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tion , oncly the colour of the flower is differing , being of a fairc watrhet or bleake 
blew colour wholly, with the yellow frize or thrum do wnc the middle of the lower 
or falling leaues, as before is faid to be common to all thefe forts of Flowerdeluces- in 
all other parts it little differeth, fauing onely this is obferued to haue a fmall fhevr ofa 
purpliih red about the botcome of thcgrecne leaues. 
Iris furfurea fine vulgar it. The common purple Flowerdeluce. 
This Flowerdeluce, which is moft common in Gardens, differeth nothing at all 
from thofe that are formerly deferibed, either in rootc, leafe, or flower for the forme 
of them, but onely chat the leaues of this are not fo large as thelaft, and the flower it 
felfe is of a deep purple or Violet colour, and fometimes a little declining to redneffe 
cfpecially in fome places. * 
Sometrmes this kinde of Flowerdeluce will haue flowers of a paler purple colour Pl t 
commrngneare vnto a blew , and fometimes it will haue vcines or flripes ofa deeper hd <° r »«#«.* 
blew, or purple, orafh-colour, running through all the vpper and lower leaues r /or - 
v P igtSr herl,keVnt0ChiS> bUt m0rCpUrpk in thefals > an< * More pale in. the c*r*ieaubrit 
Iri* '^ifiatic* camlet. The blew Flowerdeluce of Alia. 
This Flowerdeluce of Alia, is in largeneffe of leaues like vnto the Dalmatian but 
beareth more ftore of flowers on feuerall branches, which are ofa deeper blew co 
lour, and the arched leaues whitilh on thefrde, and purplilh on the ridges.but in other 
things like vnto it. 
There is another neare vnto this, butthathis leaues are a little narrower, andhis 
1 flowers a little more purple, efpecially the vpper leaues. 
Iris Damifcena. The Flowerdeluce of Damafco. 
This is likewife altogether like the Flowerdeluce of Alia,but that it hath fome whitd 
' veines in the vpright leaues. 
Iris Lufitauic* kijlor*. The Portugall Flowerdeluce. 
This Portugall Flowerdeluce is very like the common purple Flowerdeluce but 
■ that tll, s ls not fo large in leaues, or flowers , and that it doth often flower twice in a 
yeare, that is, both in the Spring, and in the Autumne againe, and befides, the flower s 
i haue a better or fweeter fent, but of the like purple or Violet colour as it is , and com- 
i ming forth out of purplilh skins or huskes. 
Iris earner try fiue furfurea verftceler maior. 
The greater variable coloured purple Flowerdeluce. 
The greater of the variable purple Flowerdeluces, hath very broad leaues, like vn- 1 
» te the leaues of the common purple Flowerdeluce, and fo is the flower alfo, but diffe- 
“ Hngmcolour, for the three lower leaues are of a deepe purple colour tending to red- 
. nefle, the three arched leaues are of the colour with the vpper leaues , which areof a 
! P , or bleakc colour tending to yellowneffe, lhadowed ouer with a fmoakie purplifli 
j ^° ur > excc P t the ntJ ges of the arched leaues , which are of a more liuely purple 
Iris furfurea ver fictior minor. The leffer variable purple Flowerdeluce. 
This Flowerdeluce differeth not in any thing from thelaft, but onely that it hath 
' narrower greene leaues, and fmaller and narrower flowers, elfeif they be both con- 
J ataTl t0gCther ’ the colours wiU not fccme t0 varie the one from the other any whit 
Thereis another fomewhat neare vnto thefe two laftkindes, whofehuskes from *»»Si 
CL whence^'— 
