Salmon s Herbal Lib, 1. 
V. The third , or Small reddifh Colored Oriental 
Jacinth. ft ft another of the fame Kind, whofe Flow- 
ers arc of a fine delayed color , with fome deeper co- 
lored Veins running along the three outward Leaves 
of the Flower, and differing in no other particulars 
from the firft of thefe Summer Jacinths. 
VI. 'I he fourth , or Greater Summer Starry Jacinth. 
It has a Root which is round and white , having fame 
long thick Roots under it, befides the Fibres , as is 
if uni in many other Jacinths; from this Root riles 
up feveral narrow green Leaves, lying upon the 
Ground, fomewhat like the Leaves of the Englijh 
Jacinth, or Hare shells, but ftiffer and ftronger, a- 
mong which rifes up a round ftiff Stalk, bearing 
many Flowers at the top thereof, and at every fbot- 
ftalk of the Flowers a fmall Ihort Leaf, of a pur- 
plifh color ; the Flowers are Star-like, of a fine de- 
layed purplilh color, tending to a pale Blew, or 
Afh Color, ftriped on the back of every Leaf, and 
having a pointed Umbone in the middle, with fome 
whitilh purple Threads about it tipt with blew * 
the Seed is black, round, and Ihining, like unto the 
Seed of the Englijh Jacinth , or Haresbells, but not 
full out fo big. 
VII. The fifth, or Leffer Summer Starry Jacinth. 
It has a fmall bulbous Root, and white, covered with 
a brown Coat, and having fome fuel i thick Roots a- 
mong the Fibres as are among the others this Leffer 
Jacinth has feveral very long, narrow, and Ihining 
green Leaves, fpread upon the Ground round about 
the Root, from among which rifes a very Ihort 
round Stalk, not above two or three Inches high, 
bearing fix or feven fmall Flowers thereon on each 
fide of the Stalk, like both in form and color unto 
the Greater Summer Jacinth before deferibed, but 
leffer by far; the Seed is black, and contained in 
three cornered Heads or Husks. 
VIII. The Places. The firft three have been ga- 
thered on the Pyrenean Mountains, on thole fides 
next to Spain, from whence they have been brought 
to us ; the fourth and fifth grow naturally in Portu- 
gal, and from thence have been tranfplanted into our 
Gardens. 
IX. The Times. The firft three Flower very late 
in refpeft to the Early Flowering Jacinths, vie. in 
May or June for the moft part-, the two latter 
Flower alfo in May, towards the latter end of it, 
and fometimes alfo in June, and their Seed is ripe 
in July. 
is reaf enable great, and white on the out fide, with 
many ft rang white Fibres at it,' which perifh not Pear- 
ly as the Fibres of many other Jacinths do-, it fprings 
late out of the Ground, bearing four or five Ihort, 
hollow, and loft, whitilh green Leaves, with a 
white line in the middle of every one of them, from 
among which rife up one or more Stalks, bearing fe- 
veral Flowers at their tops, all looking one way, 
or (landing on one fide, hanging down their heads, 
confifting of fix Leaves, three of which, being the 
, outwardmoft, lay open their Leaves and turn back 
their ends a little, the other three Leaves, which are 
innermoft, do as it were clofe together in the mid- 
dle of the Flower, without laying themfelves open 
at all, being a little whitilh on the edges; the 
whole Flower is of a purplilh yellow color, with 
fome white and green as it were mixed amongft it, 
of no fmell at all -, after the Flowers are paft great 
three cornered and bunched out Heads or Husks 
come in their places, which contain black and flat 
Seed ; this Plant as it fprings up late, fo it keeps its 
green Leaves almoft until Winter. 
IV. The fecond, or. Barbary Brown Colored Ja- 
cinth. This Plant in its Root, Leaves, Stalks, Flow- 
ers, Seed, and manner of its growing, and in all 
other refpe&s (except its magnitude) is very like the 
former, nor does it differ at all from it, but that 
this is every ways much greater. 
V. Tlje third, or ./Ethiopian Dun or Dusky Co- 
lored Jacinth. Its Root is bulbous , and like the for- 
mer, its Leaves are ftronger and greener than it, and 
the Stalk alfo thicker, bearing divers Flowers, con- 
fufedly Handing upon longer footftalks, yet made 
hfter the fame fafhion, but that the three inner 
Leaves are whitilh, and dented about the edges, ©- 
therwife the Flowers are greenifli on the infid e. 
VI. The Places. The native Country of the firft 
of thefe is Spain, the fecond is a native of Barbary, 
growing about Fez and Morocco, the third is a na- 
tive of 2 Ethiopia , and was brought hither from the 
Cape of Goodhope -, with us they are only nurled up 
in Gardens. 
VI r. The Times. The firft Flowers not until June , 
becaufe it fprings late out of the Ground, as afore- 
faid, holding its green Leaves all September, the 
Seed ripening in the mean feafon ; ana much about 
the fame times the other two Flower and Seed. 
CHAP, cccxcix. 
CHAP. CCCXCVIII. 
0/ J A C I N T H Starry Common. 
Of JACINTH Dun or Brown. 
l.'Tp H E JCames. It is called in Greek f r dyav^Gr 
X *cucf, in Latino Hyacinthus fufeus vel obfo- 
Irtus, in Englifh The Dun or Brown Colored Jacinth. 
II. The Kinds. There are three Species of this 
Plant, viz. i. Hyacinthus Hifpanicus Colons obfole- 
tioris, Hyacinthus Hifpanicus obfoletus vel fufeus. 
The Spanifh Dun or Brown Colored Jacinth. 2. 
Hyacinthus Mauritanicus fufeus vel obfoletus , The 
Barbary Brown Colored Jacinth. 3. Hyacinthus 
JEtbiopicus fufeus vel obfoletus, Hyacinthus JEthio- 
picus maximus. The ./Ethiopian Dun or Dusky Co- 
lored Jacinth. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft , or Spanifh Dun 
or Brown Colored Jacinth, has a bulbous Root, which 
1 / J"' H £ Names. It is called in Greek *r <fo/*8©-' 
X aVe/s/f, in Latine Hyacinthus Stellatus, and 
in Englijh The Starry Jacinth. 
II. The Kinds. There are fix generick Species 
of the Starry Jacinths , viz. 1 . Hyacinthus St Hiatus 
JEftivus, three Species of which we have already 
Treated of among the Summer Jacinths in Chap. 3 97. 
aforegoing. 2. Hyacinthus Ste/latus Communis, The 
Common Starry Jacinth, of which in this Chapter. 
3. Hyacinthus St e llat us Americanus , The Ajnerican 
Starry Jacinth, of which in Chap. 400. 4. Hyacin - 
thus Stellatus Byzantinus, The Turky Starry Jacinth, 
of which in Chap. 401. 5. Hyacinthus Stellatus 
Autumnalis* The Autumn Starry Jacinth, df wlrich 
in Chap. 402. 6 . Hyacinthus Stellatus LifftfiuS, 
The Lilly Leav’d Starry Jacinth, of which )Ve ffiall 
Treat in Ch$p. 403. following. 
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