138 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



greater then the next, which hee tooke formerly for the greateft : but it 

 might more fitly, in my iudgement, bee called Afphodelus bulbofus albus (if 

 there be any Afphodelus bulbofus at all) becaufe this do fo nearly refemble 

 that, both in the early fpringing, and the decay of the greene leaues, when 

 the ftalkes of flowers doe rife vp. Diuers alfo doe call it Ornithogalum Pan- 

 nonicum maximum album. 



The fecond hath his name in his title, as moft authors doe fet it downe, 

 yet in the great Herball referred to Dalechampius, it is called Ornithogalum 

 magnum Myconi. 



The third hath his name from the place of his birth, and the other from 

 his popularity, yet Dodonaeus calleth it Eulbus Leucanthemos. 



The laft is called by diuers Afphodelo-hyacinthinus, and Hyacintho-afpho- 

 delus Galeni. Dodonasus calleth it Afphodelus famina, and Afphodelus bul- 

 bofus. But Lobel, and Gerrard from him, and Dodonsus, doe make this to 

 haue white flowers, whereas all that I haue feene, both in mine owne, and in 

 others Gardens, bore greenifh flowers, as Clufius fetteth it truely downe. 

 Lobel feemeth in the defcription of this, to confound the Ornithogalum of 

 Mompelier with it, and calleth it Afphodelus hyacinthinus forte Galeni, and 

 faith that fome would call it Pancratium Monfpelienfe, and Afphodelus Galeni. 

 But as I haue (hewed, the Ornithogalum fpicatum and this, doe plainly differ 

 the one from the other, and are not both to be called by one name, nor t 

 be reckoned one, but two diftincl: plants. 



Ornithogalum /Ethiopicum. The Starre-flower of Ethiopia. 



The leaues of this plant are a foote long, and at the leaft an inch broad, which being 

 broken, are no lefle woolly then the woolly lacinth : the ftalke is a cubit high, ftrong 

 and greene ; from the middle whereof vnto the toppe, ftand large fnow white flow- 

 ers, vpon long, greene, thicke foot-ftalkes, and yellowifh at the bottome of the flower ; 

 in the middle whereof ftand fix white threeds, tipt with yellow chiues, compafling 

 the head, which is three fquare, and long containing the feede : the roote is thicke 

 and round, fomewhat like the Afphodelus Galeni. 



The Place. 



This plant was gathered by fome Hollanders, on the Weft fide of the 

 Cape of good Hope. 



The Time. 

 It flowred about the end of Auguft with thofe that had it. 



The Names. 



Becaufe it came from that part of the continent beyond the line, which is 

 reckoned a part of Ethiopia, it is thereupon fo called as it is fet downe. 



Ornithogalum Neapolitanum. The Starre-flower of Naples. 



This beautifull plant rifeth out of the ground very early, with foure or fiue hollow 

 pointed leaues, {landing round together, of a whitifh greene colour, with a white line 

 downe the middle of euery leafe on the infide, fomewhat narrow, but long, (Fabius 

 Columna faith, three foot long in Italy, but it is not fo with vs) in the middle of thefe 

 leaues rifeth vp the ftalke, a foote and a halfe high, bearing diuers flowers at the toppe, 

 euery one ftanding in a little cuppe or huske, which is diuided into three or foure 

 parts, hanging downe very long about the heads for feede : after the flower is paft, 

 thefe flowers doe all hang downe their heads, and open one way, although their little 

 foot-ftalkes come forth on all fides of the greater ftalke, being large, and compofed of 

 fix long leaues, of a pure white on the infide, and of a blewifh or whitifh greene colour 



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