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CHAP. CCXCII. 
O/FLOWERDELUCE 
Dwarf Leffer. 
I. 'T' H E Names. It is called in Greek , t°u 
X tu*£?7t0i, it, "lets ran Sr-mr ; in Latin, bis pu- 
mihx minor , Chant girts minor : in EngUJh , Dwarf 
Flowerdeluce the leffer. 
II. The Kinds. There are feven kinds of thefe 
leffer Dwarfs, viz. 1. Cbamteiris latifolia alba mi- 
nor , The leffer white broad-leav’d Dwarf Flower- 
deluce. 2. Cbamteiris latifolia minor Straminea , The 
leffer Straw-colored Dwarf, g. Cbamteiris latifolia 
minor purpurea , The lefler purple Dwarf 4. Cba- 
mteiris latifolia minor fuave rubens , The leffer blufh- 
colored Dwarf 5. Cbamteiris latifolia minor lute a 
verficolor , The leffer yellow variable Dwarf. 6 . 
Cbamteiris latifolia minor cterulea verficolor , The 
leffer blew variable Dwarf 7. Cbamteiris Marina 
purpurea , The purple Sea Dwarf Flowerdeluce. 
III. The Defcriptions. T he Jirfl , or Leffer white 
Dwarf, has a Jmall tuberous Root from which 
Leaves , for the moft part fomewbat f mailer, narrow- 
er and fhorter than the former, fpring forth. The 
Stalk with its Flowers upon it fcarcely rifes up a- 
bove the Leaves, fo that in moft of them it may ra- 
ther be called a Foot-ftalk, ( fuch as the Saffron- 
Flowers have) and therefore may be faid to be 
inswAo^ without Stalks. The Flowers are like unto 
the firft delcribed in the laft Chapter, of a whitilh 
color, with a few purplilh Lines at rhe bottom of 
the upper Leaves, with a Lift of Green in the fal- ' 
ling Leaves. 
IV. The fecond, or Leffer Straw-colored Dwarf, 
is in Roots, Leaves , Stalks, Flowers , and Manner 
of Growing very like the laft, excepting, that the 
Flowers thereof are of a pale yellow, called a Straw 
color, with whitilh Stripes and Veins in the falling 
Leaves, and purplilh Lines at the bottom of the 
upper Leaves. 
V. The third, or Leffer purple, differs not much 
from the laft in its Form , Subftance and Manner of 
Growing ; the chief Difference confifts tnoft/y in the 
Color of the Flower, which is of a deep Violet pur- 
ple, fometimes paler, and fometimes fo deep, that it 
feems alntoft black : and fometimes the falling 
Leaves are purplilh, and the upper Leaves blew ; 
and fome of thefe have a fweet Smell, and fome 
have none : alfo fome of them are of a fine pale 
blew color throughout the whole Flower. 
VI. The fourth, or Leffer blulh-color’d, has its 
falling Leaves of a reddijh color, and the Thrums 
blew : the upper and arched Leaves, of a fine pale 
red, or Flelh color, called a blulh color : in all 0- 
ther things it differs nothing, and fmells very little, 
or not at all. 
VII. The fifth, or Leffer yellow Variable, has its 
falling Leaves yellowijh, with purple Lines from the 
middle downwards ; fometimes of a deeper, and Jome- 
times of a paler color, and white Thrums in the mid- 
dle : the upper Leaves are alfo of a yellowilh color, 
with purple Lines in them : fometimes the yellow 
color is paler, and the Lines in both the upper and 
lower Leaves of a dull or dead purple color. 
VIII. The fixth, or Leffer blew Variable, has the 
upper Leaves of its blower of a blewifh yellow, f pot- 
ted with purple in the broad part, and at the bottom 
very narrow. The falling Leaves are lpread over 
with pale purplilh Lines, and a linall (hew of blew 
about the brims or edges. The Thrum is yellow at 
the bottom, and blewilh above. The arched Leaves 
are of a blewilh white, being a little deeper on rhe 
ridge : fometimes the upper Leaves are of a paler 
blew, rather whitilh, with rhe yellow ; and both 
thefe have no Smell at all. 
IX. The fevcmh , or Purple Sea Dwarf, is like 
unto the Narrow-leav’d Sea Flowerdeluce in Chap. 
289. Sect. 5. aforegoing , in its Root , Leaf and Flow- 
er, having no other Difference, but in the Smallnefs 
and Lownefs of its Growth, being of the fame pur- 
ple color with it. 
X. The Places. They are only nurft up with us 
in Gardens. The Sea kind have been found origi- 
nally in Spain, France and other Southern Shoars. 
XI. The Times. They Power in April and May, 
and the Seed is ripe in July. 
XII. The Qualities , Specification , Preparations 
and Virtues, are the lame with the Blew Flowerde- 
luce in Chap. 288. aforegoing. 
CHAP. CCXCIII. 
O/FLOWE R DELUCE 
Grafs, or Narrow-leav’d, 
I- ' I 1 H E Names. It is called in Greek, XaiuAteu 
X avopvrnti : in Latin, Cbamteiris angujiifclia , 
and Iris pumila anguftifolia : in EngUJh, Narrow- 
leav'd Dwarf Flowerdeluce, or Grafs Flowerdeluce. 
II. The Kinds. There are two fpecial kinds 
hereof, viz. 1 . Cbamteiris angulii folia major. The 
greater Narrow-leav’d or Grafs Flowerdeluce. 2. 
Chamairis anguftifolia minor , The leffer Narrow- 
leav’d or Grals Flowerdeluce. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft , or Greater 
Grafs or Narrow-leav’d, hat Roots Jmall, black and 
hard, growing thick together, faftned in the Ground 
with fmall blackifh hard Fibres or Strings, whin; 
fcarcely Jhoot again, if the Root is removed. From 
this Root fpring forth many long and narrow dark 
green Leaves, nor fo ftiff as fome of the former 
Smaller Dwarfs in the laft Chapter, bur pliant, ai d 
bending their ends down again : from among which 
rife up feveral Stalks, bearing at the top two or 
three lweet Flowers, as fmall as any of them let 
down before, of a reddifii purple color, with whi- 
tifti yellow and purple Strakes down the middle of 
the falling Leaves. The arched Leaves are of a 
Horfe Flelh color all along the edges, and purple on 
the ridges and tips which turn up again. Und-r 
thefe appear three brown Aglets, like unto Birds 
Tongues. The three upper Leaves are fmall and 
narrow, of a perfe£t Purple or Violet color. The 
Heads for Seed have lharper and harder cornered 
edges than the former ; and the Seeds are fomething 
greyifh, like thofe in the laft Chapter. a 
IV. The fecond, or Leffer Grafs or Narrow-leav’d, 
is in Roots, Leaves and Flowers fo like the laft de- 
fcribed, that it is not to be dftinguifhed therefrom, 
but only by its Smallnefs and Lownefs ; in which it 
is confiderably lefs, and by which it only differs. 
V. The Places, Thefe grow in feveral Southern 
Climates of the World, bur are only Garden Plants 
with us. 
VI. The Times. They flower fometimes in April, 
and 
