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FLORA. Book I. 
The Flanders Widow is acommon flower, of a fad purple colour, 
and marked towards the bottom with a fadder purple and fome 
white; the bottom of this and all the other Widows is {mall and 
of agreenifh blew colour, with purple Tamis. 
The good Widows inall things like the laft, but more and better 
marked with white, | 
The Fair Widow differeth from the laft, in that the flower is fhor- 
ter, more and better ftriped and marked with two fad purples and 
white, | 
Prince{s Royal came from the Flanders Widow, and differs onely 
rom it, inthatthe leaves of the fad purple flower are. lifted about: 
the fides with white, : 
The white Widow is of the fame fafhion and colour with the other 
Widows, but commonly ftriped and marked with more white, _ 
Deeffe; or (as we callit) the Prince of Wales, is of the family of the 
Widows, and formerly efteemed ; of this we have two forts, the beft 
is of a good deep purple, well ftriped and feathered through every leaf 
thereot with white; the other is a leffer flower, the leaves narrow 
and fharp-pointed , not fo well marked asthe other, the bottoms 
and Tamis of bothlike thofeof the Widows, 
| Prince{s Turgianais the beft of all the generation of Widows, the 
flower hath thin leaves, well marked with two purples, and much 
white, which commonly hath the maftery ; the bottom and Tamis 
like thofe of the Widows, , 
Arianais of my own ramp rom the feeds of the Sturgiana, from 
which it differs, in that the leaves are thicker, purer white from the 
firft opening, and very well marked with bigger and leffer broken 
ftripes, and drops of bright crimfon ; the Tamis purple. 
Rundelo, Angelica, or Paragon Bembrig, is a large long-leaved 
flower, ofa deep reddith purple colour, flaked and marked with white; 
the bottom and Tamis of a dark purple colour, 
Brown Anversis a fair well-formed flower , of a fad reddifh brown 
purple colour, ftriped and marked with fome lighter purple, and 
more or lefswhite ; the bottom blew with dark purple Tamis, 
~ Bew Anuers is like the latt , onely the colours are brighter, and 
a flower commonly better marked ; in bottom and Tamis like the 
ormer, : : 
General Anvers, Ot Brown Duke of Brabant, is like the laft, but 
3 i better 
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