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i . ^yimarantbm purpurem miner. The fmall purple Flower-gentle. 
This gallant purple Veluet flower, or Flower-gentle, hath a creftcd ftalke two foote 
high or more, purplilb at the bottome , butgreeneto the toppe, whereout groweth 
many fmall branches , the leaues on the ftalkes and branches are fomewhat broad at 
the bottome, and (harpe pointed, of a full greene colour, and often fomewhat reddifh 
withall, like in forme vnto the leaues of Elites (whereof this and the reft areaccounted 
fpecies, or forts) or fmall Beetes : theflowersarc Iong,fpikie, foft, andgentletuftsof 
haires, many as it were growing together, broad at the bottome , and fmall vp at the 
roppe, pyramis or fteeple-falhion, offo excellent a (Tuning deepe purplccolour , ten- 
ding to a murrey, that in the moil excellent coloured Veluet , cannot be feene a more 
orient colour, (and I thinke from this refpedt , the French call it Pajfe velours, that is to 
fay, patting Veluet in colour) without any fmell at all, which being bruifed giueth the 
fame excellent purple colour on paper, and being gathered in his full ftrength and 
beauty, will abide a great time (ifit be kept out of the windeand funne in a dry place) 
in the fame grace and colour : among thefe tufts lyethcfeedefcattered, which isfmall 
very blacke, and (hining : the rootes are a few threddy firings, which quickly perifti* 
as the whole plant doth, at the firft approach of Winter weather. 
2 . Amarantbus Coccineus. Scarlet Flower- gentle. 
The leaues of this Flower-gentle are longer , and fomewhat narrower then the for- 
mer ; the ftalke groweth fomewhat higher, bearinghis long tufts at feuerall leaues as 
alfo at the toppe of the ftalkes, many being fet together, but feparate one from ano- 
ther, and each bowing or bending do wne his head, like vnto a Feather, fuch as is worn 
in our Gallants and Gentlewomens heads, of an excellent bloudy Scarlet colour : the 
feede is blacke, like vnto the former : the rootc perifheth quicklier, becaufe it is 
more tender. 
3. Amarunt bus tricolor. Spotted or variable Flower-gentle. 
The chiefeft beauty of this plant confifteth in the leaues, and not in the flowers • for 
they are fmall tufts growing all along the ftalke, which is nothing fo high as the for- 
mer, efpecially with vs, and at the ioy nts with the leaues : the leaues hereof are of the 
fame falhion that the former are, and pointed alfo ; but eucryleafe is to be feene par- 
ted into greene, red, and yellow, very orient and frefli (efpecially ifit come to his 
full perfection , which is in hot and dry weather) diuided not all alike, but in feme 
leaues, where the red or yellow is.there will begreene, and fo varying, thatitis very 
pleafant to behold: the feede hereof is blacke and (hining, not to bee knowne from 
the former. 
4. Amaranths* Carnea [pica. Carnation Flower-gentle. 
There is another more rare then all the reft, whofe leaues are fomewhat longer and 
narrower then the firft, and like vnto the fecond kindc : the fpikes are (liort , many fet 
together, like branches full of heads or eares of corne, euery one whereof hath (ome 
long haires (ticking out from them, ofa deep blufn, tending to a carnation colour. 
y. <_ Amaranths, u purpurem maior panniculis Jparfis. 
Great Floramour, or purple Flower- gentle. 
The great Floramour hath one thicke, tall, crefted, browne red ftalke , fiueorfix 
foote high, from whence fpring many great broad leaues, like vnto the former for the 
forme,but much larger & redder for the mod part,efpecially the lowed , which bran- 
ched forth into diuers parts, & from between thefe leaues, & the (talks or branches, as 
alfo at the tops ofthem,ftand long,fpikie, round, & fomewhat flat tufrs, ofa more red- 
di(h purple colour then the firft, and diuided alfo into feuerall parts, wherin when they 
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