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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 36 Ludi L. Len tedyandthefeare of a paler colour; other fomeare much more obtufe, and ithefe arc of a deeper 56 a a 7 % andeedhd Narciffius Rofeus Tradefcanti,Trade(cants Rofe Daffodill, Py! fj Y Pa AA ge tobe refpeaed, not fo much The third M. Parkinfonchallengeth to himfelfe , which is a floure Jeaues are ane and fharpe the fomeof for thereof, re compofu for the beautie,as for the various ly fome few hol low., and on nd narrow,a and long fort third a pointed others obtufe and cutled, ofa yellow ith greens and ftreaked, ly in fhape refembling a horne ; the vrmoft leaues are common Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. 37 Thisalfois much likethe former; but the fix incompaffing leaues ate of'a greenifh faint yellow colour; the cup is indented,or vnequally curled about theedges, but yellowlike the pre- cedent, Lobell calls this Narciffus montanus juncifolins flore fimbriato, The mountaine Ruth-leaued Narciffe with an indented or curled cup. £ 7 Narciffus montanusjuncifolinsflore $ 8 Narcilfus omninm minimus monta- fimbriato. yellow, yet fometimes they are edged the next to themfold themfelues vp ronnd, and are vfually of this nus albus. The mountaine Ruth leaued Narcifle pnetarne inthe midtt with greene: “There is adeepeyellow peftill diuided intothree fet forthhis Florilegic, or Parkinfon M. (before vfually I floure. -It floures inthe end of March. with an indented or curled cup, The leaft mountaine white Nar- ciffe. fhape and colour: garden offloures) called this foure Narci[[us mwree, by realon of its various maltiplex varins Parkinbut fince I thinkeit fitter to giueit to the Author,and terme it Warci([us foni, Parkinfons various double Narciffe. $ 5 Narciffus TacobansIndicus. : The Indian or Jacobean Narcifle. f. 6 Narciffusjuncifolius mostanus mipimus, The Jeaft Rufh-leaued’ Mouhtaine Narciffe. 8 Theleaues ofthis areas {mall asthe AutumneIacinth, the ftalke fome handfull high, and the floure like the laft deferibed, but it is ofawhitith colour. Lobell calls this lat defcribed, Narci(fus omnium minimus montanus alous, The leaft mountainewhite Nareifle. Thefe threelaft v{ual! y floure in Februarie. ¢ Cuar.87 5 Now comeI totreat of fome morerarely tobe found in our gardens, ifatall. That which @ The Kindes. takes the firft place isby Clufiws called NarcifJus Iacobeus Indicus;the Indian or Iacobzan‘ Nat ciffe. The root hereofis much like to an ordinarie onion,the leaues are broad like the other Nat cifles, the ftalke is fmooth,round,hollow, and without knots, at the to whereof, out ofa certaine skinny huske comesfortha faire red floure like that ofthe flouring Indian reed,but that the leaves ofthis are fomewhatlarger, and it hath fix chiues or threds in the middle thereofof the fame ¢ Jour as the floure,and they are adorned with brownifh pendants; in the midft ofthefe there ftands alitele farther ourthan the reft,a three forked ftile, vnder which fucceeds a triangular head, after the falling of the floure. This giueshis foure in Tuneor Iuly. 6 This Lobellcalls Narciffus montanus juncifolius minimus, The \eatt Ruth-leaued mountaite Narciffe. The leaues ofthis are like the Tunquilia; the ftalke is fhort,the floure yellow, with the fix winged leaues {mall and paler coloured;the cup openandlarge to the bigneffe ofthe flou : This OfTulipa, or the Dalmatian (ap. Viipa, or the Dalmatian Capisa ftrange andforreine floure,one of the numbet of thebul bed floures, whereof there be fundry {orts,fomegreater, fomeleffer,with whichall ftudious _ and painefull Herbarifts defire to be better acquainted, becaufe ofthat excellent diuerfitie of moft braue floures whichit beareth. Ofthis there be two chiefe and general] kindes, vis. Pracox and Serotina ; the oncdothbearehis floures timely, the otherlater. To thefe two wewill adde anotherfort called e#edia, flouring betweene boththe others. And fromthefe' three forts, as from their heads, all other kindes do proceed, which are almoft infinite in number. Notwithftanding, my louing friend M. Zames Garret,a curious fearcher ofSimples,and leatned Apothecary of Loadoa, hath vndertakentofinde out,if it were pofible, the infinite forts, by diligent fowing of their feeds, and by planting thofe ofhis owne propagation, and by others teceiued from his Friends : beyond |