The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 



but an accidentall kinde thereof, whereas it is (as is faid before) held to bee conrtant, 

 continuing in this manner. 



6. Fritillaria fi>,rc lutco puro. The pure yellow Fritillaria. 



The pure yellow Fritillaria hath a more round, and not fo flat a whitiih roote as the 

 former kindes, and ot a meant- hignefle; from the middle rifeth vp a ftalkc a footc and 

 a halte high, and Ibmetimcs higher, whereon are fet without order diuers long and 

 fomewhat broad leaues of a whitiih greene colour, like vnto the leaues of the blacke 

 Fritillaria, but not aboue halfe fo broad : the flower is fomewhat fmall and long, not 

 much vnlike to the blacke for fhape and fafhion, but that the leaues are fmallcr and 

 rounder pointed, of a faint yellowilh colour, without any (hew of fpots or checkers 

 at all, eyther within or without the flower, hauing fome chiues and yellow pendents in 

 the middle, as is to be feene in all of them : the feede is like the firft kinde. 



7. Fritillariajiore luteo var/'o fiue punttato. The checkerd yellow Fritillaria. 



This Fritillaria groweth not much lower then the former, and brownifh at the ri- 

 ling vp, hauing his leaues whiter, broader, and fhorter then it, and almoft round poin- 

 ted. The flower is greater, and larger fpread then any other before, of a faire pale yel- 

 low colour, fpotted in very good order, with fine fmall checkers, which adde a won- 

 derfull plealing beauty thereunto : it hath alfo fome lifts of greene running downe the 

 backe of euery leafe. It feldome giueth feede; the roote alfo is like the other, but not 

 fo flat. 



8. Fritillaria lute a maxima Italica. The great yellow Italian Fritillaria. 



This kinde of Fritillaria rifeth vp with a round and browne greene ftalke, whereon 

 are fet diuers leaues fomewhat broad and fhort, which compafle the ftalke at the bot- 

 tome of them, of a darke greene colour ; at the toppe of the ftalke, which bendeth a 

 little downewards, doe moft vfually ftand three or foure leaues, betweene which com- 

 meth forth moft vfually but one flower, which is longer then the laft, hanging downe 

 the head as all the others doe, confuting of fixe leaues, of a darke yellowifh purple 

 colour, fpotted with fome fmall red checkers. This kinde flowreth late, and not vn- 

 till all the reft are part. 



9. Fritillaria Italorum polyanthos Jiore parno. The fmall Italian Fritillaria. 



This fmall Italian Fritillaria carrieth more ftore of flowers on the ftalke, but they 

 are much f mailer, and of a yellowifh greene colour, fpotted with long and fmall darke 

 red checkers or markes : the ftalke hath diuers fmall Ihort greene leaues thereon, vnto 

 the very toppe. 



I o. Fritillaria lutea luncifolia Lujitanica. The fmall yellow Fritillaria of Portugall. 



The leaues of this Fritillaria are fo fmall, narrow and long, that it hath caufed them 

 to take the name of rufhes, as if you Ihould call it, The rufh leafed Fritillaria, which 

 ftand on a long weake round ftalke, let without order : the flower is fmall and yellow, 

 hut thicker checkerd with red fpots then any of the other yellow Fritillaria's ; the ftalk 

 of the flower, at the head thereof, being alfo of a yellowifh colour. 



i i . Fritillaria Pyrenceajiue Apcnninea. The blacke Fritillaria. 



The roote of this kinde doth often grow fo great, that it feemeth like vnto the roote 

 of a fmall Crowne Imperiall : the ftalke is ftrong, round, and high, fet without order, 

 with broader and whiter greene leaues then any of the former, bearing one, two, or 

 three flowers ; fometimes at the toppe, being not fo large as thofe of the ordinary pur- 

 ple Fritillaria, but fmaller, longer, and rounder, fometimes a little turning vp the 

 brims or edges of the leaues againe, and are ot a yellowilh Ihining greene colour on 



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