A nievve herball, or historie of plantes wherin is contayned the vvhole discourse and perfect description of all sortes of herbes and plantes: their diuers [and] sundry kindes: their straunge figures, fashions, and shapes: their names, natures, operations, and vertues: and that not onely of those whiche are here growyng in this our countrie of Englande, but of all others also of forrayne realmes, commonly vsed in physicke. First set foorth in the Doutche or Almaigne tongue, by that learned D. Rembert Dodoens, physition to the Emperour: and nowe first translated out of French into English, by Henry Lyte Esquyer.

❀ The Description.

THese two kindes of Violets or Gil∣lofers, are not muche vnlike Wal∣floures sauing that their leaues be whiter and softer.

[ 1] The great Castell, or stocke Gillofer his stalkes be harde and straight, of the heigth of two or three foote, with long narrow and softe leaues like Molyn, far greater, longer & larger than the leaues of Walfloures, or yellow Gillofers. The floures be of a fragrant or pleasant smel, in fasshion and smell like to Hartes ease or Walfloures, but much larger, of co∣lour sometimes white, sometimes ayshe colour, sometimes Carnation, Stamell, or Scarlet colour, sometimes redde, and sometimes Violet, after whiche floures commeth long huskes or Coddes, wher∣in is flat or large seede.

[ 2] The small Castell or stocke Gillofer, is like to the great in his stalkes, & whi∣tish, wollie softe leaues, also in the sweete smel and fragrant sauour of his floures, in the diuersitie of colours, in his coddes and seede, sauing that it is smaller in all respectes, not exceeding the length of a mans foote, of small continuance, and pe∣risshing euery yeare.

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Leucoion.