i %6 The (jar den of pkafani Flowers. 
batthattHercafeisofalittlepaIer|reehecol6ur, art'd the flower is of a fairewhitilh 
colour, with fome purple at the bottome of the leaues. 
Next After thefe harrow leafed Flowerdeluces, are the greater and fmaller fdrtkbf 
dwarfe kindes to follow ; and laftly,the narrow or graffe leafed dwarfe kindes, Much 
Will finifh this Chapter ofFlowerdeluces. 
l.Cbtmxirii UtifolU maitr ilka: The greater white dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
This dwarfe Flowefdeluce hath his leaues as broad as fome of the IclTcr kindes life 
mentioned, but not fhorterjthfcftalke is very (liort, not abouehalfe a foote highbr 
thereabouts, bearing moft commonly but one flo wer,feIdome two, which are in fome 
of a pure white, in others paler, or fomewliat yellowilh through the whole flower, ex- 
cept the yellow frize or thrume in the middlcof cuery one of the tailing leaues : after 
the flowers are paft, come forth great heads, containing within them round pale feed: 
theroote is fmall, according to the proportion of the plant aboue ground , but madfc 
after the fafhion of the grekter kindes, with tuberous peeces fpreading from the fides 
and ftrong fibres or firings, whereby they arc fattened in the ground. 
2 . ChtmtirU litifolta maior'purpnrea.’Xhe greater purple dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
There is no difference either in roote, leafe, or forme Of flower in this from thfe fir- 
mer dwarfe kinde , butonelyin thecolourof theflower, whichinfomcisofa very 
decpeorblackeVioIetpurple, both thetoppes and the fals : in others the Violet pur- 
ple is more liuely, and in fome the vpper leaues are blew, and the lower Icauespurplc, 
yet all ofthemhaue that yellow frize or rhrumeinthc middle of the falling leaues! 
that the other kindes haUe. 
Mint. There is another that beareth purple flowers, that might be reckoned, for the fmal- 
neffe and Ihortneffe of his ftalkc , to thenext kinde , but that the flowers and leaues of 
this are as large as any of the former kindes of the fmaller Flowerdcluces. 
3 . ebamairu UtifolU riintr alba. The letter white dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
Thereisalfo another fort of thcfeFloWerdeluces, whofe leaues and flowers ire 
leffe, and wherein there is much variety. The leaues of this kinde , are all for the moil 
part fomewhat fmaller, narrower, and ffrorter then the former : the fialkewith the 
flower vpon it fcarce rifeth abouethe leaues , fo that in moft of them it may bc.-athit 
called a foote-ftalke, fuch as the Saffron flowers haue, and are therefore called of mji* 
nie without ftalkcs ; the flowers are like vnto the firft deferibed ©f.'fie dwarft 
kindes, and ofa whirifh colour, with a few purplifh lines at the bottoms of thevpper 
leaues, and a lift of greene in the falling leaues. 
St r£aiut Another hath the flowers of a pale yellow , called a Straw colour , with whiti/h 
(tripes and veines in the fals, and purplifh lines at the bottom e of the vpper leaues. 
4 .Chamairis latifolia minor purpurea. The letter purple dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
The difference of this from the former, confifteth more in the colour then forme of 
the flower, which is of a deep Violet purple, fometimes paler, and (ometimes fo deep, 
that it almoft feemeth blacke : Andfomerimesthe fals purplifh, and the vpper leaues 
blew. Some ofthefe haueafweete fent, and fome none. 
etiulu- There is another ofa fine pale or delayed blew colour throughout the whole flower. 
y. Chamriru latifoli a minor fuauerubens. 
The lefler blufh coloured dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
This Flowerdeluce hath the falling leaues of the flower of areddiih colour , ami 
the thrumesblew : the vpper and arched leaues ofa fine pale red or flefh colour , cal- 
led ablufn colour in all other things it differeth nor, and iinelleth little or nothing 
6. chamairis 
