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phorus , or Lhniferus , or IFW/y Jacinth , to be a Spe- 
cies of the firft Kind in this Chapter, for which rea- 
fon we have put it in this place among the Peruvi- 
an Kinds, it being a Jacinth both in its Root, Leaf, 
and Flower. 
VIII. The Tunes. The firft three Flower in May, 
and the Seed is ripe in July ; the fourth Flowers not 
often, and is rare to be feen Flowering with us, but 
when it does Flower it Flowers alfo in the Month 
of May, as the others do. 
CHAP. CCCCI. 
Of JACINTH Starry Turky. 
I.'“p v H E Names. It is called in Greek 'ToU/fS©-, 
JL es&us B in Latine Hyacinthus Stella 
Jus Byzantinus , and in Englifh The Turky Starry 
Jacinth , The Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. 
II. The Kinds. There are four Species of this 
Plant, viz. 1. Hyacinthus Stellatus Byzantinus Ra- 
dice nigra , The Turky Starry Jacinth with a black 
Root. 2. Hyacinthus Stellatus Byzantinus major. 
The Greater Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. 3. 
Hyacinthus Stellatus Byzantinus alter , Hyacinthus 
Wore Boraginis , The other Turky Starry Jacinth, or 
Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. 4. Hyacinthus 
Stellatus Conftantinopolitanus Flore Cinereo , Hyacin- 
thus Stellaris Somcri , The Turky Aih Colored Star- 
ry Jacinth, or Somer’s Starry Jacinth. 
III. The Defcriptions. The firft, or Turky Star- 
ry Jacinth with a black Root. It has a Root which 
for the moft part does run downwards , fomething deep 
into the Ground , from which rife up feveral frefh, 
green, thin, and long Leaves, of the bignefs of the 
Englijh Jacinth , but not fo long, between which ri- 
fes up a Render low Stalk, bearing five or fix Flow- 
ers, difperfedly fet thereon, fpreading open like a 
Star, of a pale or bleak blew color ^ the Leaves of 
the Flowers are lomewhat long, and ftand as it were 
fomewhat loofely, one off from another, and not fo 
compa&edly together as the Flowers of other Kinds ; 
it feldom bears with us ripe Seed, becaufe the Heads 
are lb heavy, that lying upon the Ground they rot 
with the Wet, or are bitten with the Frofts, or 
both, fo that they feldom come to good j the Root 
is fmall in fome, and reafonable big in others, round 
and long, white within, but covered with deep red- 
difh or purplifh peelings next unto ir, and darker 
and blacker purple on the outfide, with fome long 
and thick white Fibres like Fingers hanging at the 
bottom of them, as is to be feen in many other Ja- 
cinths. 
IV. The fecond , or Greater Starry Jacinth of Con- ® 
ftantinople. The Root of this is like the former, fa- 
ying that it is not black on the outfide , as the other , 
but three tunes bigger •, this Jacinth may truly be re- 
ferred to the former Jacinth of Conftantinople , and 
called the Greater , it is fo very like thereunto, that 
any one who knows that cannot but know or think 
that this is another of that fort, but greater, as it is 
in all its parts, bearing larger Leaves by much, and 
more ftore, lying upon the Ground round about the 
Root ^ it bears many low Stalks of Flowers, as bleak 
and Handing as loofely as the former. 
V. The third, or Other Turky Starry Jacinth, or 
Starry Jacinth of Conftantinople. Its Root is of a 
dark whitijh color on the outfide, and fometimes a lit- 
tle reddift) withal it has for the moft part only four 
Leaves, broader and greener than the firft, but not 
fo large or io long as the fecond ; the Stalk has five 
or fix Flowers^upon it, bigger and rounder fet, like 
other Starry Jacinths, of a more perfect or deeper 
blew than either of the former, having a whitifh 
green Umbone or Head in the middle, befet with 
fix blew Chives or Threads tipt with black, fo clofe- 
ly encompaffing the Umbone or Head, that the 
Threads feem to be fo many pricks ftuck into a Club 
or Head, fdme have therefore liken’d it to a Borage 
Flower, and fo have called it ; after the Flowers are 
paft come up round white Heads, in which is con- 
tained round and white Seed. 
VI. The fourth, or Turky Afli Colored Starry Ja- 
cinth, or Somer’s Starry Jacinth. Its Root is like to 
that of the Englifh Jacinth, or Haresbells, being 
great , round, and white , fo like that it is hard to 
know the one from the other-, its Leaves are alfo ve- 
ry like to the Leaves of the Englifh Jacinth, and 
fpread themlelves upon the Ground in the fame 
manner, from among which rife . up one or two 
Stalks, replenifhed at top with a number of fmall 
Star like Flowers, bufhing out more below than 
above, of a very pale or white Blew, tending to an 
Afh Color, and very fweet in fmellj the Seed is 
black and round, like unto the Seed of the Englijh 
Jacinth , or Haresbells. 
VII. The Tlaces. The Titles of the three firft 
fhew you their native places, the third of them, as 
Lobe l fays, was brought to England from Conftanti- 
nople by the Lord Zouth -, the fourth Somers brought 
from Conftantinople , or out of Italy, as Lobe l lays, 
into the Low Countries, from whence it has been 
brought to us, but they all tlourifh admirably well 
in our Gardens. 
VIII. The Times. The firft of thefe Flower ear- 
lier than the other three, and prefendy after the 
Early Starry Jacinth ■, the three laft Flower ail of 
them in April. 
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