"The Garden of pleafant Flowers. 129 



The Time. 



Thefe flower in Aprill, but the firft is the earlieft of the reft, and is in 

 flower prefently after the early Starry lacinth, before defcribed. 



The Names. 



The former haue their names in their titles, and are not knowne vnto vs 

 by any other names that I know ; but as I faid before, the laft is called by 

 fome, Hyacinthus Boraginis flore. The firft was fent out of Turkic, by the 

 name v>\ Sufnmgiul, by which name likewife diuers other things haue beene 

 lent, fo barren and barbarous is the Turkish tongue. 



Hyacinthus Stfllatus ftLftrvus mtiior. The greater Summer Starry lacinth. 



This late lacinth hath diuers narrow greene leaues, lying vpon the ground, fome- 

 what like the leaues of the Englifh lacinth, but ftiffer and ftronger; among which ri- 

 feth vp a round ftiffe ftalke, bearing many flowers at the toppe thereof, and at euery 

 foote-ftalke of the flowers a fmall Ihort leafe, of a purplifli colour : the flowers are 

 ftarre-like, of a fine delayed purplifh colour, tending to a pale blew or am colour, ftri- 

 ped on the backe of euery leafe, and hauing a pointed vmbone in the middle, with 

 fome whitilh purple threeds about it, tipt with blew: the feede is blacke, round, and 

 (hinin^, like vnto the feede of the Englim lacinth, but not fo bigge : the roote is round 

 and white, hauing fome long thicke rootes vnder it, befides the fibres, as is vfuall in 

 many other lacinths. 



Hyacinthus Stellatus ALfthws minor. The lefler Summer Starry lacinth. 



This lefler lacinth hath diuers very long, narrow, and mining greene leaues, fpread 

 vpon the ground round about the roote, among which rifeth vp a very (hort round 

 ftalke, not aboue two inches high, carrying fix or feuen fmall flowers thereon, on each 

 fide of the ftalke, like both in forme and colour vnto the greater before defcribed, but 

 letter by farre : the feede is blacke, contained in three fquare heads : the roote is fmall 

 and white, couered with a browne coate, and hauing fome fuch thicke rootes among 

 the fibres, as are among the other. 



The Place. 



Both thefe lacinths grow naturally in Portugall, and from thence haue 

 been brought, by fuch as feeke out for rare plants, to make a gaine and pro- 

 fit by them. 



The Time. 



They both flower in May, and not before: and their feed is ripe in luly. 



The Names. 



Some doe call thefe Hyacinthus Lu/itanicus, The Portugall lacinth. Clu- 

 fius, who firft fet out the defcriptions of them, called them as is exprefled in 

 their titles; and therefore we haue after the Latine name giuen their EnglHh, 

 according as is let downe. Or if you pleafe, you may call them, The grea- 

 ter and the lefler Portugall lacinth. 



Hyacinthus Ste/laris Jtwc cinereo. The afh coloured Starry lacinth. 



This afh coloured lacinth, hath his leaues very like vnto the leaues of the Englilh 

 lacinth, and fpreading vpon the ground in the fame manner, among which rife vp one 

 or two ftalkes, fet at the toppe with a number of fmall ftarre-like flowers, burning big- 



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