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VI. The third , or Blood-red Friuliary, has a Root 
fomewhat rounder and clojer than the firft 1, from 
whence the Stalk rifes up , being Jhorter and lower 
than in any other of theje kinds , having one or two 
Leaves thereon , and at the top thereof two or three 
more Jet clofer together , which are broader, fhorter 
and whiter than any of them before , almofl like unto 
the Leaves of the Yellow Fritillary ; from among 
which top Leaves comes forth the blozoer , fomewhat 
bending down , or rather flanding forth , being larger 
than any of the former, and almoji equal in Large- 
nefs to the Yellow Fritillary, of a dusky grey color 
on the out fide, and of a very dark red color on the 
infide, diver fly f potted or flraked : this very hardly 
encreafes by the Root, and. as fcldom gives ripe Seed, 
but flowers with the other fir ft or early forts, and 
before the black kind, and abides a lefs time in blow- 
er than any. 
VII. The fourth, or Great purple or red Fritilla- 
ry, has a Root equal to the Largenefs of the reft of its 
parts ', from whence rifes up one, and fometimes two 
Stalks, having one, two or three blowers apiece on 
them, as Nature and the Seafon ferves : each one of 
ihefe blowers are larger and greater than any of thofe 
before deferibed, and pendulous in like manner as they 
are, of a fad red or purplifh color, with many thwart 
or crofs Lines on them, and fmall long Marks, which 
J'carcely appear Chequerwife, nor are fo eminent or 
confpicuous as in the former. The Stalk is jirong 
and high, whereon are fet fever al long whitifh 
green Leaves, larger and broader than thoje of the 
former. 
VIII. The fifth , or White Fritillary, has a Root 
fo like unto the former, as not to be diflinguifhed, 
and the whole Plant is fo very like unto the firft, 
that it is needlefs to make any Defcription, but only 
fhew the chief Differences. In this the Stalk and 
Leaves are wholly green, by which this is difiin- 
guifhed from that, whidl? is brownijh at bottom. The 
blower in this is white, without almofl any fhew of 
Spot or Mark in it, tho ’ in fome they are more plain- 
ly to be fecn *, and in fome there is again a kind of 
faint blufh color to be feen in the blower, efpecially 
on the infide, the bottoms of the Leaves of every one 
of which are greenifh , having alfo a fmall Lift of 
green coming down towards the middle of each Leaf: 
as for the Head or Seed-Veffel and Seed, they are fo 
like to the firft , as not to be differenced from 
them. 
IX. The fixth, or Double blufh Fritillary, has a 
white round flattifh Root, like unto the laft, bearing 
a Stalk with long green Leaves thereon, little differ- 
ing from it, or the firft deferibed kind. The blower 
is conflantly the fame, compofedof many Leaves, be- 
ing ten at the leaf, but mofl ufually twelve, of a pale 
whitifh purple color , fpotted like unto the Paler ordi- 
nary early Fritillary, fo that one would think it to 
be an accidental kind thereof ■, whereas it is ( as is 
aforefaid ) confiant in its Appearance and manner of 
Flowering. 
X. The feventh, or Abfolute yellow Fritillary, 
has a whit ifh Root, more round and not fo flat as the 
former kinds, and of a mean Largenefs. from the 
middle rifes up a Stalk a foot and half high , and 
fometimes higher , on which grow, without any Order, 
fever al long and broadifh Leaves, of a whitifh green 
color, like unto the Leaves of the Black Fritillary, 
but not above half fo broad : the blower is fomewhat 
fmall and long, not much unlike to the Black for 
Shape or Form, but that the Leaves are f mailer and 
rounder pointed, of a faint yellowifh color, without 
any fhew of Spots or Chequers at all, either within or 
without the blower , having fome Chives and yellow 
Pendents in the middle, as are to be feen in them all. 
I he Seed is like to that of the firfl kind. 
