof rifeth vp a loft and tender {ialke fct with faire broad leaues from the middle

or the whP_= amongwhich comtneth forth one fingle floure like vnto the common medow Saffron,-

lte Anemone of Mzittbiolm defcription. . e rnountaine wilde Saffron, is a bafe and low plant-,but in fhape altogether like the com- _ , but much lel1"er. The floures are fmaller, and of a yellow colour, which let» e difference. :1: The leaues and roots (as Clafim aflirmes) are more like to the Narcl-fa hetefore he calls this Narczflm mrmmnalpk minor. the leller Autumne Narcifl'€- 1 9 Th“: Whofe figure we here giue you, is by Clufim called Colcbicum B1'{17¢tifl!I77t latzflyliuma em _ aged Colclzimm of Confiantinople, The leaues of this are not in forme and magni- uch vnlike to thofe of the white Hellebor,neither lefl'e neruous, yet more greene. It beares

are rnuchlikc the ordinary fort, but that theft: are Iarger,anolhaue thicket Pcalkes. They ‘ e are