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TO? the Hiftorie of Pleltits. L I B. I.

it 2 This varietieof the left defcribed is called Elyarénz/Jar Oriezrtalrisﬁore ca/rm’co]2Zmo,The don- ble blew Orientall laeitith. -

13 This, Hyactmt/5;»: ommln cancbclrﬂfmus ﬂoreplrz/0, The milke-white double Oriental! Ia- ninth.

14. This,whieh Clztﬁz//5 calls hfyzzcintézrr oéﬁ/ctzor Hzﬂzmicz;5,l‘lath leaues fornewhat narrower, and riiort: flexible than the Mzrfcm, with a white veine running alongfl theinﬁde ofthem : among thelbl saues there rilethvpa Pralke of ionic foot high, bearing fome ﬁfteene or ﬁxteene lioures, more or lelfe, in (hape much iiiiﬁ the ordinary Englifh, conlifiing of fix Ie'aues,three {landing much out,and the other three little or nothing. Thefe floures are of a very duslry colour,as it were mitt with purple,yello»v,and greene : they haue no fmell. The feed, which is contained in trian—_ gular l'ieac:ls, is ﬁnooth, blaclre, lealy, and round. It ﬂoures in Iune.

is The l(?lli.f‘i Sp-mill: Hyacinth hath leaues like the Grape-ﬂoure,and (mall ﬂoures fhaped like the Orientall lacinth, {blue are of colour blew, and other fome white. The feeds are contai- ned in three cornered feedvelfels. I haue giuen the figure of the white and blew,together with their l‘eed-vefl'els.

16 This Indian laeinth with the tuberous root (faith Clztﬁmv) hath many long narrow fharpe pointed leaues fpreadvpon the ground, being fomewhat like to thofe of G3l'iiCi<€, and in the mid— dell ofthefe rilhvp many round ﬁrme Ilalkes of fome two cubits high, and oft times higher, fome- times exceeding the thickncﬂe ofones little finger 5 which is the reafon that oftentimes, vnlellb they be borne vp by fomething, they lie along vpon the ground . Thefe ftalkes are at certaine fpa» ces ingirt with Ieaues which end in {harpe points. The tops of thefe ftalkes are adorned with many’ white ﬁoures, fomewhat in fhape refembling thofe of the Orientall lacinth. The roots are knotty or tuberous, with diuers ﬁbres comming out of them. :1: T

The Place.

Thcfe ltindes of Iacinths have beene brought from beyond the Seas, fome out of one countreyi anld fome out of others, efpecially from the Bad countries, whereof they tooke the name arm?- ta 5:.

1] The Time. ‘ ‘They floure from the end of Ianuarie vnto the end of A prill. 1,} 7‘/ac Nzmzrc.

The Hyaelnths mentioned in this Chapter do lighrly cleanfe and binde 5the feeds are dry in

the third degree 5 but the roots are dry in the firfl, and cold in the fecond. QT ‘I’/ac Vcrtrm. , ,

The Root olllyaeinth boyled in Wine and drunke, ltoppeth the belly, prouolreth vrine, and helpeth againll the venomous biting of the ﬁeld Spider.

The feed is ofthe fame vertue,and is of greater force in flopping the laske and bloudy ﬂix. B€— ing drunke in wine it preuaileth againll the falling lick-nefl'e.

The roots,after the opinion of Dioj&orm’e5,being beaten and applied with white Wine, hinder or keepe baeke the growth ofhaires. T

i The feed giuen with Southerne-wood in Wiilc is good againfli the Iauﬂdif€- -#

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CHA p. 80. Of Faire /mired Iacint/9.

{I Tim Dcﬁrzpzion.

He Faire haired Iacinth hath long fat leaues, hollowed alongﬁgthe inﬁde, trough fa»

' fhion, as are moi’: of the Hyacinths, of a darke greene colour tending to rednc-{Te,Th6

Ptalke rileth out of the middeﬂ: of the leaues,bare and naked, foft and full of ﬂimic

juyce, which are befet round about with many fmall floures of an ouerworne purple colour: T113

mp of the [pike conﬁfteth of a number of faire fhining purple floures, in manner ofa ml‘: or bulb

Ofhgires, whereof it tooke his name Comoﬁu, or faire haired. The feed is contained in fmall bulr

kiss OF3 mining blacks .C°l°‘_”=_33 3“? mofi ofthofe of the Hyacinths. The roots are bulbous 0? Onion fafhion, full ofﬂlmle yutce, with fome hatrre threcls faftened vnto their bottome.

2 \/Vhite haired Iaclnth d_1ff€reth not from the precedent in roors,{la1kes,leaues or feed .Th° floures hereof are of a darlte white colour, with fome blaclrnefle in the hollow part ofithem, which fetreth forth the difference.

V i 3 Of this kincle I receiued another fort from Cont‘.-antinople, refernbling the ﬁrll hairy H}/3‘

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'cinth very notably; burdiﬁereth in that,that this is altogether greater, aswell in leaues,roots,and

floures, as alfo iris of greater beatttie without all comparifon. ‘Zr _ ~» I

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Of the Hiltorie of Plarrssi

I Hyfzc./mt/my came/’2¢_:_ Farre haired Iacinth.

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3 Hydéiﬂtizns comofu: Bizanrimr; Farre-haired Iacinth of Con ftantinoplei

2 H yacintézrs camoﬁrs além. White haired Iacinth.

':|: 5 Hyacimlm: coma/its mmofzts eleg4ﬂtior'§ Faire curld-haired branched Iacinthta