1 82 The Garden of plea/ant Flowers. 



whence the flowers doe flioote forth, haue purple veines in them, and fo haue the fal- 

 ling purplifh leaues, and the three vpright leaues are not fo fmoakie, yet of a dun pur- 

 ple colour. 



Iris cterulea verficolor. The blew party coloured Flowerdeluce. 



This party coloured Flowerdeluce hath his leaues of the fame largenefle, with the 

 lefler variable purple Flowerdeluce laft defcribed, and his flowers diuerfly marked : 

 for fome haue the fals blew at the edges, and whitifh at the bottome, the arched leaues 

 of a yellowifh white, and the vpright leaues of a whitifh blew, with yellowifh edges. 

 Some againe are of a darker blew, with brownifh fpots in them. And fome are fo pale 

 a blew, that we may well call it an afh-colour : And laftly, there is another of this fort, 

 whofe vpright leaues are of a faire pale blew, with yellowifh edges, and the falling 

 leaues parted into two colours, fometimes equally in the halfe, each fide futable to the 

 other in colour : And fometimes hauing the one leafe in that manner : And fome- 

 times but with a diuers coloured lift in them ; in the other parts both of flower and 

 leafe, like vnto the other. 



Iris lutea variegate. The yellow variable Flowerdeluce. 



This yellow variable Flowerdeluce lofeth his leaues in Winter, contrary to all the 

 former Flowerdeluces, fo that his roote remaineth vnder ground without any fhew of 

 leafe vpon it : but in the beginning of the Spring it fhooteth out faire broad leaues, 

 falling downwards at the points or ends, but fhorter many times then any of the for- 

 mer, and fo is the ftalke likewife, not rifing much aboue a foote high, whereon are fet 

 two or three large flowers, whofe falling leaues are of a reddifh purple colour, the three 

 that ftand vpright of a fmoakie yellow, the arched leaues hauing their ridges of a 

 bleake colour tending to purple, the fides being of the former fmoakie yellow colour, 

 with fome purplifh veines at the foote or bottome of all the leaues : the roote groweth 

 fome what more flender and long vnder ground, and of a darker colour then manie of 

 the other. 



Another fort hath the vpright leaues of a reaf enable faire yellow, and ftand more 

 vpright, not bowing downe as moft of the other, and the purple fals haue pale edges. 

 rietas. Some haue their greene leaues party coloured, white and greene, more or lefle, and fo 

 are the huskes of the flowers, the arched leaues yellow, as the vpright leaues are, with 

 purplifh veines at the bottome. And fome haue both the arched and vpright leaues of 

 fo pale a yellow, that we may almoft call it a ftraw colour, but yellower at the bot- 

 tome, with purple veines, and the falling leaues purple, with two purple fpots in them. 



And thefe are the forts of the greater tuberous or Flagge Flowerdeluces that haue 

 come to our knowledge : the next hereunto are the lefler or narrow leafed kindes to be 

 defcribed; and firft of the greateft of them. 



i. Iris angu/h folia 'Tripolitana aurea. The yellow Flowerdeluce of Tripoly. 



This Flowerdeluce I place in the forefront of the narrow leafed Flowerdeluces, 

 for the length of the leaues, compared with the breadth of them ; it may fitly bee cal- 

 led a narrow leafed Flowerdeluce, although they be an inch broad, which is broader 

 then any of them that follow, or fome of thofe are fet downe before, but as I faid, the 

 length make them feem narrow, and therefore let it take vp his roome in this place, with 

 the defcription that followeth. It beareth leaues a yard long, or not much lefle, and 

 an inch broad, as is faid before, or more, of a fad greene colour, but not fhining : the 

 ftalke rifeth vp to be foure or fiue foote high, being ftrong and round, but not very 

 great, bearing at the toppe two or three long and narrow gold yellow flowers, of the 

 fafhion of the bulbous Flowerdeluces, as the next to bee defcribed is, without any 

 mixture or variation therein : the heads for feede are three fquare, containing within 

 them many flat cornered feedes : the roote is long and blackifh, like vnto the reft that 

 follow, but greater and fuller. 



2. Iris 



