Salmon V Herbal. Lib. I. 
now, when Phyficians write Iris, the Common Blew 
cr Purple Flowerdeluce is intended:, but when Ireos, 
they mean and intend the Florentine Orr'tce . 
II. The Kinds. There are fourteen feveral kinds 
of this Broad leaved Tuberous, blew or purple 
Flowcrdeluce, viz. i. Iris purpurea , five vulga- 
ris, The Common blew, or purple Flowerdeluce. 
2. Iris purpurea palhdior verficolor , The various 
colored paler purple Flowerdeluce. 3. Iris c&rulea 
labris purpureis,The blewFlowerdeluce with purple 
ftalks. 4. Iris Dalmatica major. The great Dalma- 
tian Flowerdeluce. 5. Iris AJiatica Ccerulea , The 
Blew Allan. 6. Iris AJiatica purpurea , The Purple 
Afian. 7. Iris Damafcena, The Damafco Iris. 1. 1- 
ris biflora Luf tunica. The Portugal double flower- 
ing. 9. Iris purpurea verficolor major Comer aril. 
The great variable Purple. 10. Iris purpurea ver- 
f colon minor. The lefier variable Purple, n. Iris 
purpurea altera minus fuliginea, Another Purple 
lels fmoakie. 1 2. Iris Ccerulea verficolor. The Blew 
variable. 13. Iris lute a variegata, The Yellow 
variable. 14. Iris lutea labriis purpureis palladis , 
The Yellow with pale purple Lips, or falls. 
III. The Defcriptions. The fir ft, or Common 
blew or purple Flowerdeluce, hat a Tuberous 
lloot , and differs little or nothing from the Great 
‘ Turky kind, neither in its Root, Leaf or Flower, 
nor m its manner or form of growing, only that the 
Leaves of this are not fo large as fome of the kinds 
are •, and the Flower it felf is of a deep purple, or 
violet Color, and fometimes a little declining to 
rednefs, in fome particular places. 
IV. The fecond , or Various colored, paler Purple, 
has Viewers of J'uch a pale Purple color, as that they 
come near unto a Blew -, and fometimes it will have 
Veins or Stripes of a deeper blew or purple, and 
fometimes of an Afhcolor, running thro’ all the 
higher and lower Leaves. 
V. The third, or Blew with Purple falls, is ano- 
ther kind much like unto the former ^ but this is 
more purple in the falls, and more pale in the up- 
right Leaves. 
VI. The fourth, or Great Dalmatian, has its Roots 
and Leaves as large and broad as any of the Flower - 
deluces wbatfoever : Its Stalk and Flower do equal 
its other parts in proportion j faving that the co- 
lor of the Flowers is differing, this being of a fair 
Watchet or pale blew color wholly, with the yel- 
low Thrum down the middle of the Flower or 
falling Leaves, as before is faid to be Common 
to all Flowerdeluces. In all its other parts, it dif- 
fers little, fave only, that it is obferved to have a 
fmall fhew of a purplilh red about the bottom of 
the green Leaves. 
VII. The fifth, or Blew Afian, is in largenefs of 
Leaves like unto the Dalmatian, but bears a greater 
fore of Flowers on feveral Branches , which are of 
a deeper blew color, and the arched Laves, whitifh 
on the fide, and purplifh on the Ridges, but in o- 
ther parts like unto it. 
VIII. The fixth , or Purple Afian, is nearly like 
to the former, but that the Leaves of this are a 
little narrower, and its Flowers a little more Pur- 
ple, efpecially the upper Leaves. 
IX. The feventh, or Damafco Flowerdeluce , is 
altogether like to the Flowerdeluce of Alia, except- 
ing that it has fome white Veins in its upright 
Leaves. 
X. The eighth, or Portugal double flowering, is 
very like the firfi kind of this Chapter, but that it is 
not fo large in its Leaves, nor in its Flowers : It 
fometimes flowers twice in a Year, viz. in the 
Spring, and in the Autumn ^ but this double flow- 
ering is not often, unlefs the Soil in which it grows 
is very good, the Scituation proper, and the Sea- 
fons warm and produFlive : But the Flowers of 
this have a better and fweeter Smell than the firft 
kind ; and they are of a Purple or Violet Color, 
and come out of a purplifh Skin or Husk. 
XI. The ninth, or Great variable Purple, has ve- 
ry broad Leaves, like unto the Leaves of the firjl 
kind in this Chapter , and fo is the Flower alfo, but 
differing in Color : For the three lower Leaves, are 
of a deep Purple, tending to rednels : The three 
arched Leaves, are of the color of the upper Leaves^ 
and the three upper Leaves, are of a pale color, 
tending to yellownefs, fhadowed over with a 
Smoaky purplifh color, except the ridges of the 
arched Leaves, which are of a more lively Pur- 
ple. 
XII. The tenth , or lefier variable Purple, differs 
not in any thing from the lafi, but only that it has 
narrower green Leaves, and fmaller and narrower 
Flowers, otherwife if they be both compared to- 
gether, the Colors will not feem to varie at all one 
from another. 
XIII. The eleventh , or other Purple lefs fmoaky, 
comes fomething near unto the two lafi Kinds , whofe 
Husks, from whence the Flowers do fhoot forth, 
have purple Veins in them, and fo have the falling 
purplilh Leaves ; and the three upright Leaves are 
not fo dull or fmoaky, yet of a dull purple Color. 
XIV. The twelfth , or Blew variable, has its 
Leaves of the fame largenefs with the lefier Variable, 
at Seft. 1 2. above, and its Flowers are as diverfiy 
marked : for fome have the falling Leaves blew 
at the edges, and whitifh at the bottom of the 
arched Leaves, which are of a yellowifh white * 
and the upright Leaves are of a whitifh blew, 
with yellowifh edges. Some again are of a darker 
blew, with brownifh Spots in them. And fome 
are of fo pale a Blew, that it may well be called 
an Afhcolor. Some alfo there are whole upright 
Leaves are of a fair pale blew, with yellowifh 
edges, and the falling Leaves are parted into two 
colors, fometimes equally in halfs, each fide dif- 
fering from the other in color •, and fometimes one 
Leaf 
