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kindcs of Flowerdeluces, and placeth it in the fore rankc, calling it Iris bul- 

 bofa latifolia prima, that is, The fidl broad leafed Flowerdelucc, and all o- 

 thers doe the like, I haue (as you fee) in the like manner put it before all the 

 other, and keepe the fame name. The Spaniards, as he faith, called it Lirio 

 <-/'p(i</ti>nil, and they of Corduba, Linos azu/es. 



The other hath no other name then as it is in the title. 



i . Iris bulbofa motor Juie Anglica carulca. 

 The blew EnglUh bulbous Flowerdeluce. 



This bulbous Flowerdeluce rifeth vp early, euen in lanuary oftentimes, with fiue 

 or fix long and (narrow, in comparifon of any great breadth, but in regard of the other 

 kinde) broad whitifh green leaues, crefted or ftraked on the bacldide, and halfe round, 

 the inlide being hollow like a trough or gutter, white all along the infide of the leafe, 

 and blunt at the end ; among which rifeth vp a ftiffe round llalke, a cubit or two foot 

 high, at the toppe whereof, out of a skinnie huske, commeth forth one or two flowers, 

 confiding ot' nine leaues a peece, three whereof that are turned downewards, are lar- 

 ger and broader then the other, hauing in each of them a yellow fpot, about the mid- 

 dle of the leafe, other three are fmall, hollow, ridged or arched, couering the lower 

 part next the llalke of thofe falling leaues, turning vp their ends, which are diuided 

 into two parts, other three ftand vpright, and are very fmall at the bottome of them, 

 and broader toward the toppe : the whole flower is of a faire blew colour ; after the 

 flowers arc pall, come vp three fquare heads, fomewhat long, and lanke, or loofe, 

 containing in them round yellowiih feede, which when it is ripe, will rattle by the fha- 

 king of the winde in the dry huskes : the roote of this kinde is greater and longer then 

 any of the fmaller kindes with narrow leaues, couered with diuers browne skinnes, 

 which feeme to be fraught with long threeds like haires, efpecially at the fmall or vp- 

 per end of the roote, which thing you (hall not finde in any of the fmaller kindes. 



2. Iris bulbofa maior pur pur ea & purpuro inolacea. 

 The paler or deeper purple great bulbous Flowerdeluce. 



Thefe purple Flowerdeluces differ not from the laft defcribed, either in roote or 

 leafe : the chiefell difference conlilleth in the flowers, which in thefe are fomewhat 

 larger then in the former, and in the one of a deepe blew or Violet purple colour, and 

 in the other of a deepe purple colour, in all other things alike. 



There is alfo another, in all other things like vnto the former, but only in the flower, Flore 

 which is ot a pale or bleake blew, which we call an dh-colour. 



3. Iris bulbofa maior purpurea variegatajiue Jlriata. 

 The great purple (Iript bulbous Flowerdeluce. 



There is another of the purple kinde, whofe flower is purple, but with fome veines 

 or ilripes of a deeper Violet colour, diuerfly running through the whole leaues of 

 the flower. 



And another of that bleake blew or a(h-colour, with lines and veines of purple in Flare ti 

 the leaues of the flowers, fome more or lefle then other. JMau f 



And againe another, whofe flower is of a purple colour like vnto the fecond, bot'pAng 

 that round about that yellow fpot, in the middle of each of the three falling leaues (as<"^ e' 

 is vfuall in all the bulbous Flowerdeluces) there is a circle of a pale blew or alh-colour, 

 the rell of the leafe remaining purple, as the other parts of the flower is. 



4. Iris bulbofa maior fore rubcntc. 

 The great peach coloured bulbous Flowerdeluce. 



There is another of thefe greater kindes, more rare then any of the former, not 

 differing in roote, leafe, or flower, from the former, but onely that the flower in this is 

 of a pale reddiih purple colour, comming fomewhat neare vnto the colour of a peach 

 bloffbme. . Iris 



