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places of the Low Countries, Narcijfcn run Htck, or Narcijfus Heckius ; by 

 rliuers others Narcijfus Afrtcanus aun-us maior, we may call it in Englifh, The 

 great African DafFodill, or the great Barbary DafFodill, or the great yellow 

 DafFodill of Argiers, which you pleafe. 



The fecond hath no other variation of name, then a diminutiue of the 

 former, as is fct downe in the title. 



The third is no doubt the fame, that Clufius fetteth downc in the twelfth 

 Chapter of his fecond Booke of the Hiftory of more rare plants, and ma- 

 keth the fourth fort, which came from Constantinople, and may alfo be the 

 lame, which he maketh his fifth, which (as he faith) he receiued from Do- 

 ctour Simor Touar of Seuill in Spainc. Wee call it, from the place from 

 whence we receiued it, Narcijfus Byzantirius, with the addition of totus lu- 

 /Vtfj, to put a difference from other forts that come from thence alfo : in En- 

 glifh, The yellow fmgle DafFodill of Turkic. 



Narcijfus Sulphureus maior. The greater Lemon coloured DafFodill. 



The greater of thefe Daffodils, beareth three or foure greene and very long leaues, 

 a foote and a halfe long at the leafl, among which rifeth vp a round, yet crefted ftalke, 

 not fo high as the leaues, bearing flue or fixe fingle flowers thereon, euery one of them 

 being greater then the ordinary French or Italian Daffodils, with many flowers vpon 

 a italke; of a faint, but yet pleafant yellow colour at the firft, which after they haue 

 been in flower a fortnight or thereabouts, change into a deeper, or more fullen yellow 

 colour : the cup in the middle is likewife larger, then in thofe formerly named, and of 

 a deeper yellow colour then the outer leaues, hauing onely three chiues within it. The 

 fmell is very pleafant. 



Narcijfus Sulphureus minor. The lefler Lemon coloured DafFodill. 



This lefler DafFodill hath broader and fhorter leaues then the former, of the colour 

 of other Daffodils, and not greene like the former : the (lalke of this rifeth vp higher 

 then the leaues, bearing foure or fiue flowers vpon fhorter footeftalkes, and no bigger 

 then the French DafFodill, of a pale yellow, which moft doe call a Brimftone colour, 

 the cup or rather crowne in the middle, is fmall, and broad open, of a little deeper yel- 

 low, hauing many chiues within it, and is as it were fprinkled ouer with a kinde of 

 mealineffe. The fmell of this is not full fo pleafant as the former. 



The Place. 



Both thefe haue been gathered on the Pyrensean Mountaines, and both 

 likewife haue been fent out of Italy. 



The Time. 



They both flower in the middle time of the Daffodils flowring, that is, in 

 Aprill. 



The Names. 



They haue their Latine names expreffed in their titles, and fo are their 

 Englifh alfo, if you pleafe fo to let them paffe; or elfe according to the La- 

 tine, you may call them, The greater and the lefler Brimftone coloured 

 Daffodils ; fome haue called them Narcijfus Italicus, but the Italians them- 

 felues haue fent them by the name of Narcijfo Solfarigno. 



Narcijfus totus albus polyanthos. The milke white DafFodill many vpon a Italke. 



The leaues of this DafFodill are of a meane fize, both for length and breadth, yet 

 fomewhat greener then in the ordinary forts, that haue fome whitenefle in them : the 



flowers 



