T be garden of plea) ant t lowers. 
on the outfide, leauing the edges of euery leafe white on both fides : in the middle of 
thefe flowers ftand ocherfmall flowers, cacli of them alfo made of fix fmallwhite 
kaues a peece, which meeting together, feemeto makethefhewofacuppe, within 
which arecontained fix white threeds, tipt with yellow , and a long white pointell in 
the middle of them, being without any fent at all : after the flowers are part , come vp 
great round heads, which are too heauie for the ftalke to beare- and therefore lye 
downc vpon the leaues or ground, hauing ccrtaine lines or ftripes on the outfide, 
wherein is contained round, blacke, rough lee de : the roote is great and white , and 
fomewhat flat at the bottome, as diuers of thefe kindes are , and doe multiply as plen- 
tifully into fmall bulbes as the common or any other. 
The Place. 
This Starre-flowergrowcth in the Medowes in diuers places of Naples, 
as Fabius Columna, and Ferrantes Imperatus doc teftifie, from whence 
they haue been fent. And Matthiolus, who fetteth out the figure thereof 
among his Daffodils, had (it fnould feeme) feene it grow with him. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in May,although it begin to fpring out of the ground often- 
times in Nouembcr, but moft vfually in Ianuary : the feede is ripe in Iuly. 
The Names. 
Matthiolus reckoneth this (as is faid) among the Daffodils, for no other 
refpeift, as I concciue, then that he accounted the middle flower to bee the 
cuppe or trunke of a Daffodill, which it doth fomewhat refcmble, and fet- 
teth it forth in the fourth place, whereupon many doe call it Ntrcijfm qxtr- 
tus Mitthioli, The fourth Daffodill of Matthiolus. Fabius Columna calleth 
it HjMHthus truomm Orntihogdifltre. Clufius (to whom Im peratus fent it, 
in flead of the Arabian which hee defired) calleth it of the place from 
whence he receiued it, Ornithogtlum Niopelitarrnm^ and we thereafter callit 
in Englifh, The Starre-flower of Naples. 
OrnitbtgtUm Hifpwkum mimu . The little Starre-flower of Spaine. 
Clufius hath fet forth this plant among his OrnithognU or Starre-flowers , and al- 
though it doth in my minde come nearer to a Hyacinthus, then to Ornithogilum , yet 
pardon it, and let it paffe as he doth. From a little round whitifh roote, fpnngeth vp in 
the beginning of the yeare, fiue or fix fmall long green leaues, without any white line 
in the middle of them, among which rife vp one or two fmall ftalkts , an hand length 
high or better, bearing feuen or eight, or more flowers, growing as it were in a tuft or 
vmbell , with fmall long leaues at the foote of euery ftalke , the lower flowers being 
equall in length with the vppermoft, of a pale whitifh blew or alh colour, with a ftrake 
or line downe the backe of euery leafe of them, with feme white threeds ftandinga- 
beutablewifh head inthemiddle : thefe flowers paffe away quickly, and giue no feed, 
fo that it is not knowne what feede it beareth. 
The Place. 
Thisgroweth in Spaine, and from thence hath been brought to vs. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in May. 
The Names. 
It hath no other name then is fet down in the title, being but iately'found 
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