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Oi the Hiftorie of PI 



»Wle like* trough From the mXo^^ 



rife vp ftrone thicke eroffe fi a !wT! cnic J e »«^or foil of flume mice : from the middle whereof 

 thicke,and full of ilimie juice. 





root 



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t io Hyacinths Ori entails caulefotiofo. 



Oriental! Iacinth with -leaues on the ftalke. 



t II HyacimbusOrientdisflorepleno 



The double floured Oriental Iacinth 



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another like the former in 



Haw, 



Thefe floures fmell fweetas the former,and the head s wherin the feeds arecontained,are of a ligh- 

 ter green colour. $ 



7 There is come vntovs from beyond the feas diuers other forts, whofe figures arc notextant 



with vs ; of which there is one like vnto the firft of thefe Oriental Iacinths, fauing that the floures 

 thereof are purple coIoured,whence it is termed H^cimhusptrptrorukus. j • . 



8 Likewife there is another called orkmdisalfas, differing alfo from the others in colour ot 

 the floures,for that thefe are very white 5 and the others blew. „/wp 



There is another called Hyacinihnt drtmalispx winter Iacinth : it is like the others in fhape> 



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but differeth in the time of flouring. 



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There is another Hyacinth belonging rather to this place than any other, tor tnan 



firft defcribed 



it differs not onely from them, butalfo from all other Iacinths jwfticn is, , "««" - I "' f 

 taS^SrimtJ one.and otherwhiles two narrow long leaues comming forth at the bottom of 



