112 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



Indicus tuberofa radice, that is in Englifh, The Indian lacinth with a tuberous 

 roote: Some would call thefe Hyacinthus Eriop horns Indicus, that is, The In- 

 dian woolly lacinth, becaufe they haue much wooll in them when they are 

 broken ; yet fome doe doubt that they are not two plants feuerall, as of 

 greater and lefTer, but that the greatneffe is caufed by the fertility of the 

 foyle wherein it grew. 



i. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus, Jiue Mufcari Jiore flauo. 

 The great yellow Muske Grape-flower, or yellow Mufcari. 



This Muske lacinth or Grape-flower, hath fiue or fix leaues fpread vpon the ground 

 in two or three heads, which at the firft budding or (hooting forth out of the ground, 

 are of a reddifh purple colour, and after become long, thicke, hollow, or guttered on 

 the vpper fide, of a whitifh greene colour, and round and darke coloured vnderneath : 

 in the middle of thefe heads of leaues, rife vp one or two hollow weake brownifh 

 ftalkes, fometimes lying on the ground with the weight of the flowers, (but efpecially 

 of the feede) yet for the moft part ftanding vpright, when they are laden towards the 

 toppe, with many bottle-like flowers, which at their firft appearing, and vntill the 

 flowers begin to blow open, are of a browne red colour, and when they are blowne, 

 of a faire yellow colour, flowring firft below, and fo vpwards by degrees, euery one of 

 thefe flowers is made like vnto a little pitcher or bottle, being bigge in the belly, and 

 fmall at the mouth, which is round, and a little turned vp, very fweete in fmell, like 

 vnto Muske, whereof it tooke the name Mufcari; after the flowers are paft, there come 

 three fquare thicke heads, puffed vp as if it were bladders, made of a fpongie fub- 

 ftance, wherein are here and there placed blacke round feed : the roote is long, round, 

 and very thicke, and white on the outfide, with a little woollinefle on them, being bro- 

 ken, and full of a flimie iuice, whereunto are annexed thicke, fat, and long fibres, 

 which perifh not as moft of the other lacinths; and therefore defireth not to bee often 

 remoued, as the other forts may. 



2. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus, feu Mufcari flore cineritio. 

 The Afhcoloured Muske Grape-flower, or Mufcari. 



This Mufcari differeth not in rootes, or forme of leaues or flowers from the former, 

 the chiefe differences are thefe : the leaues hereof do not appeare fo red at the firft bud- 

 ding out of the ground, nor are fo darke when they are fully growne ; the ftalke alfo 

 moft vfually hath more ftore of flowers thereon, the colour whereof at the firft bud- 

 ding is a little duskie, and when they are full blowne, are of a bleake, yet bright afh- 

 colour, with a little mew of purple in them, and by long ftanding change a little more 

 gray ; being as fweete, or as fome thinke, more fweete then the former : the roote (as I 

 (aid) is like the former, yet yeeldeth more encreafe, and will better endure our cold 

 clymate, although it doth more feldome giue ripe feede. 



3. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofchatus, fine Mufcari flore rubro. 

 The red Muske Grape-flower. 



This kinde (if there be any fuch, for I am in fome doubt thereof) doth chiefly differ 

 in the colour of the flower from the firft, in that this fhould beare flowers when they 

 are blowne, of a red colour tending to yellowneffe. 



4. Hyacinthus Botroides maior Mofc/iatus,Jiue Mufcari Jtore alho. 

 The white Muske Grape-flower. 



This alfo is faid to haue (if there bee fuch an one) his leaues like vnto the fecond 

 kinde, but of a little whiter greene, and the flowers pale, tending to a white : the roots 

 of thefe two laft are faid vfually not to grow to be fo great as of the former two. 



The Place. 



The rootes of the two firft forts, haue been often fent from Conftantino- 



ple, 



