XVIII. i£. Cohhuum tkrmodaflyluir. The Klih;' 1 " 
da£Vyl, like Medow Saffron. It has a bulbous or mini 
Root, not much unlike tothe Hermodaftyl, (which in 
truth is no Hermodaft, buta Colchicum.) It Springs. up 
with its Leaves in Autumn, before its Hesters apj 
which none of the former kinds do. The f/owi i 
does (after the Leaves are up) flew it fetf in the 
middle of them , confijhng of fix white Leaves , with 
divers Chives in the middle , and paffes away with- 
out giving any Seed, that has yet been objerved. 
The Green Leaves abide all Winter and Spring 
following , decaying about M ay and appear, or 
Spring not up again until September following , 
when (as is /aid) the f lowers Jhevi tbemf elves , and 
that prefcntly after the Leaves are Sprung up. 
XIX. 17. Colchicum atropurpureum : Dark Pur- 
ple colored Medow Saffron . Its Root , as aljo its 
Seed , are like to thofe dj the Englifh Purple kinds. 
The greateft difference in this Species, confijis in 
the flower, which at the firft appearance , is of as 
pale a Purple as the flowtr of the former Hunga- 
rian kind ; but after it has flood in flower two or 
three Days, it begins to change, and will after a 
while, become of a very deep reddijb Purple, as alfo 
the little footftalk on which it does fland. The 
flower is of the bignefs of the Hungarian Purple, 
and fo alfo is the green Leaf. 
XX. 18. Colchicum atropurpureum variegatum : 
The Party colored dark Purple Medow Saffron. 
This is another fort of the former kind, diff ering 
chiefly in the flower , which is varioufly ftriped thro’ 
hart 
cuicjiy us nat, ituww ^ — a y j 1 
every Leaf of the blower, with a paler bur pie color, 
fo that the flower is of great Beauty. This might 
feem to be a degenerate Plant from the former, but 
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that it has abode conflanl in its appearance , in fame 
Gardens for many Tears , and gives Seed as plenti- 
fully as_ the former. 
XV. 1 3. Colchicum Indicum , Colchicum Syria- 
cum, Colchicum Alexandrmum: The Affyrian or 
Indian Medow Saffron. This has a bulbous Root 
and made as it were of two pieces ; from the middle 
cleft whereof, rifles up a (oft and tender Stalk Jet 
with fair broad Leaves , from the middle thereof to 
the top ■, from among which, come forth one Jingle 
flower like unto thofe of the Common Medow 
Saffron, or the White Anemone of Matthiolusr 
Colchicum Montanum Hifpanicum mi- 
nus, The fmall Spanilh Medow Saffron, M K 
is fmall and long, according to the the reft of the 
Plant, and like in form to the others. The flowers 
are narrower and f mailer than any of the former , 
and of a deeper reddifh Purple color, than either 
the Englifh or Hungarian kinds : The green Leaves 
are alfo ( mailer than any other, lying upon the 
Ground, of a deep or fad green color r, fling up 
within a while after the flowers are paft, and abide 
preen all the WviterTong. 
XVII. ry. Colchicum Montanum minus flore 
verflcolor. Small party-colored Medow Saffron. 
7- his fmall fort differs not from the fmall fort lajt 
Defcnbed, but in the Variety of the flower, which 
as fmall as the former, the three inner Leaves 
being all White-, and the three outward Leaves 
feme of them Pale or Bluff , and feme party-colored, 
with a little green on the back of fome of them. 
..XI. 19. Colchicum flore plena : Double Flow- 
er’d Medow Saffron. This in its Root and Leaf, 
is very like unto the Englifh kind , the flowers are 
of a fine , pale , diluted color, confijhng of many 
Leaves Jet thick together, which are flontewhac 
f mailer, as in the Englifh flower, being narrow and 
long, and as it were round at the points, which 
make a very double flower, having fome Chives with 
their yellow Tips, difperfed as it were among the 
Leaves in the middle. It blowers in September, 
a little after the firft flew of the earlier Medow 
Saffrons are paft. , 
XXII. 20. Colchicum variegatum plena flore : 
The Party color’d double Medow Saffron. This 
Plant is diverfified from the former in the dividing 
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of its colors , as is feen in the Jingle party colored 
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oj us colors, uss <-> jtsfo - y o / v 
Medow Saffron before Defcnbed, having fome 
Leaves white , and others pale Purple, and fome 
Leaves half white and half purple, diverfly Jet or 
placed in the double flower , which does confift of 
as many Leaves as the former-, yet fometimes this 
party color'd -flower, does not flew it J. elf double 
like the former-, but has two flowers, one rifling 
out of another, making each of them to be alp/oft 
but Jingle flowers, confijhng but oj eight or ten 
Leaves apiece. But this diverfily K not conftant ; 
for the fame Root , which this tear appears in that 
manner, will the next Tear return to its former 
kind of double flowers again. 
XXIII. ar. Colchicum variegatum datum Agrip- 
pina ■ The variegated Medow Saffron, commonly 
called Agrippine. This is of later Difeovery than 
the reft and has more Variety than any oj the for- 
mer - the Difference chiefly confifttng in the color , 
and 'marking ' of the flowers, which in this, are 
White and Red interfpers’d, or. variegated like a 
Tali P' XXIV. 22. Col- 
