Of Dames Violets, or Queenes Gilloflowers.

1 Viola Matronalis flore purpureo. Purple Dames Violets. <column-break/> 2 Viola matronalis flore albo. White Dames Violets. <column-break/>

The description (la descripción).

1 Dames Violets or Queenes Gilloflowers, hath great large leaues of a darke greene colour somewhat snipt about the edges: among which spring vp stalkes of the height of two cubites, set with such like leaues: the flowers come foorth at the toppe of the braunches of a faire purple colour verie like those of the stocke Gilloflowers, of a verie sweete smell, after which come vp little long cods, wherein is conteined small long blackish seed. The roote is slender and threddie. 2 The Queenes white Gilloflowers are like the last before remembred, sauing that this plant bringeth foorth faire white flowers, and the other purple.

The place (el lugar).

They are sowen in gardens for the beautie of their flowers.

The time (la época).

They especially flower in Maie and Iune, the second yeere after they be sowen.

The names (los nombres).

Dames Violets is called in Latine Viola matronalis, and Viola Hyemalis, or winter Violets, & Viola Damascena: in French Violettes des Dames, & de Damas, and Girofflées des Dames, or Matrones Violettes: in English Damaske Violets; winter Gilloflowers, Rogues Gilloflowers, and close Sciences.

The temperature (el temperamento).

The leaues of Dames Violets are in taste sharpe and hot, very like in taste and facultie to Eruca or Rocket, and seemeth to be a kinde thereof.

The vertues (las virtudes).

The distilled water of the flowers heereof is counted to be a most effectuall thing to procure sweate.