FLORA | Book I. 
colour, afually’ two or three upon one ftalk ; a much better flower 
than the laft, but almoft as foon decaying, Thefe are the varieties 
of the firft kind of Fritillaries, and now we will proceéd to defcribe 
thofe of the other fort, | | 
Fritillaria flore luteo major. 
8 2 greater yellow Fritillary hatha bigger and broader root than 
any of the former, the leaves are broader, fhorter, and round- 
pointed , the ftalk about two foot high > and of a whiter green 
colour than thofe of the former ; the flower islong, fmall, and of a 
faint yellow colour, 
~ Fritillaria ore luteo punctate. 
"YT He potted yellow Fritillary hath round-pointed whitifh green 
leaves, like the laft, the floweris bigger amd longer than any 
of the former, ofa pale yellow colour, diverfly {potted and chec- 
quered, which addeth much to the beauty thereof, 
Fritillaria lutea maxima Italica. 
ab: He great yellow Italian Fritillary hath darker green leaves than 
4 the former, the flower longer, and ofadark yellowith purple 
colour, {potted with {mall red checquers ; this is that which hath 
been lately brought untous out of Flanders, by the name of the 7/a- 
~ bella-coloured Fritillary, — 
_ Fritillaria Italica flore lateo viridi. 
tT [mall Italian yellowifh green Fritillary is like the laft, but 
{maller; the flowers are {mall and long, two or three on one ftalk, 
and turn up the brims of the leaves, which are of a yellowith green 
colour, {potted with purple, little refpected for that the {mell there- 
of is very offenfive, : 
Fritillaria anguftifolia exotica Viridi albicante multiplex. 
§ ew exotick narrow-leaved Fritillary with a whitifh green double 
ower isot morerarity than the former; it hath a tall ftalk, 
narrow green leaves, anda large fhort double flower, of afullen whi- 
tifh green colour, 
3 Fritiflarsa lutea juncifolia Lufitanica. 
Bebe [mall yellow Fritillary ef Portugal hath {maller and fhorter 
round-pointed leaves than any of the former; the flower isalfo 
{mall, of ayellowcolour, more {potted and checquered than any of 
the yellow Fritillaries, 
, Fritillaria 
