lam turgec in thecam feminis , vt in tulipis , com- 
preffi, fed exalbidi, extremo xMaio maturefcen- 
v^i^t! ' ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ butbofa radix proxime fuperio-^ 
pn^cox. ri perfimilis minorem nada elt modum : Folia^ 
'paucior-a , diluco virore veluti rorulenta, atque ixL. 
canalis efBgiem concaua fex digitorum longitu- 
dine, duum latitudine definiuntur. Exiguopoft 
foliorum exortum fub extremum Februarium flo- 
res exiftunt fupradidis conformatione pares , nu- 
mero autem & colore difpares . Hi enim quater- 
ni tantum quiniuepro cuiufque bulbi viribus fun- 
dunturj toticjuefic albicant, vt folia terna furre- 
da dilutiore c^ruleo fuco interfufo pulchre liue- 
fcant : totidem vero hifce fubieda tum prominula 
crocea linea intercurfailte diftinda , tum violaceis 
guttis circunlita , grandiore ianthini coloris velut 
holoferica macula deuexum labrum infufcanto , 
fplendide nigrefcatit . Denique eiufdem iorm^e 
fblliculus lunio menfe maturefcit; in femen . Qu^b 
[ofa'."^'" tuberofa & geniculata radice funt irides, floris fi> 
gura vix differunt a bulbofis . Quare minutiora^ 
minufque in rem meam neceifaria difcrimina pe^ 
tat , qui veht , ex ijs, qui vnicam florum hiftoriam 
elaborarunt. Iridi lihnmnominisadiungit aiiini- 
tas , &c contigua veris extremi tempeftiuicas. No- 
ftrates horti emaculata & ladea venuftate natiuum 
reijciunt , aut certa externo & filuatico pofthabent 
naturali naufea;,qua domefticas delicias faftidimus , 
pere- 
