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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



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^J The Description. 



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THe firftkindc of Iacinth hath three very fat thickebrovvnc leaues 3 hollow like a little 

 trough,very brittle/* the length of a finger : among which (hoot vp fat thick brow- 



flonres 



blew 



bullctsjwhich are fo ponderous orheauy,that they lie trailing vpon the ground. The root is bul- 

 bous or onion- fa fhion 3 couered with brownifh fcales or filmes, 



2 There is alfo a white floured one of this kinde. 



3 There is found another of this kinde, which feldome or neuer hath more than two Jcaues, 

 The roots are bulbed like the other : the floures be vvhitift,ftar-fa(hion,tending toblewnefle 5 the 

 which I receiued of Robinm of Paris. * 





% 8 Hyacinthusftcllaris Someri 



Somers ftarry Iacinth, 



% 9 tiy&cinthus Jfe/Utus ajiivus major. 



The greater ftarry Summer Iacinth. 



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fmooth 



Jn handful! high \ at the top whereof do grow fmall blew floures ftarre-faftion very ke raw the 

 precedent. The oot is thicke and full of jmce^ompaa : of many Tcaly cloues of a yellow colour 



F u «. .i :„-:,.<. «f A^rru Ta/»mt1i« hr>fiH*>c rhrfp two mentioned 1 



There are fome ten or eleuen varieties of ftarry Iacinths befides thefe two mentioned by 



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er) in their bignefle 



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Iacinth or Hare-beHs^nd lie fpred vpon the ground. 



gs themfelues whenfoeuer you 



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