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growing, for it ncuer hath leaues and flowers at one time together, wherein it is like 

 vnto a Colchicum, yet in roote and leafe it is a Daffodill. The roote is a little hlackifh 

 on the outlide, fomewhat like the roote of the Autumne Daffodill, from whence rifeth 

 vp a naked foote (lalke, bearing one pale yellow flower, breaking through a thinne 

 skinne, which firll enclofed it, compofed of lix leaues, the three outermoll being a 

 little larger then the reft, in the middle of the flower there are fix fmall chiues, and a 

 longer pointell. The whole flower is of an vnpleafant fent : After the flower is part, 

 come vp the leaues, fometimes before Winter, but moll vfually after the deepe of 

 \Vinter is pall with vs, in the beginning of the yeare, which are broad, long, and of a 

 pale greene colour, like the leaues of other Daffodils, but not greene as the Autumne 

 DafFodill is, and belides they doe a little twine themfelues, as fome of the Pancratium, 

 or ballard Sea Daffodils doe. 



NarciJ/'us Autumnalis maior. The greater Autumne or Winter DafFodill. 



The greater Autumne DafFodill rifeth vp with three or foure faire broad and (hort 

 leaues at the rirll, but afterwards grow longer, of a very deepe or darke greene colour, 

 in the middle of which rifeth vp a (hort, lliffe, round footeflalke, bearing one faire yel- 

 low flower on the head thereof (inclofed at the firil in a thinne skinne, or huske) and 

 confilleth of lix leaues as the former, with certaine chiues in the middle, as all or mofl 

 other Daffodils haue, which paffeth away without (hew of any feed, or head for feed, 

 although vnder the head there is a little greene knot, which peraduenture would beare 

 feede, if our (harpe Winters did not hinder it. The roote is great and round, couered 

 ouer with a blackifh skinne or coate. 



NarciJ/'us Autumnalis minor. The lefFer Autumne or Winter Daffodill. 



Clulius fetteth downe, that the manner of the flowring of this leffer Daffodill, is 

 more like vnto the Perlian Daffodill, then vnto the former greater Autumne kind; but 

 I doe finde that it doth in the fame fort, as the greater kinde, rife vp with his leaues firfl, 

 and the flowers a while after : the flower of this is leffer, and a little paler then the 

 flower of the greater kinde, but coniifting in like fort of fix leaues, narrow and f harpe 

 pointed; the greene leaues alfo are almofl of as deepe a greene colour, as the greater 

 kinde, but fmallc-r and narrower, and a little hollow in the middle. The roote is alfo 

 alike, but lelFer, and couered with a blackifh skinne as the former. This hath fome- 

 times borne blacke round feede in three fquare heads. 



The Place. 



The Perlian Daffodill hath beene fent fometimes, but very feldome, a- 

 mong other rootes from Conflantinople, and it is probable by the name 

 whereby it was fent, that it fhould naturally grow in Perfia. 



The other two haue likewife beene fent from Conllantinople, and as it 

 is thought, grow in Thracia, or thereabouts. 



The Time. 



They all doe flower much about one time, that is, about the end of Sep- 

 tember, and in October. 



The Names. 



The firfl hath been fent by the name of Scrincadf Per/iana, and thereupon 

 is called Narciffus Per/icus, The Perfian Daffodill. 



The other two haue been thought by diuers to be Colchica, and fo haue 

 they called them, vpon no other ground, but that their flower is in forme 

 and time fomewhat like Colchicum, when as if they had marked them bet- 

 ter, they might plainly difcerne, that in all other things they did refemble 

 Daffodils ; but now the names of Colchicum luteum maius, & minus, is quite 



loft, 



