p 8 The (jar den of f leaf ant Flowers. 
flowers, with cuery one ot them eight or ten flowers on them) which of all 
other names, doth leaft anfwerthe forme or qualities ofthis plant. It may 
mod fitly be called Narcijfiu marinus maximus , inHnglifh, The great Sea 
Daffbdill, both becaufeit is a true Daffodill , and the greateft of all other, 
and alfo becaufe it hath not been found, but in Iilands, or elfe in other pla- 
ces neare the Sea. Lobelius cntitulcth it Pancratium Indicam alterum -vernum, 
fine Narciffus Indicus alter facie Pancratj Monfpeliact, butall this is widefrom 
the matter,as may eafily be known,.by that that hath been faid before. It is 
generally (as I faid before) called of all Narcijjus tertius Matthioli, Matthi- 
olus his third DafFodill, which may either fo paffe with vs, or as I called it 
The great Sea DafFodill, which you will, & fo Clufius doth laftly entitle it! 
I . Pancratium Indicam, ant Narcijfm Indictu Autumnalis quor undam LohclJ. 
The Indian Autumne DafFodill ofLobel. 
This plant hath in my opinion, a farre nearer refemblance vnto an Hyacinthus, then 
vnto any DafFodill : But bccaufe Lobel hath fo fet it forth , I will fo publifh it vnto 
you, leauing it to iudgcment. Thcrooteis,ashefaith,afpanlong, and of thethick- 
neffe of a mans arme, couered with many white fhells, whereof the ourermoft are ofa 
darke red or Chefnut colour : the flowers rife vp in September, and October , being 
eight or ten in number, euery one by it felfe vpon a fmall footfhlke, made of fix leaues 
apeece, fomewhat long, narrow, and pointed, like vnto the flowers of the Englifh 
Colchicum, or Medowe Saffron , of a whitifh yellow dunne colour, with fix long 
threads in the middle ; the greene leaues are long and broad, and broad pointed. 
2. Narcijjus Marinus iAfricanus,fiut Extticue Ltlclj. 
The Sea Daffodill of Africa. 
The roote ofthi s ft range plantf which of fome likenefle is called a Daffodil 1 ) is very 
great, made as it were of many fcaly cloues, from whence rifeth vp a fmall fhort ftalke, 
bearing hard aboue the ground two faire broad greene pointed leaues, more long then 
broad, fo compalfmg the ftalke at thebottome, that it feemeth to run through them r> 
the ftalke is fpotted with diuers difcoloured fpots, and is bare or naked from thefe two 
leaues vnto the toppe, where it beareth one faire double flower, like vnto a double A- 
uemone, of a delay ed reddifh colour, tending to a blufli, with many threads fet about 
the middle head^ 
3 . Narcijjus Marinus Extticus. The ftrangeSea Daffbdill 
This ftrange Sea Daffodill, hath flue or fix Jargeand long leaues of a palegreene co-' 
lour, from among which rifeth vp a ftrong and bigge ftalke, bearing at the toppe, out 
ofathinnehofeorskinne, many very large flowers, made of fix long and pointed 
leaues apeece, of a blewifh purple colour, with a large round open cup in the middle, 
ofa ladder colour then the leaues : the roote is very great, yet like vnto other great 
Daffodils, the outer skins whereof are ofa darke browne colour. 
The Place. 
The Indian Daffodils grew in the vpperpart of Hifpanioia in the Weft 
Indies, and brought hither, where they all foone perifhed. 
The other grew neare the Cape of good Hope, and was brought into the 
parts of Holland and thereabouts, from whence we had it, & perifhed alfo. 
The laft is vnknowne where it was gathered. 
The Time. 
M • ThefirftflowredinAutumne,asitisfaid. 
The other in the firft Summer of their bringing. 
And fo did the laft, but the fame rootes will not flower with vs againe.' 
The 
