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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 4 Lise Lous. t | The Defcription. Mean and full of juyce, deepely hollowed in thi s, thicke,fat, he Orientall Iaci nthhathgteat leaues, iSmiddle likea trough: from the; middle of thofe leaues rifeth vpaftalke two han ds high, bare without leaues, very fmooth, foft, and full afjuice, loden toward the top with many ee ro t 1s ‘The Floures, hollowlike bell, greater than the Englith Iacinth,but otherwifelikethem. st ' . > : vata ts + Ofthe Hiftory of Plants, £, 14! Hyacinthus obfoleto flore Hilpanicus major. ‘Thegreater dusky floured Spanifh Iacinth, £ 15 Hyacinthus minor Hifpanicus, The lefler Spanithfacinth, > T py great, bulbous,or Onion fafhion, couered with many fealy reddifh filmes or pillings , {uchas gt “TheLadisch with manyFloutes(for fodoth the word Po/yanthos import) hath very a large and broad leaues, fhort andvery thicke,fat, or full of flimy juyee + fromthe middle Ww yr rifevp ftrong thicke groffe ftalkes,bare and naked,fet from the middle ro the op with many ew or $kie coloured Floutes growing for the moft part vpononefide ofthe ftalke. The root 1s great, thicke,andfull of flimyjuyce. ro Hyacinthus Orientalis caule fotiofo 4 lacinth with leaues on the ftalke. } Orientall + 1t Hyacinthus orientalis i florepleno. i The double floured Oriental Iacinth, ¥ 16 Hyscinthus Indicus tuberofus. (The tuberous rooted Indian Iacinth: the fetting on ofthe floure. Whereupon Clyfius calls it Hyacinthus orientalis caule foliofo That is,the Oriental Hyacinth with leaues on the ftalke. q] Ofdoublefloured Oriental Hyaciaths, Ofthis kindredthere are twoor three more varieties , whereofI wil giue you the defcription of the moft notable,andthe names ofthe other two; which,with that I fhalldeliuer of this, may ferue for fufficient defeription. The # 6 Thereisanotherlike the former in each refpea , faning that the floures are wholly white on theinfide, and whitealfo on the outfide,but three ofthe out-leaues are ofa pale whitifh yellow. Thefe floures fell fweet as the former, and the heads wherein the feeds are containe are ofa lighter greene colour, + 7 There iscomevantovs from beyondthe feas diuers other forts, whofe figures are norextant with vs ; of which there is one like vntothe firft of thefe Oriental lacinths,fauing thatthe floures thereofare purple coloured ; whenceit is termed Ayacinth us purpurorubems.° 8 Likewife there is another called orientalis albus, differing alfo from the others the floures, for that thefe are very white, and the others blew. in colour of 9 There isanothercalled H yacinthus Brumalisox winter Jacinth: it is like the others in fhap¢ but differet h in the time of flouring. $ 10 There isanother Hyacinth belonging rather to this place than any other, for that i root,leaues, flutes,andfeedsit refembles the firtt deferibed Oriental Tacinth ; but in onerefpe d it differs not onely from them, but alfofromall other Jacinths : whichis, ithath aleauie ftalke, ; hauing fometimes one, and-otherwhiles twonarrowlong leaues commingforth at the iptoon s the firft of thefe (which Clufius calls Hyacinthus 0- rientalis{ubvirecenteflore, or,the greenith flou- red double Oriental! Tacinth ) hath Ieaues, roots,andfeeds like vnto the formerly deferi. bedOriental Iacinths ; but the floures (wher- in the difference confifts) are at the fir , be- fore they be open, greene, and then on theout fide next tothe ftalkeof a whitith blew; and they confift of fix Ieaues whofe tips are whitifh,yct retaining fome manifett greenes:then out of the midft of the floure comes forth another floure confifting ofthree leaues,whitith ontheir innerfide, yet keeping thegreat veine or ftreakevponthe outer fide,each floure hauing inthe middle a few chiues with blackith pendants. Itfloures in April, K2 12 This |