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Show TheGanden of pleafans Ehaners. \ eG OE EEN ST the Indies , he = AE Ez 9 differ very notably, from thofe tha ee aeaoant furuey a cnlenhs ranked euery ew inthelapeeFaneice Wwitwill direhim,vnder fome other growing Withys, ae ‘necicd likereffe,; Euga fo,verill fome orhgr can direst his place mora itlys I oe : ei outo himin this, with this defcription thar followeth, which iba ae alfo, accept is morebof yrelat ion then knowledge, jor fight of the plant it lelfe, This Daffodill hath diners broad leaues, fomewhatdikevatothecommonor ordinary white Daffodill, ofa grayith greene colour ; from thefides whereof, as.alfo from the middle ofthem,rife vp fometimes twoftalkes together, but moft vfually one afteran. other(for very often it flowreth twice.in a Summer) and: often alfo byt one ftalkeslone, which is of a faint reddifh colour, about afoote high or more, atthe toppe whereof, out ofa deepe red skinne or huske, commeth forth one flowerbendi downewards; confifting of fixe long leaues: without any cup in the middle, ofanex. cellent red colour,tending to a crimfon; three of thefe leaues that turne vpwards,,.are fomewhatlarger thenthofe three that hang downewards , haning fixe threads or chiuesin themiddle, tipt-with yellow pendents > anda three forked ftilelonger then the reft,, and turning vp the end thereof againe: the roote is round and bigge, ofa brownifh colour onthe ourfide, and white within. Thisis fet forth by Aldisus, Cat. dinall Farnefius his Phyfitian, that.at Romeit rofe vp with ftalkes offlowers, be! fore any leaues appeared, The Place, Time, and Names, This naturally groweth in the Weft Indies,from whenceit was brought into Spaine,whereit bore both in IuneandIuly,and by the Indiansintheit tongue named AzcaL Xocuitt,and hath beenefent from Spaine,vato diuers louers ofplants, into feuerall parts of Chriftendome » but hauenot thriued longin thefetranfalpine colder Countries, fo faras I can heare. Warciffias Trapezunticus flore lates pracocifsinsu, The early Daffodill ofTrebizond, Becaufe this Daffodilis fo like in flower vnto the former, althou gh differing incolour, [thought it the fitteft place to ioyneit the next thereunto. This early Daffodil hath three or foure fhort very greencleaues, folike vntoth e Daffodill,that many may eafily bee deceiued in miftaking oneleaues of the Autumn foranother, the diff rence confifting chiefly inthis, that the leaues ofthis are not fo rifevp in Autumne: inthe midft ofthefe leaues rifeth vpafho broadorfolong, not rt green ftalke, an han¢full high, or not much highervfually, (I {peake ofit as it hath often flowred with mt, whether the caufe bethe coldneffe of the time wher the plant, or ofour climate, Iamin fome doubt ;butein it fowreth » orthe natured! ftalkes ofome plants, that haue flow red later with me I doe well remember » thar tht then the firft, haue ter ftrength, and comfor ortt of the th Sunnne,tifen a good deale higher thenthefirby thegree ft) bearing atthe top, out of a whitith thinne skinne ftrip ding downewards, confifting of fixe leaue ed with greene, one flower alittle bet s,la the formerIndian Daffodil, whereof fome id open almoftin the fame mannerwith doea little turne vp their Points againe, afaire pale yellow colour > hauing fixe 0 white chiu es Withinit, tipt with yellowpet dents, andaJon ger pointell : the root eis hot very great, but blackithon the outlide, fo like vato the Autumne Daffodil! > but thar itis yellow vnderthe firft or owtermoh Coate, that one maycafily miftake one for anoth ers The Place. It Wasfent vs from Con ftantino ple gheffe by the'name,it thould come thitamongother rootes, butas wee may her from Trapezunte or Trebizond The Time, Tt fowreth fometimes in Decemb > er, if the former part of the i au a> 2 arable Daffadill, 2 Narciffus Mlatténefe. The Gijus Iecooeus fore rubre. lefler yellow Nomparelle Daffodill. 3 Nar There dian Daffodil. 4 Nartiffies Lrapexunticus oT hecacly Daftodillot Trabeland. 5 Narciffus Son: anus (busy obvGius oreditas. The wht . te winz ed Daffodil. 6 Narciffzs Montanus, fine Nompareille torus - 30 *soupateule, or Vee:l' efe DaFad albus, The white ill. 7 Narcifas albus oblenzo calice. The white Daffodil! witha long cup, |