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Show 118 ¢ Of the Hittorie of Plants, 4° — Lie. mip tl, ™ Lis. 1. an oTherearetwo other more beautifull haired Iacinths nourifhed in the gardens ofout prime Florifts. Thefirftofthefe hath roots and leaues refembling thélattdefcribed : the ftalke commonly rifeth tothe height ofa foot,andit is d iuided into many branches on eucryfi de,which are finall and threddy, andthenat the endas it were of thefe threddy branches there come forth manyfmallerthreds ofa darke purple colour,andthefé fpread and diuaricate eee divers Thefloures growat the top, thruftor packt together like abunch of Grapessofa pleafanc bright sky colout,cuerylittlebottle-like floure fet about the hollow entrance withliHall whice f,p2ts not eafie to be perceiued. The roots are like the former, wayes, muchafter the mannerof the next deferibed ; yet the threds are re of fo pleafing a 8 Hyacinthus Botryoides ceruleus major. Great Grape-floure, colour, neither fo manyin number, nor fo finely curled, This is called Hyacinthus comofirs ramofis perpareus, Thefaire haired branched Iacinth. 5 ie heifers lite This isamoftbeautiful and elegantplant, andin his leaues androotshe ¢ Afters little from 9 The white Grape-floure differeth fromthe'sky-coloured lacinth,but in colou not r of thefloure:forthis Tacinth is ofa pleafant white ‘colour tending to y¢llownes, tipped about hollowpart with WVhite,whiter than Whit the eit felfe , otherwife there is no difference, the laft defcribed , but his ftalke, whichis as highas the former,is diuided into very many flen- der branches, whichfubdiuided into great plenty ofcurléd threads varioufly {pread abroad, make avery pleafant thew. The colouralfo is a light blew,and the floures vitally grow fo,that theyare moft dilatedat the bottome, andfoftraiten by little andlittle after the manner of a Pyramide, Thefe floures keepe their beautie long, butare fucceeded by no feedsthat yet couldbe obferned, © The Place, This by Fabius Columna (who fitfmade mentionhereof in writing ) is called Hyacinthas Sannefins panniculoa coma: By others, Hyacinthus comofus ramofus elecantior, The faite curld-haire Iacinth, Thefe floure in May. + 6 Hyaciathus botryoides ceruleus, Blew Grape-floure, Of the Hiftorie ‘of Plants.’ Thefe plants are kept in pardens for the beautic oftheir floures, wherewith our London gardens do abound. a The Time. 7 Hyacinthus ae cerulens major, Great Grape-floure, They floure from Februari tothe end of May. | The Names, The Grape-floure is called Hyacinthus Botry- vides, and‘yacinthus Neoticorum Dodone i » of fome, Bulbus Ei[culentus, Hyacinthus [ylucftris. cor. at, Hyacinthus exiguus T,ragt. Some iudge them tobe Bulbine,of Pliny, t Thefaire haired Iacinth deferibedinthefirf t place athe Hyacinthus ofDiofiorides andthe Antient s+ | The Nature and Vertues. + The'vertues[et dovone'in the ‘precedent Chap . ter properly belong to that kinde ofHyacinth which is aefcribedin chefirftplace inthis Chapeer, Cuar. 8. Of MMufcari, or Musked Grape-floure, G The Defcription, r 7 Ellow Mufcarie hathfiue ot fix long leaues fpread vponthe ground, thicke, far, and y full offlimie juyce, turning and winding themfel ues ctookedly this way &that way, hollowed along ft themiddle likea trough, as 6 The {mall Grape flourehath many long lowin the middle likea little trough,full of{lifat and weake leaues trailing vpon the ground,holmie juyce like the other Tacinths ; amongft which comeforththicke foft fmoothand weake ftalk es » leaning this way and that way, as not able to ftandvpright by reafonit is furcharged withv ery heauyfloures on his top,confifting of manylittle bottle-like blew floures, clofely thruf t or packed together likea bunch ofgra pes, ofa firong finell, yet not vnpleafant, fomewhat refembling the fauour of the Orange. The root is round and bulbous, fer aboutwithinfinite young cloues or roots, wherebyit greatly incre afeth. 7 The great Grape-floureis very in that this plant is altogether greater,like vato the fmaller ofhis kinde. The difference confifteth, but 3 the Ieaues are not fo long, Thesky-col oured Grape-floure hatha few Jeane s in tefpe& ofthe other Grape-floutes,the Which are hoster,fuller of juyce, ftiffe and vpright, whereas the others trail evpon the grou e are thofe of faire haired Tacinth,which atthe firft budding or {pringing vp are ofa purplith colour ; butbeing growne to perfection, becomeofadarke greene colour: among ft the which Ieauesri fe vp naked, thicke, and fat ftalkes,infirme and weakein refpec ofthe thickneffe and greatnef fe thereof, lying alfovponthe ground as do the leaues; fet from the middle to the top on eueryfi dewith many yellow floures, euerie one made likea {mall pitcherorlittle box, with a narrow mouth, exceeding fiveet of fmell like the fauor ofmuske, whereofit rooke the name Mufcari. The feed cods,confufedly made without order,ofa fat and {pongeous fub is inclofed in puffedor blownevp {tance,whereinis contained round blacke feed, The root is bulbous or onion fafhion, whereunt9 are annexed certain e fat and thicke ftrings like thofe ofDogs graffe, ; : 2 Ath-coloured catufcari or Stape-floure,hath largeand fat Icauesli A kethe preceden tnotdif- fering in anypoint, fauinge that thefe Jeaues at their fir {pringing vp are ofa pale dusky colour ikeathes erence, . The floures are likewife fiveer,but ofa pale bleake colour, wherein confifteth the dif- @ The |
