178 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



in euery one of the three falling leaues, this vfually flowreth early, euen 

 with the firft bulbous Flowerdeluces. 



Purpurea ma- We haue another purple, whofe flower is larger, and ftalke higher, and 

 is of a very reddifh purple colour, a little aboue the ground, at the foote or 

 le bottome of the leaues and ftalke : this flowreth with the later fort of Flow- 



erdeluces. 



- There is another, whofe flower is wholly purple, except the yellow 

 The'iate purple, fpot, and flowreth later then any of the other purples. 

 purpuna ruief- There is yet another purple, whofe vpright leaues are of a reddifh pur- 



cens labris cceru- . i i r 1 1 1 /" i > i 



lets. pie, and the tailing leaues or a blew colour. 



withbfew faui ple And another of a reddifh purple, whofe falling leaues are of a whitilh 



^"n/i'abrisTidi'ao blew colour, in nothing elfe differing from the laft. 



purple Another hath his falling leaues of a faire gold yellow, without any ftripe, 

 y et in fome there are veines running through the yellow leaues, and fome 

 P iute p is. rea lai " is h aue an e dg e f a fullen darke colour about them : the vpright leaues in e- 

 pSpy&'Teu Uei 7 ^ ^efe, are of a Violet purple. 

 Purpurea laMs Another is altogether like this laft, but that the falling leaues are of a pale 



exaltidocteruleo o 



& luteo mixtis. blew and yellow, trauernng one the other, and the arched leaues of a pale 



Party coloured . n - 



purple with ftriptpurplllh Colour. 



subpurpu'rea Another hath his vpright leaues ot a paler purple, and the falling leaues 



loins luteis. " & 



Pale purple with yellOW. 



ApikrfNBpk And another little differing from it, but that the arched leaues are whitifh. 

 S ris C iutei l s e . a Another whofe vpright leaues are of a pale blew, and the falling leaues 



Party coloured -^.l!- 

 blew and yellow. JCUOW. 



C egantiJn?. s And another of the fame fort, but of a little paler blew. 

 A faire haire co- w e haue another fort, whofe vpright leaues are of a faire brownifh yel- 

 AUen. obfoie- i ow colour, which fome call a Fuille mart, and others an haire colour ; the 

 A duii haire co- falling leaues yellow. 



And another of the fame colour, but fomewhat deader. 



Iris bulbofa Africana ferpentrice caule. 

 The purple or murrey bulbous Barbary Flowerdeluce. 



This Flowerdeluce as it is more ftrange (that is, but lately knowne and pofTerTed 

 by a few) fo it is both more defired, and of more beauty then others. It is in all 

 refpedls, of roote, leafe, and flower, for the forme like vnto the middle fort of thefe 

 Flowerdeluces, onely the loweft part of the leaues and ftalke, for an inch or therea- 

 bouts, next vnto the ground, are of a reddifh colour, fpotted with many fpots, and the 

 flower, being of a meane fize, is of a deepe purplifh red or murrey colour the whole 

 flower throughout, except the yellow fpot in the middle of the three lower or falling 

 leaues, as is in all others. 



And laftly, there is another fort, which is the greateft of all thefe nar- 

 lea obfoleta la- row l ea f ec l Flowerdeluces, in all the parts of it ; for the roote is greater 

 The duskie tnen any of the other, being thicke and fhort : the leaues are broader and 

 party colour- longer, but of the fame colour : the ftalke is ftronger and higher then any of 

 ed purple. t hem, bearing two or three flowers, larger alfo then any of the reft, whofe 

 falling leaues are of a duskie yellow, and fometimes with veines and bor- 

 ders about the brimmes, of another dunne colour, yet hauing that yellow 

 fpot that is in all : the arched leaues are of a fullen pale purplifh yellow, and 

 the vpright leaues of a dull or duskie blewifh purple colour : the heads or 

 homes for feede are likewife greater, and fo is the feede alfo a little. 



The Place. 



Thefe Flowerdeluces haue had their originall out of Spaine and Portu- 

 gall, as it is thought, except thofe that haue rifen by the fowing, and thofe 

 which are named of Africa. 



The 



