ChapVi. FLOR KL 
- Britillaria bilgaris. 
Ty? e common thecquered Fritillary hatha {mall round white root, 
made of two pieces, as if it were cleft in the midft, out of which 
cleft the ftalk {pringeth afoot high, of more, with fome few leaves 
thereon difperfed; at the top thereof out of a ruft of four or five hol- 
low lon® green thatp-pointed leaves cometh the flower, hanging 
dowii the liead like to that of the ordinary Crown Imperial, confifting 
of fix leaves of 4 fillen teddith purple colour, checquered with adeep- 
er purple ;. the infide of the flower is of a brighter Colour than the 
outfide, witha ftile and fix chives tipt with yellow pendents : -after 
the flower is fallen, the ftile (whichis the f{eed-veffel) ftandeth up- 
right, and containeth flat griftly feeds, like unto that of a 7. ulip, 
but leffer, The old roots of this.fort will bring two.and three flowers 
on oie {talk,’and the feeds diverfities,’ fome paler and fome brighter 
than others; aiid foitte Adwering in afarch, a moneth before others. 
t ae “uy = > ae oan iia 
Fritillévia floré diy ict albicante. — 
opie double blufh Fritillary is in al the parts thereof like the for- 
mer, onely the flower is double, confifting of twelve leaves or 
more of! TeV ary bluth colour, {ported.as the other ; this is 
not accidental but natural, and is con ftan antly double, 
pensioct Fritillarta alba. 
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7 white Fritillary differeth chiefly from: the firft, in that the 
leaves and ftalk are greener, andthe flower white; the feeds of 
this being fowed bringeth varieties, fome flowering a moneth before 
oilers, fine bealingtta flowers, and fome two on one ftalk, 
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’ Fritillaria flore luteo.” 
to —— mute. 
Scare yellow Fritillary is in all things like the laft, ‘onely the flower 
of this on the outfide as well as infide is of a perfect yellow colour, 
Fritillaria flore atrorubente, 
Tie dark red Fritillary hath Steen leaves, whiter, broa gr tot 
“(hotter than the former ; ‘the flower is larger, ‘ofa dusky ted co- 
Jour on the outfide, and bloud-red on the infide, which falls away 
fooner than thofe of the other, Orr and thisis that the Walloons 
haye lately brought over, which they call the black Fritillary, a 
flower of fmall beauty, andlefs continuance, | . 
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| Fritillaria mixoma rubra, 
4 great red Fritillary is in all the parts thereof like urito the laf 
defcribed, but bigger ; the fowers alfo are larger, of adark red 
WRAY colour, 
