Chap IV. FLOR A 
CHAP, xIy, 
fers Afphodelus, 
He gle for that it beareth ftar-like flowers, is next to 
be defcribed; there are fome few diverfities of them, of 
: which we will take the beft onely, and Jeave the reft as nei- 
ther worth collecting nor retaining, 
Afphodelus major albus ramofus. 
PT great white branched Afphodill hath many crawling hollow 
three-{quare leaves, fharp-pointed, lying on the ground about 
. theroot, theftalk from the middeft of them rifeth round, {mooth 
and naked, divided at the top into many branches more orlefs, ac- 
cording to theageof the Plant, bearing many ftar-like flowers, con- 
_ fifting of fix leaves, whitith onthe infide , with fome yellow threads 
in the middle, and ftripped with a pale purplelinedown the back of 
every leat; the root iscompofed of many thick cloggs, biggett in the 
middle, and {maller at both ends, faftened together at the head, of a 
grayilh dark colour on the outfide, and yellow within, : 
Afphodelus albus non ramofus. 
ee white unbranched A [phodill is like the former , but that the 
ftalk is without branches, and the flowers whiter, without any 
line or ftripe on the back fides of the leaves, the cloggs of the roots 
are fmaller and fewer than thofe of the other, 
Afphodelus major flore carneo. | 
TT blufh-coloured Afphodill differeth from the Jaft, in chat the 
leaves are alittle {potted, and the flowers of a bluth-colour, 
which caufeth it to be more efteemed, 
Afphodelus major flore albo jiriato. 
ay he great white firiped Afphodill hath many long and broad oreen 
leaves, which for the moft part lye onthe ground, the ftalk. 
rifeth up {mooth , like the whiceunbranched A/phod:l, with many 
fuch like flowers, of a whitifh filvercolour , ftriped down the back 
of every leaf with a purple line ; they grow on the ftalk ina long 
pike, firft flowering below, and fo upwards by degrees, the root is 
-agreat bulbe, whereunto are faftened divers cloggs , like thofe of 
the former. 7 : 
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