260 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



ers, yet are in leafe and manner of growing, one fo like vnto another, that vntill they 

 come to flower, the one cannot be well knowne that beareth red flowers, from another 

 that beareth purple ; and therefore one defcription of the plant mall ferue, with a de- 

 claration of the fundry colours of the flowers. It rifeth vp with round whitifh woody 

 ftalkes, two, three, or foure foot high, whereon are fet many long, and not very broad, 

 foft, and whitifh or grayifh greene leaues, fomewhat round pointed, and parted into 

 diuers branches, at the toppes whereof grow many flowers, one aboue another, fmel- 

 ling very fweet, confifting of foure fmall, long, and round pointed leaues, (landing in 

 fmall long huskes, which turne into long and flat pods, fometimes halfe a foote long, 

 wherein is contained flat, round, reddifh feedes, with grayifh ringes or circles about 

 them, lying flat all along the middle rib of the pod on both fides : the roote is long, 

 white, and woody, fpreading diuers wayes. There is great variety in the colours of the 

 flowers : for fome are wholly of a pure white colour, others of a moft excellent crim- 

 fon red colour, others againe of a faire red colour, but not fo bright or liuely as the 

 other, fome alfo of a purplifh or violet colour, without any fpot, marke, or line in 

 them at all. There are againe of all thefe colours, mixed very variably, as white mixed 

 with fmall or great fpottes, ftrakes or lines of pure or bright red, or darke red, and 

 white with purple fpots and lines ; and of eyther of them whofe flowers are almoft 

 halfe white, and halfe red, or halfe white, and halfe purple. The red of both forts, and 

 the purple alfo, in the like manner fpotted, ftriped, and marked with white, differing 

 neyther in forme, nor fubftance, in any other point. 



2. Le ucoium fatiuum albido lute urn Jimp lex. 

 The lingle pale yellow Stocke-Gilloflower. 



There is very little difference in this kind from the former, for the manner of grow- 

 ing, or forme of leaues or flower. Only this hath greener leaues, and pale yellow almoft 

 white flowers, in all other things alike : this is of no great regard, but only for rarity, 

 and diuerfity from the reft. 



3. Leucoium Melancholicum. The Melancholick Gentleman. 



This wilde kinde of ftocke gilloflower hath larger, longer and greener leaues then 

 any of the former kindes, vneuenly gafhed or finuated on both edges lying on the 

 ground, and a little rough or hairy withall : from among which rife vp the ftalkes, a yard 

 high or more, and hairy likewife, bearing thereon here and there fome fuch like leaues as 

 are below, but fmaller, and at the top a great number of flowers, as large or larger then 

 any of the former fingle kindes, made of 4. large leaues a peece alfo, ftanding in fuch 

 like long huskes, but of a darke or fullen yellowifh colour : after which come long 

 roundifh pods, wherein lye fomewhat long but rounder and greater feede then any 

 ftocke gilloflower, and nearer both in pod and feede vnto the Hefperis or Dames Vio- 

 let : this perifheth not vfually after feede bearing, although fometimes it doth. 



4. Leucoium marinum Syriacum. Leuant ftocke gilloflowers. 



This kind of ftocke gilloflower rifeth vp at the firft with diuers long and fomewhat 

 broad leaues, a little vneuenly dented or waued on the edges, which fo continue the 

 firft yeare after the fowing : the ftalke rifeth vp the next yeare to bee two foot high or 

 more, bearing all thofe leaues on it that it firft had, which then do grow lefle finuated 

 or waued then before : at the top whereof ftand many flowers, made of foure leaues 

 a peece, of a delayed purple colour, but of a fmall fent which turne into very long and 

 narrow flat pods, wherein are contained flat feed like the ordinary ftocke gilloflowers, 

 but much larger and of a darke or blackim browne colour : the root is white, and 

 groweth deepe, fpreading in the ground, but growing woody when it is in feede, and 

 perifheth afterwards. 



5. Leuco- 



