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Show Of the Hiftorie! of Plantsé Lusen —— caerulea, er He frit kindeoflacinth bath three very fat thicke browneIeaues, hollow| ikea little "trough, very brittle, of the Iength ofa finger samofig which fh ae y pfa t thic Kbrow ‘fhithftalkes, foft andvery tender, and’full of juyce ; wheretipon do grow eae blewFloures confifting of fix little leaues {pred abroad like a ftarre. The fe ed s came finall round bullets, which are fo ponderous or heauy that they lie trailing vpon thé ground. The rootis bulbous or Onioti fafhion, coueredw ith brownifh {cales orfilmes, 2 There isalfo awhite flouredone of this kinde, or 3 There is foundanotherofthis kinde which feldome.or neuer hath oan aoe nyaie The roots are bulbed like the other. The Floures be whitifhyftarre-fafhion,tending to blewneffe, whichI receiued ofRobimus ofParis. Hyacidihys ftellaris Someri. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 5 Hyacinthusftellaris ByXantinus nigraradice,flore @| Thedefiription. Sowers {tarry eer ee lacinth. Lis. 1. £ 9 Hyacinthus ftellatus aftivus major. re The greater ftarry Summer Iacinth, ; The blew ftarry Iacinth of Conftantinople, with the blacke root. 6 Hyacinthusflellatus ByXantinus majorflore carw~ Leo. The greater blew ftarry- Iacinth of Conftantiple. 7 Hyacinthusfiellatus By<amtinus alterflore boragi- 9 Hyacinthnsftellatus aftivus major. The greater ftarry. SommerIacinth. To Hyacinthys frellatus aftivus minor . The leffer farry SummerIacinth, 11 Hyacinthus ftellaris Poreti lore caruleo firys purpuress . Porets {tarry Tacinth withblew Floures, hauin g purple ftreakes alone ft their middles. I " Hyacinthus Hifpaniousfellarisflorefaturé cary. eo. ns, Theotherblewftarry Iacinth of Conftantino- The Spanith ftarry Iacinth with deepe blew nople, with Floures fomewhat tefemblin io ° Borage. f floures. 13 There is another ftarry Iacinth more 8 Hyacinthusflellaris aftivus,fine exoticus Someri large and beautifull than any of thefe before flore cineree. mentioned. The leaues are broad and nor very Ath coloured ftarry lacinth,or Somers Yacinth. long, fpread vpon the ground, and in the mid ofthem there rifeth bearetha great {pokeof faire ftarry floures, whichfirft begin to open vpa ftalke which at the top fhew themfeluesbylittle andlittle to the top of the ftalke.. The vfirallthemfelues below, and fo purple floures. There isalfoa fort hereofwhich hath fleth-coloured fort hereofhath blewor floures, and another with white Floures : Thisis called Hyacinthus fellatus Perwanus, The {tarry Iacinth of Pern, 10 Hyacinthusfeellatus eftivus minor, The lefler tarry Summer Iacinth, 13 Hyacinthus Peruanus, HyacinthofPeru, 4 This kinde of Hyacinth hath manybroad leaues fpread pon the ground, like vnto thofe of Garden Lilly, but fhorter, The ftalkes dorife out ofthe middeft thereof bare, naked, andvery fmooth, an handfull high at the top whereof do grow finall blew floures {tarre-fafhion, very like vato the precedent. The root is thicke and full ofjuyce, compad ofmany f{ealy cloues of a yellowcolour. , + Thereare fome tenneorelevenvarieties of ftarry Iacinths, befides thefe two mentionedb our Authour, They differ cach fromother either y in the time of flouring (fome of them fiourin g in the Spring, other fomein Sommer)in their bigneffe, or the colours oftheir floures. The leaues of moft of themare muchlike to our ordinarie Jacinth, or Hare-bels >and lie {pread vpon the ground. Their floures in fhape refemble the laft defcribed, burare vfually more in number , and fomewhat larger. The colour of moft of themare blewor purple, one ofthem excepted, which is ofan Ath colour, andis knowne bythe name ofSomers his lacinth, T thinkeit not amiffe to giue youtheirvfuall names, together with fomeof their figures ; for fo you may eafily impofe truly vpoathe things them themfelucs whenfoeuer youfhall fee them, : Thofe whoare ftudious in varieties of Floures, and require larger defcriptions of thefe, may haue recourfe tothe Workes ofthe learned Carolus Englith,wherethey may hauefull fatisfa@ion. + Clufins in Latine, or to M,Parkinfans Workein q Theplace, i te The three firft mentioned Plants grow in many places of Germany in woods and moifitaine s, as Fuchfins and Gefner do teftifie : In Bohemia alfo vpon diuers bankes thatare full ofHerbes. In England |