XI. The eighth , or Variegated yellow Fritillary, 
has a Root like to the other , but not fo flat, jt 
grows not much lower than the former, and brownifh 
at the rifing up, having its Leaves whiter, broader 
and fhorter than it, and almofl round-pointed. The 
blower is greater and larger Jpread than any of the 
aforc-defcribed , and of a fair pale yellow color, fpet * 
ted in very good order with fine, fmall , yellow Che- 
quers, which give it a wonderful pleafing Beauty ■, 
It has alfo fome Lifts of green running dozen the 
back of every Leaf', and feldom yields any Seed \ 
XII. The ninth, or Great yellow Italian Fritilla* 
ry, from a Root fomewhat like to the others before, 
it fends up a round and brown green Stalk, on which 
grow fever al Leaves, fomewhat broad and Jhort, 
which encompafs the Stalk at their bottom , of a dark 
green color •, at the top of which Stalk, which bends 
a little downwards, do mofl ufually grow three or flout 
Leaves, between which comes forth mofl commonly 
but one Flower, which is longer than the laft, hang- 
ing down the Head, cue all the others do, confifling of 
fix Leaves, of a dark yellowifh purple color, fpotted 
with fome fmall red Chequers. This flowers late, or 
not till all the other are pafl. 
XIII. The tenth, or Small Italian Fritillary, has 
much alike Root and Stalk, but f mailer : the Stalk 
has fever al fmall, Jhort , green Leaves thereon to the 
very top , but it bears a greater ftore of Flowers than 
the former, bat they are much f mailer, and of a yel ’*■ 
lowifh green color, fpotted with long and fmall dark 
red Marks or Chequers. 
XIV. The eleventh, or Portugal fmall yellow 
Fritillary, has a Root much like the others be forego- 
ing : the Leaves are fo fmall, narrow and long, that 
it has caufed it to obtain the Name of Rufhes, or 
Fritillaria Juncifolia, Rufh Fritillary, which grow up- 
on a long, weak, round Stalk, fet without Order , 
The Flower is fmall and yellow, l>ut thicker Che- 
quer'd with red Spots than any of the other Yellow 
Fritillaries ^ the Stalk of the blower at Head thereof 
being alfo of a yellowifh color. 
XV. The twelfth, or Pyrenzan black Fritillary, 
has a Root which does often grow fo great, that it 
feems like unto the Root of a Small Crown Imperial, 
The Stalk is ftrong, round and high, fet without Or- 
der, with broader and whiter green Leaves than a- 
ny of the former, bearing one, two or three blowers , 
not being fo large as thofe of the Common purple 
Fritillary, but fmaller, longer and rounder, fome- 
times turning tip the brims or edges of the Leaves a* 
gain, and are of a yellowifh fhining green color on the 
infide, fometimes fpotted with red Spots, almofl thro * 
the whole infide of the Flower, unto the very edge , 
which abides of a pale yellow color 5 and fometimes 
again there are very few Spots to be fecn, and thofe 
from the middle only on the infide, (for on the out - 
fide of this fort there never appears any Spots at all) 
and fometimes without any fhew of Spots -, fometimes 
alfo of a more pale green, and fometimes of a more 
yellow color. The outfide of the blowers do likew fie 
vary j for in fome the outfide of the Leaves are of a 
dark dull yellow, fometimes of a more pale yellow, 
and other times of a dark purplifh yellow , which in 
fome is fo deep and fo much, that it rather feems 
black than purple or yellow, and this chiefly about the 
bottom of the Flower, next to the Stalk, 'but the edges 
are f ill of a yellowifh green. The Head and Seed 
are like unto the former, but larger in all ref pells. 
XVI. The thirteenth, or Spanilh Umbelliferous 
black Fritillary , is no doubt of kin to the laft de- 
feribed -, but is in its Root, Stalk, Leaves and Flow- 
ers greater than it, and fo greater in the whole, as if 
growing in a fatter or richer Soil, it were the 
flronger, and fo ??iore proliferous and able to bear a 
greater flore of blowers. The Flowers grow four or 
