The Lfarcien of pleafanl flowers, 
Chap. XXIIH. 
Cyclamen. Sowebread. 
T He Iikenefle of the flowers, and the fpotting of the leaues of the Bens Canium, 
with thefe of the Cyclamen or Sowebread , inaketh mcc ioyne it next there- 
unto : as alfo that after the bulbous rooted plants I might begin with the tube- 
rous that remaine, and make this plant the beginning of them. Oftniskinde there are 
diucrs forts, differing both in forme of leaues and time of flowring: for fomedoe 
flower in theSpringoftheyeare, others afterwards in the beginning of Summer : but 
the mod number in the end of Summer,or beginning of Autumne or Harueft whereof 
fomehaue round leaues, others cornered like vntoluie. longer or (hotter, greater or 
fmaller. Of them all in order, and firft of thofe that come in the Spring. 
i. CycUmtn Vernum flore purpuree. Purple flowred Sowebread ofthe Spring. 
This Sowebread hath a fmaller roote then moft of the others, yet round andblac- 
kilh on the outfide, as all or molt of the reft are Cl fpeake of them that I haue feene • for 
Clufiusand others doc report to haue had very great ones) from whence rifevpdi- 
uers round, yet pointed leaues, and fomcwhat cornered withall , grceneaboue, and 
fpotted with white fpots circle wife about the lcafe,and reddifh vnderneath, which at 
their firft comming vp are folded together ; among which come the flowers, of a red- 
diih purple colour and very fweete, euery one vpon a fmall, long, and (lender rcddifli 
footc-ftalkc, which hanging downe their heads, turne vp their leaues againe : after the 
flowers are paft, theheadorfeede velfell (hrinketh downe , winding his fooreftalkc 
and coyling it felfe like a cable, which when it toucheth the ground, there abideth hid 
• among the leaues, till it be growne great and ripe, wherein are contained a few fmall 
round feedes, which being prefently fowne, will gro we firft into round rootes, and af- 
terwards from them (hootc forth leaues. 
2 . Cyclamen Vernum flere albt. White flowred Sowebread of the Spring. 
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The white flowring Sowebread hath his leaues like the former, but not fully fo 
much cornered, bearing fmall (now white flowers, as fweete as the other ; and herein 
confifteth the chiefcft difference, in all other things it is alike. 
3. Cyclamen Vernam Creticum flere albe. White Candy Sowebread of the Spring. 
This Sowebread is fomewhat like the former white kinde, but that the leaues grow 
much larger and longer, with more corners at the edges , and more eminent fpots on 
them: theflowersalfofomcwhatlongerandlarger, and herein confifteth thcwhole 
difference. 
4 . Cyclamen v£flivum. Summer Sowebread. 
Summer Sowebread hath round leaues like vnto the Romane Sowebrcad,but fomc- 
what cornered, yet with fhorter corners then the Iuie leafed Sowebread, full of white 
fpots on the vpperfide of the leaues, and very purple vnderneath, fometimes they haue 
fewer fpots , and little or no purple vnderneath : the flowers hereof areas fmall , as 
purple, and as fweete, as the purple Sowebread of the Springtime: the roote hereof 
is likewife fmall, blacke, and round. 
5 . Cyclamen Romanum retundi felium. Romane Sowebread with round leaues. 
The Romane Sowebread hath round leaues , fomewhat like vnto the common 
Sowebread, but not fully fo round pointedatthc ends, alittle cornered fometimes 
alfo, or as it were indented, with whitefpots round about the middle ofthe leaues, 
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