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greater then the next, which hec tooke formerly for the greateft : but it 
might more fitly,in my iudgement, bee called '-Afpbodthu bulbofus albtu (if 
there be any Afphodelus bulbofus at all) becaufe this doth fo nearly refemble 
that, both in the early fpringing, and the decay of the grcene leaues , when 
the ftalkes of flowers doe rife vp. Diuers alfo doe call it Ornithogalum Pan- 
nonicum maximum album. 
The fecond hath his name in his title , as moll authors doe fet it downe, 
yet in thegreat Herball referred to Dalechampius,it is called Ornithogalum 
magnum Myconi. 
The third hath his name from the place of his birth, and the other from 
his popularity, yet Dodonatus calleth it 'Bulbtu Leucanthemos. 
The laft is called by diuers Afphodelo-hyacwthinm , and Hjacintho-afpho- 
dcltu Galeni. Dodonatus calleth it Afphodelus femina , and Afpiodeltu bnl • 
bofus. But Lobel, and Gerrard from him, and Dodonaeus, doe make this to 
haue white flowers, whereas all that I haue feenc, both in mine owne, and in 
others Gardens , bore greenilh flowers , as Clufius fetteth it truely downe. 
Lobel feemeth in the deferiptionof this , to confound the Ornithogalum of 
Mompelier with it, and calleth it Afphodelus hyacinthinus forte Galcni , and 
faith that fome would call it Pancratium MtnfpelienfeymA Afphodelus Galcni . 
But as I haue Ihewed, the Ornithogalum [picatum and this, doe plainly differ 
the one from the other, and arc not both to be called by one name, nor to 
be reckoned one, but two diftindt plants. 
Ornithogalum ts£thiepicum.Thc Starre- flower of ^Ethiopia. 
The leaues of this plant are a foote long, and at the lead an inch broad, which being 
broken, arc no lcffe woolly then the woolly Iacinth : the ftalke is a cubit high , ftrong 
andgrcene ; fromthemiddlewhereofvntothetoppe, Hand large fnow white flow- 
ers, vpon long, greene, thicke foot-ftalkes,and yellowifh at the bottome of the flower- 
in the middle whereof ftandfix white threeds, tipt with yellow chiucs, compafling 
the head, which is three fquare, and long containing the feede: the roote is thicke 
and round, fome what like the Afphodelus Galeni. 
The Place. 
This plant was gathered by fome Hollanders, on the Weft fide of the 
Cape of good Hope. 
The Time. 
It fio wred about the end of Auguft with thofe that had it. 
The Names. 
Becaufe it came from that part of the continent beyond the line, which it 
reckoned a part of ^Ethiopia, it is thereupon fo called as it is fet downe. 
Ornithogalum Neapolitanum. The Starre- flower of Naples. 
This bcautifull plant rifeth out of the ground very early, with foure or flue hollow 
pointed leaues, ftanding round together, of a whitifli greene colour, with a white line 
downethemiddlcofeucry leafeonthe infide, fomewhat narrow, but long,(Fabius 
Columna faith, three foot long in Italy, but it is not fo with vs) in the middle of thefe 
leaues rifeth vp the ftalke, a foote and a halfe high, bearing diuers flowers at the toppe, 
euery one ftanding in alittlecuppe or huske, which is diuided into three pr foure 
parts, hanging downe very long about the heads for feede: after the flower is part, 
thefe flowers doe all hang downe their heads, and open one way, although their little 
foot- ftalkes come forth on all fides of the greater ftalke, being large, and compofcd of 
fix long leaues, of a pure white on the infide, and of a bkwifii or whitifli greene colour 
on 
