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pcd otfet among a deale of flockie matter, asismoft vfuall, inall pl.intsthnt beare 
fcaly heads : the rootes are long and hard, perifhing euery yeare when it hathgiuen 
feede. 
2. Cyan us floridus T urciau. The Sultans flower. 
As a kinde of rhefe Corne flowers, I muft ncedes adioyne another flranger,of much 
beautic,and but lately obtained from Conftantinople,where,becaufe(asitislaid) the 
great Turke, as we call him, faw it abroade,liked it,and wore it himfelf'ej all his vaflals 
hauehad it in great regard, and hath been obtained from them, by fomethat hauefent 
it into thefe parts. The leaues whereof aregreener, and not only gafhed, but finely 
fniptonthe edges : the ftalkesarethreefoote high, garnillied with the like leaues as 
are below, and branched as the former, bearing large fcaly heads, and fuch like flowers 
but larger, hauing eight or nine of r hofe hollow gaping leaues in euery flower, {lan- 
ding about the middle threds (if it be planted in good and fertile ground and be well 
watered, for it foone ftarueth and perifheth with drought) the circling leaues are of a 
fine delayed purple or blufii colour, very beautifull to behold ; the feede of this is 
fmaller and blacker, and not endofed in fo much dounie fubftance, as the former fyec 
in our Countrey thefeedeisnotfo blacke, as it came vnto vs, but more gray) the roote 
perifheth like wife euery y eerc. 
5 . Cyanus Battens fupintts. The Spanilh Corne- flower. 
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This S panifli kinde hath many fquare low bending or creeping ftalkes, not {landing 
fo vpright as the former, but branching out more diuerfly ; fo that one plant will take 
vp a great deale of ground: the leaues are broader then any of thereft,fofteralfo,of 
a pale or wbirifh greene colour, and not much gafhed ohiheedges : the flowers ftand 
in bigger heads, withfourc or fine leaues vnder euery head, and arc of a light pale 
purple or blulh colour ; after which come feede, butmot fo plentifully, yet wrapped in 
a great deale of flockie matter, more then any : the roote groweth dowrie deepe into 
the ground, but perilheth euery yeare as they doe. 
The Place. 
The firft or former kindes, grow many times in the Cornc fields of our 
own Countrey, as well as of others, efpecially that fort with ablew floweT: 
but the other forts or colours are not fo frequent, but are nourifhed in gar- 
dens, where they will vary wonderfully. 
The fecond as is before fetdowne, groweth in Turkic : and thelaftin 
Spaine, found out and firft fent to vs by that induftrious fearcher of fimples, 
Guillaume Boel before remembred. 
The Time. 
The firft doe flower in the end of Iune,and in Iuly,andfomtimes fooner. 
The other two later, and not vntill Auguftmoft commonly, and the feede 
is foone ripe after. 
The Names. 
The firft is generally called Cyanus, and fomc following the Ditch name, 
call it Flos frumenti. The olde Writers gaue ir the name of Bapti fecuba, 
which is almoft worneout. We doe call them in Englifh, Blew Bottles, and 
in fome places, Corne flowers, after the Ditch names. Tlrelecondhath 
beene fent by the name of '^imbreboi, which whether it be a Turkie or Ara- 
bianname,I know nor. I haue called it from the place, from whence we had 
it, Turcicus, and for his beauty, Floridas. The T urkes themfelues as I vnder- 
ftand, doe call it The Sultans flower, and Ihauedonefolikewire, that in 
may bee diftinguilhed from all the other kindes, or elfe you may call ir, 
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