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It may enc aafivertheforme or qualities of fh, Phe great Seq Engli in , ens maxib us ott fitly becalled Narei(fits marin Daffodil!, both becaufeit isa true Daftodill , andthe greatett of all other n Sther plas and alfo becaufe it hath not been foufid, bitin Iflands, or elfi im vernum alteru am Indic atinm Pamcr it uleth entit tis Lobeli Sea. ces neare the de ott ac Narci([# Indicus alterifavic Patcrary Mon/peliact, but all this isywi fi So muchhath been faid oftheir amesin theit titles, as hath. cometo out knowledge; andtherefore letthatfuffice. . the matter,as may cafilybe knownby thatthat hath been faid be"2 re, Itthis Thus hauing gone through the whole Family ofthe true: Daffdils, (for fo much4s hath cometo our knowledge) and fet them downe euery one byhis name, andin his Thegreat Sca Daffodil, which yous#all, Scfo Clufius doth laftly entitle it, gla: Re EL ys We : fame order held with the former, as neare asthe plenty ofvariety herein,whichis not generally(as I faid before) called ofal} Narciffas fertins Matthioli,Mar olus his third Daffodil, which may, either fo patfewith vs, or’ as Lealled it 1. Pancrétinm Indicum, ant Natelfies Inditutedutuname!quorandanslobelj. il!ofLobel. mnDaffod The Indian Autu iS S39 Gusti \ is The Naines, plant hath in my 0 inion, 2 farre nearer-gefcmmblance vito an Hyacinthus,then ; i Daffodil: Burbacanfe Lobel-hath.fo {efit forth, I will fo”publiff ic vaitg you, leauingitto iudgement.. THeroote is, as he{aith, a {pan long, and of the thick neffe ofa mans arme, coucred with thany white fh¢lls, whereof.the outermoltare off darke red or Chefaut colour : the flowersnile, vp in September, and Qcober; being eight orten in number, cuery one by itfelfe vponatinallFoorltalke, madeoffixleant a peece, fomewhat long,‘narrow , and pointed; like vncothe fowers-ofthe Englif Colchicum,| or Medowe Saffron’, of a whitithlyctlo\y dinnecolour, with fix long threads inthe middle : the gretncleauesarelong and broad,and/broad pointed, i 2.Narciffas Marinas Udfricanus,fineExaticntLobel. TheSea Daffodil ofAftica, | rw ro The rodte ofthis ftrange plant(whichioffomelikenefle is called a Daffodill) is vey great, madcasit were of many fealy cloues, from whencerifeth vp a {mall fhort ftalt, bearing hardaboue the ground qwo faire broad greene pointedleaues, more longthii broad, fo compaffing the ftalkeat the bottome ‘tharit feemeth to run thretigh them: the ftalkeis fpotced with diuers difcoloured{pots,andis bare or naked from theferwd leaues vatothetoppe, whereit beareth onefaire double flower, like vato'a double 4 uemont,ofa delayed reddith colour, tending to’ablath, witlrmany threads fet’ abot the middle head. " ; 3. Nertiffus Marinus Exeticus, The ftrangeSea Daffodil. This ftrange Sea Daffodil, hath fiue or fix largeand long leaies ofa palegreene ¢t lour,fromamiong whichrifeth vp a ftrong and bigge ftalke, bearing at the toppe,ot ofathinne hofeor skinne , many very large flowers, made offix long and pointe leaues apeece, of a blewifh purplecolour, with alarge round open cup inthe middle ofa fadder colourthen the leaucs :the roote is very great , yet like vnto-other grttt Daffodils, the outer skins whereofare ofa darke browne colour, The Place. The Indian Daffodils grew in the vpper part of Hifpaniola inthe We Indies,and brought hither, where theyall foone perifhed. The other grew neare the Cape.of good Hope,and was broughtinto tie parts of Holland and thereabouts, from whence we had it, & perifhed allo, Thelaft is vaknowne whereit was gathered. The Time. The firft flowred in Autumne,as itis faid, The otherin the firtt Summeroftheir bringing. And fo did the laft, butthe fame rootes will not dower with vs againe order ; it is fitthat we {peake of their baftard brethren, and 'flicw youtheniallolinfhe the like with the former,will giucleauie, thatwhen you know them both by faceand name, youmaythe better know co place ordiftinguithof others, thathaue not pafled vider this rod. i fads Pfendonarciffius aureus Hifpanicus mexinins: Thegreat yellow Spanifh baftard Daffodilt. The roote ofthis kinde of Daffedill is reafonable great, and blackifh on the out! fide, defiring to be deepe in theground; and-therefore will rinne downey where it will then encreafe into many of-fets, from whence rifevp many thicke;long,and ftiffe caues, ofa grayifh greene colour, among whichrifeth vpa round {trong ftalke, fomes timesthree foote high or better, bearing atthe toppe one onely faire great yellow flower, ftanding forth right, and:not pendulous; confifting of fix fhort and fomewhat broad leaues, with avery great, large, and long trunke, ofan equall largeneffe, but openatthe mouth, andturning vp the brimmesa little, which are {omewhat crumpled : after the Adweris paft, there commethin the placeathree {quare head, contait ning round blackefeede, like vnto other Daffodils, Pfeudonarciffins Pyréneus Hifpanico Anoli¢o fimilis, The Mountaine baftard Daffodil! of diuets kindes. There is muchvariety inthis kinde of baftard Daffodill: For onefort hath verie broad and whitifh greene leaues,fomewhat fhort in comparifon ofothers, that are of that breadth : the fower is wholly yellow, buta little paler then the former Spanifh kinde, hauing the leaues of his flower long,and fomewhat narrow,ftandinglike wings about the middle trunke, which is as long as the teaues,and {maller then in many othet of this kinde, but litrle yellowerthenthe wings. Another fort hath narrowergreen Icaues then this laft,andlonger, the flower isall yellow,but thetrunke is larger,wider; and more open atthe mouth thenthe formeryand almoft as largeas the former Spanifh, but not fo highas the aft. A third hath thewings of the flower of a StrawécoJour, butthe trunke is long and narrow, of afaire yellow. A fourth hath fuch like flowers, but thatit is fhorter, both the wings and the trunke : Some likewife haue the wings of the fower longer, then the long trunke,and fome fhorter. Somealfo are alk yellow, and fome haue their wings onely alittle more pale or white, like the Englifh kinde : Some againe haue their trunkes long and narrow, others haue them largerand wider open, and crumpled atthe brimmes; fo that it is needleffe,to {pend a great deale oftime and labouryponfach fimally refpected howers, but that inthe beholding of them, we may therein admirethe worke of the Creatour, who caa framefuch diuerlity in one thing : But thisis befide the text, yet not impertinent. Pfeadonarci(fes pallidus precox. Tlie eatly Strawe coloured baftard Daffodill. Theleaues of this Daffodill are ofa meanefize, betweene the broadeft and the nar- rower kindes, of a grayith greene colour, and not very long: the ftalke rifeth vp a foor highor more, whercon ftandeth one large great flower, equalling the greateft Spanifla baftard Daffodill , before defcribed . inthe largeneffe of histrunke, and hauing the brimmes turned vpa little, which maketh it feemethe larger:the wingsor outerleaues are in amaneras (hort, as they are in the greateft Spanith kinde, (and notlong flagging down, like vnto the Mountain kinds)and ftand ftraight outright:all the whole Bower 5 Of Ia Ss veeeinl The Garden ofpleafant Flowers. neof them eightortenflowerson them) which ofealf |