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i r T^He red Lilly of Conftantinople hath a yellow fcaly or cloued root like to the moim. 



tain Lilly, but greater : from the which arifeth vp affaire fat ftalke a finger thicke of" 

 darke purplifh colour toward the top • which fometimes doth turne from his natural! 

 roundnefleinroa flat formejike as doth the great mountain Lilly : vpon which ftalk growfundr 

 faireand moll beautiful floures,in (hape like thofe of the mountaine Lilly : but of farre grcat^ 

 beauty, feeming as it were framed of red wax,tending to a red lead eolour.From the middle of the 

 flourecommeth forth a tende pointal or peftell,and likewifemany fmallchiues tipped withloofi 

 pendants. The floure is of a reafonable pleafant fauor.The leaues are confufedly fet about the ft 

 like thofe of the white Lilly, but broader and fborter. 



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This hath a large Lilly-like root, from which arifeth a ftalke fome cubit or more hieh 



fet confufedly with leaues like the precedent. The floures alfo rcfemble thofe of the laft defcribd 

 but vfually more in number,and they arc of a purplifh fangoine colour. ' 



t 3 Lilium Byzantinumflo, dilute rubente 



The light red Byzantine Lilly. 



$ 4 LiliumByzammummimatumfolyanths, 



The Vermilion Byzantine many-floured Lilly, 





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coior than rw»«r u «• « , dielaft, but in the colour of the floures , which are of a lighten? 1 

 ter gJeene ° f ** firft def «ibed.The leaues and ftalks aifo,as Ckjim obferuetb^re of a * 



to aJ*l?A\*}?° m ° rC fi ? y . be termed a variet y ^ the former,than othcrwiferfor according 

 th Tmidd le fin^^l " u^P this > thac the floures S™ equally from the top of the Aatt* 



S^to^SJ^^^ in I 0fli,e « !ft « andWimes confifts of twelue leaues as t 

 were a twin,as you may percewe by the figure. * 



.Theyfloureandflourl^withtheotherlimes 7 *^' 





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