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Chap. XI. 
Hyacinthus. The Hyacinth or Iacinth. 
T He Iacinths are next to be entreated of, whereof there are many more kindes 
found out in thefe later times, then formerly were knownc, which tor order 
and method fake, I willdigeft vnderfeuerall l'orts, as neare as I can , thata- 
uoiding confufion,by enterlacing one among another, I may the better put euery tort 
vnder his ownc kinde. 
I haue thought fitteft to begin with this Iacinth , both becaufe it is the greateft and 
higheft, and alfo becaufe the flowers' hereof are in fome likenetfe neare vnto a Daffo- 
dill, although his roote be tuberous, and not bulbous as all the reft are. This Indian 
Iacinth hath a thicke knobbed roote (yet formed into feuerall heads, fomewhatlike 
vnto bulbous rootes) with many thicke fibres at the bottome of them ; from the di- 
uers heads of this roote arife diuers ftrong and very tall ftalkes,befet with diuers faire, 
long,andbroadleaues,ioynedatthebottome clofe vnto the ftalke, where they are 
greateft, and groWfmaliertothevery end, and thofe that grow higherto thetoppe, 
being fmaller and fimller, which being broken,there appeare many threeds like wooll 
in them : t he toppes ofthe (hikes aie garnifhed with many faire large white flowers, 
each whereofis compofed of fix haues, lying fpread open,asthe flowers ofthe white 
Daffodill, with fomelhort threeds in the middle , andofa very fweetefent , or rather 
ftrong and headie. 1 
whence doe fpring many leaues,lying vpon the ground, and compaffing one another 
atthe bottome, being long and narrow, and hollow, guttered to the end, which is fmall 
and pointed, no leffe woolly, or full of threeds then the former : from the middle of 
thefe leaues rifeth vp the ftalke, being very long and (lender, three or foure foot long, 
fo that without it be propped vp, it will bend downe, and lye vpon the ground, where- 
on are fet at certaine diftanccsmany fliort leaues, being broad at the bottome, where 
they doe almoftcompaffe the ftalke, and are fmaller toward the end where it is (harpe 
poincediat the top ofthe ftalke ftand many flowers,with a fmall peece of a green leafe 
at the bottome of euery foot-ftalke, which feeraeto bee likefo many white Orientali 
Iacinths, being compofed of fix leaues, which are much thicker then the former, with 
fix chiues or threeds in the middle, tipt with pale yellow pendents . 
Hyacinthus Xndicus maitr tuberofa radice. 
The greater Indian knobbed Iacinth. 
Hyacinthus Indictu minor tubtrofa radice. 
The fmaller Indian knobbed Iacinth. 
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The roote of this Iacinth is knobbed, like the rpQte of Arum or Wake Robin, from 
The Place. 
They both grow naturally in the Weft Indies, from whence being firft 
brought into Spaine, haue from thence been difperfed vnto diuers louers of 
plants. 
The Time. 
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They flower not in thefe cold Countries vnfill the middle of Auguft, or 
norat all, if theybeenot Carefully preferued from the injury of our cold 
Winters i and then if the precedent Summer be hot, it may be flower a mo- 
nethfooner. 
The Names. 
Clufiuscalltththcleflcr(forIthinkehee neuerfaw the firft) Hyacinthus 
