Chap. XVI. FLOR A. 
Crocst Epifcopalis: 
He £iffops Crocus hath bigger roots anid leaves than any of the 
© former; the flowers are longer and fharper-pointed chan thofe 
of the Jaft, and variable in their colours, fometimesthey will be 
white finely ftriped with blew, fometimes the three outer leaves will 
be blew,and the other three filver-colour ftriped with blew,and fome- 
times it will have three leaves white, andthe other three pale blew, 
and al! chefe diverfities arifing trom one root,and the increafe thereof, 
Le Salers Crocus Imperialis. 
Act Imperial Crocds hath imahy flowers rifing from ofte root, 
which are of a-filver colour; ftriped on the backs. of the leaves 
with purple, which when they are open are feen through on the 
other fide, this increafeth fo faft that it is grown very common, of this 
kind there are twoothers, the one bigger, and the other leffer, of 
‘the fame colour and fafhion of markings 
«Crocus Regalis. 
ae: Royal Crocus is like the zwperial, but bigger, and better 
ftriped with deep purple, efj pecially on the backs of the three out- 
er leaves; from the feed of this fome varieties have been raifed, dif- 
fering from the original, fome being bigger, others leffer, and ftri- 
ped with deeper, or paler purple, but in all thefe flowers thé 
white hath the maftery, and therefore are joyned next unto thofe 
of that colour. 
Crocus purpureus mirior. 
He (mall purple Crocus hath narrow green leaves, and fmall low 
purple flowers, round-pointed, and dark bottoms, almoft black, 
Crocus purpureus major. 
He greater purple Crocus hath bigger leaves and roots than the 
former, the flowers rife higher, and are large, long, and fharp- 
pointed, of the fame purple colour, with a deep purple bottome, 
Crocus purpurews maximus. 
He greatelt purple Crocus is like the laft in leaves and roots, but 
bigger, the flowers are the largeft ofall the Kinds of Crocus, of 
more bleak purple than the former, anid round-pointed; there is one 
‘of this kind that hath the leaves lifted about with white, like the 
Tulip called a Prince. , 
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