‘T be (jar den of p leaf ant Flowers. 
but fpringcth not vp fo early, nor hath his leaues fo greene,or large , but hath broad 
long, whitifh greene hollow leaues, pointed at the end, among which rirethvp the 
ftalke, which is ftrong and high, as the former, hauingagreat bufliof flowers at the 
toppe, (landing fpike-falhion, fomewhat like the former, flipwring in the fame maner 
by degrees, firft below, and fo vpwards ; but it is not fo thicke fct with flowers, nor fo 
farre (prcad at the bottome as it , the flowers alfo are not fo white, and each of the 
leaues ofthcmhaue a greene line downe the backe, leauingthe edges on both (ides 
white : after the flowers are pad, the heads for feede grow three (quare, like the other 
bearing fuchlike blacke feede therein ; the roote hereof is vfually bigger then the lad' 
and whiter on the outfide. let-:- , f 
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3. Ornithtgilum Punutnicum. The Hungarian Starre-flower. 
This Hungarian Starre flower(hooteth out diuers narrow, long, whitilh r -rccne 
leaues, fpread vpon the ground before Winter , which are very like vnto the leaues of 
Gilloflowers, and fo abide aboue ground, hauing a ftalke riling in the middle of them 
the next Spring, about halfe a footc high or thereabouts, bearing many white flowers 
at the toppe, with greene lines downe the backeof them, very like vnto the ordi- 
nary Starres of Bethlehem : the roote is greater, thicker, and longer then the ordinary 
Starres, and fpr the mod part, two ioyned together, fomewhat grayifh on the out fide. 
4 . Ornithdgdum vuhtre. The Starre of Bethlehem. 
iil :i li: : i •- ’/ . i ] 
The ordinary Starre of Bethlehem is focommon, and wellknowne in all coun- 
tries and places, that it is almoft needlefteto dcfcribcit, hauing many greene leaues 
with white lines therein, and a few white flowers fet about the toppe of the ftalke,with 
greenifh lines downe the backe .- the roote is whitiih, and cncreafeth aboundanrly. 
Galtrii, 'fine Ornithtgilum num flere fubnirefethte. 
The bulbous Afphpdill, or greene Starrp- flower. 
Diuers haue referred this pkntvnto the A(phodiIs,becaufe (as I thinke) the flowers 
hereofarc ftraked on the backe, and the leaues long and narrow, like, vnto the Afpho- 
dils;butthc rooteof this being bulbous , I rather (as fome others doe) ioyne it with 
th tOrnithtgtld , for they alfo haue drakes on the backe of the flowers. It hath many 
whitiih greene leaues, long and narrow.fpread vpon the ground, which Turing vpin 
the beginning of the y care, and abide vntill May , and then they withering, the ftalke 
fpringcth vp aimed as high as the firft, haying many palcyellowilh greene flowers but 
fmaller, and growing more fparfedly about the ftalke vpon Ihort foot-ftalkes,;buf in a 
mfonable long head fpike-falhion : the feede is like vnto the fecond kinde butfmal- 
ler : the roote is fomewhat yellowifti, like the firft great white kinde. 
The Place. 
The firft is onely nurfed in Gardens, his original! being not well 
known?, yet fome attribute it vrnq t*nn<mu pf Hungary^ Thcfecondhath 
been found ncare vnto Barcinone, and Toledo in Spaine. The third was 
found m Hungary by Clufius. Our ordinary euery where in the fields of 
Italy and France , and (as it is faid) in England alfo. And the laft groweth 
likewue by the corne fields in the vpper Hungary. 
TncTirae. •, 
They flower in Aprill and May, and fometimes in Iune. 
The Names. 
fhcfifft is called by Clufius Ornithtgdmnmmmnw nlfor», becaufe itis 
greater 
