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CHAP. XXI I 1 1. 

 Cyclamen. Sowebrcad. 



THe likeneffe of the flowers, and the f potting ot' the leaues of the Dens Caninus, 

 with thefe of the Cyclamen or Sowebread, maketh mee ioyne it next there- 

 unto : as alfo that after the bulbous rooted plants I might begin with the tube- 

 rous that remaine, and make this plant the beginning of them. Of this kinde there are 

 diuers forts, differing both in forme of leaues and time of flowring: for fome doe 

 flower in the Spring of the yeare, others afterwards in the beginning of Summer : but 

 the molt number in the end of Summer, or beginning of Autumne or Harucll, whereof 

 fome haue round leaues, others cornered like vnto luie, longer or fhorter, greater or 

 f mailer. Of them all in order, and fidt of thofe that come in the Spring. 



I. Cyclamen J'ernum fore purpurer). Purple flowred Sowebread of the Spring. 



This Sowebread hath a fmaller roote then mort of the others, yet round and blac- 

 kilh on the outfide, as all or moll of the rell are (I fpeake of them that I haue feene ; for 

 Clulius and others doe report to haue had very great ones) from whence rife vp di- 

 uers round, yet pointed leaues, and fomewhat cornered withall, greene aboue, and 

 ("potted with white fpots circlewife about the leafe, and reddiih vnderneath, which at 

 their firft comming vp are folded together ; among which come the flowers, of a red- 

 difh purple colour and very fweete, euery one vpon a fmall, long, and (lender reddifh 

 foote-llalke, which hanging downe their heads, turne vp their leaues againe : after the 

 flowers are pall, the head or feede veffel fhrinketh downe, winding his footeftalke, 

 and coyling it felfe like a cable, which when it toucheth the ground, there abideth hid 

 among the leaues, till it be growne great and ripe, wherein are contained a few fmall 

 round f cedes, which being prefently fowne, will growe firfl into round rootes, and af- 

 terwards from them flioote forth leaues. 



2. Cyclamen Veriium ftore albo. White flowred Sowebread of the Spring. 



The white flowring Sowebread hath his leaues like the former, but not fully fo 

 much cornered, bearing fmall fnow white flowers, as fweete as the other : and herein 

 conlilleth the chiefeft difference, in all other things it is alike. 



3. Cyclamen Vernum Creticum ftore albo. White Candy Sowebread of the Spring. 



This Sowebread is fomewhat like the former white kinde, but that the leaues grow 

 much larger and longer, with more corners at the edges, and more eminent fpots on 

 them : the flowers alfo fomewhat longer and larger, and herein confifteth the whole 

 difference. 



4. Cyclamen /E/tivum. Summer Sowebread. 



Summer Sowebread hath round leaues like vnto the Romane Sowebread, but fome- 

 what cornered, yet with fhorter corners then the luie leafed Sowebread, full of white 

 fpots on the vpperlide of the leaues, and very purple vnderneath, fometimes they haue 

 fewer fpots, and little or no purple vnderneath : the flowers hereof are as fmall, as 

 purple, and as fweete, as the purple Sowebread of the Spring time : the roote hereof 

 is like wife fmall, blacke, and round. 



5. Cyclamen Romanum rottttuKfolutm. Romane Sowebread with round leaues. 



The Romane Sowebread hath round leaues, fomewhat like vnto the common 

 Sowebread, but not fully fo round pointed at the ends, a little cornered fometimes 

 alfo, or as it were indented, with white fpots round about the middle of the leaues, 



and 



