The Names.
It hath diuers names; for the Latines call it Gladiolus, of the forme of a sword, which the leafe doth resemble. The Romanes Segetalis, because it groweth in the Corne fields. Some call it Victorialis rotunda, to put a difference between it, and the longa, which is a kinde of Garlicke. Plinie saith, that Gladiolus is Cypirus, but to decide that controuersie, and many others, belongeth to another discourse, this being intended only for pleasure. Gerrard mistaketh the French kinde for the Italian.
The Vertues.
The roote being bruised, and applyed with Frankinsense (and often of it selfe without it) in the manner of a pultis or plaister, is held of diuers to be singular good to draw out splinters, thornes, and broken bones out of the flesh. Some take it be effectuall to stirre vp Venerie, but I somewhat doubt thereof: For Galen in his eighth Booke of Simples, giueth vnto it a drawing, digesting and drawing faculty.
| 1 | Gladiolus Narbonensis. The French Corne Flagge. |
| 2 | Gladiolus Italicus. The Italian Corne Flagge. |
| 3 | Gladiolus Byzantinus. Corne Flagge of Constantinople. |
| 4 | Palma Christi mas. The great male handed Satyrion. |
| 5 | Orchis Hermaphroditica candida. The white Butterflie Orchis. |
| 6 | Orchis Melitias siue apifera. The Bee flower or Bee Orchis. |
| 7 | Dens Caninus flore purpurante. Dogges tooth Violet with a pale purplish flower. |
| 8 | Dens Caninus flore albo. Dogges tooth Violet with a white flower. |