III. The Defcriptions. i. Iris bulb of a angufl fo- 
lia alba Here major e , The greater white narrow 
Leav'd bulbous Flowerdeluce. This has a Root like 
to the other Kinds, which is a little bigger and 
rounder in the middle, and in its fpringing up and 
manner of growing is much like to the firft deferi- 
bed in the next Chapter in all its parts, faving,^ that 
it is a little larger and higher, both in Leaf, Stalk, 
and Flower, and much whiter than any of the mix- 
ed Kinds which follow, vet not fo white as the ftnall 
Kind in the next Chapter: in thefe which follow 
we (hall not make a feveral and large Defcription 
to every Kind, for that would be to make often and 
many repetitions of one and the lame thing, for the 
firft of them being once deferibed, (which we have 
already done) we will to all the following add only 
the efpecial differences, either in Leaf or Flower, 
in Magnitude, Color, or Form, wherein they may 
vary from that firft, or one from another, thefe be- 
ing all of the greater Kind. 
IV. 2. Iris bulbofa angufiifolia albefcens , The 
Milk white narrow Leav'd bulbous flowerdeluce . Its 
falling Leaves have a little (hew of yellownefs, and 
fo are the middle ridges of the arched Leaves, but 
the upright Leaves are more white 3 in Root and 
Leaf it differs not from the firft White. 
V . 3. Argent ea, The Silver Colored narrow Leav'd 
bulbous flowerdeluce. Its falling Leaves are of a 
yellowifh white, like the laft, the arched Leaves are 
whiter, and the upright Leaves of a blewilh white, 
which we call Silver Color, like that of Silver 
Weed , 01 Wild Tanfte. 
VI. 4. Albida , Whitijh. The falling Leaves are 
yellowifh, and fometimes with a little edge of white 
about them, and fometimes without-, the upright 
Leaves are whitifh, as the arched Leaves are, the 
ridge yellower. 
VII. 5. Albida labris luteis , White with yellow 
falls. The falls are yellow , the upright Leaves 
white-, all thefe Flowers are of the fame bignefs 
with the firft. 
VIII. 6 . Albida angufior,The more narrow White, 
The Flower is fmaller, and almoft as white as the 
firft, the lower Leaves are fmall, and do as it were 
ftand outright , not having fcarcely any fall at all. 
lb that the yellow lpot feems to be the whole Leaf , 
the arched Leaves are not half fo large as in the 
former, and the upright Leaves bow themfelves in 
the middle, fo that the tops do as it were meet tO' 
gether. 
IX. 7. Lutea , The Tellow. It is like the former, 
faving, that its falling Leaves are a little more emi- 
nent and yellow, with a yellow fpot. 
X. 8. Aurea , five Lutea Hifpanica , Tl)e Golden , 
or Spanifh fellow. It rifes not up fo high as com- 
monly moft of the reft do, and is wholly of a Gold 
yellow Color. 
XI. 9. ? alii da Lutea , The pale lellotc. It efua Uy 
rifes higher than the former yellow, and L wholly 
of a pale yellow, but deeper at the Ipo.. 
XII. 10. Albida lutea. Tale Straw Color. It is 
like unto the laft pale yellow, but that the falling 
Leaves are whiter than all the reft of the Flower. 
XIII. 1 1 . Verjicolor Hifpanica c&rulea labris al- 
bis. The Spanifh party colored Blew. Its falling 
Leaves are white , the arched Leaves of a whitifh 
Silver color, and the upright Leaves of a fine blew- 
ilh purple. 
XIV. 1 2. Labris Cceruleis, The Blew edged. The 
falling Leaves will have either an edge of blew, cir- 
cling the white Leaves, the arched Leaves being a 
little blewer,and the upright Leaves more purple, or 
the falls will be almoft wholly blew, edged with a 
blewer color, the arched Leaves pale blew, and the 
pright Leaves of a purplilh blew Violet color. 
XV. 13. Alba pallida, A pale White. The falls 
are white, the arched Leaves pale white, fo alfo the 
upright Leaves -, fome are a fair blewilh purple: fome 
of them will alfo have larger Flowers than others, 
and bear more -, for the firft fort, which is the molt 
ordinary, feldom bears above one Flower on a Stalk, 
yet fometimes two: and of the others, fome will 
bear two, and three Flowers, others again but one. 
XVI. 1 4. Cxrulea , five Purpurea major , The 
greater Purple. The Stalk is higher. Flower purple, 
and larger the Stalk of a very reddifh purple color, 
a little above the Ground, at the foot or bottom of 
the Leaves and Stalk 3 this Flowers with the latter 
fort of f lower deluces. 
XVII. 1 5; . Purpurea ferotina , The late Purple . 
The Flower is wholly purple, except the yellow fpot, 
and Flowers later than any of the other Purples. 
XVIII. 1 6. Purpurea rubefeens labris cceruleis. 
The reddifh Purple with blew falls. Its upright 
Leaves are of a reddifh purple, and the falling 
Leaves of a blew color. 
XIX. 17. Purpurea rubefeens labris albido cceru- 
leis ffhe reddifh Purple with whitifh blew falls. It is 
of a reddifh purple, and its falling Leaves of a whi- 
tifh blew color, in nothing elfe differing from the 
laft. 
XX. t8. Purpurea labris luteis. The Purple 
with yellow falls. Its falling Leaves are of a fair 
Gold yellow, without any ftripe, yet in fome there 
are Veins running thro’ the yellow Leaves, and fome 
have an edge of a fad dark color about them 3 the 
upright Leaves in every of thefe are of a Violet 
Purple. 
XXI. 1 9. Purpurea labris ex albido cceruleo, Lf 
luteo mixtis , Party colored Purple with friped yel- 
low falls. This is like the laft, but that the falling 
Leaves are of a pale blew and yellow, traverfing one 
the other, and the arched Leaves of a pale purplilh 
color. 
XXII. 20. Subpurpurea labris luteis , The pale 
Purple with yellow falls. Its upright Leaves aje 
of a paler purple, and the falling Leaves yellow. 
There is another Species of this, a little differing 
from it, in that the arched Leaves are whitilh. 
XXIII. 21. Subccerulea labris luteis , The Party 
colored blew and yellow. Its upright Leaves are of a 
pale blew, and the falling Leaves yellow. There is 
another of this fort, but of a little paler blew. 
XXIV. 22. Crinis colons elegantiores , The fair 
Hair colored. Its upright Leaves are of a fair brown- 
ifh yellow, or Hair color, and the falling Leaves 
yellow. 
XXV. 23. Altera obfoleticr , The dull Hair co- 
lored. It is of the fame color with the former, but 
fomewhat deader. 
XXVI. 24. Iris bulbofa Africana, The Purple or 
Murry Barbary bulbous flowerdeluce. As to Root, 
Leaf 
