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Stalk with fix other /mail Leaves in the middle, 
of a white color, funding round together like a 
Cup ■ in the mdfl of which is a fmall white Pointel , 
about which funds fix white Threads, T, ft with 
vc llcno pendents on their Tops h the whole flower 
' being without any fmell. Aft" the flowers are 
pal come forth great round, fh Triangular heads, 
which are too heavy for the Stalk to bear, and there- 
fore lye down upon the Leaves or Ground, having 
certain Lines or Stripes on their outfide. , in which 
is contained round , black, rough Seed. 
Yin. The lixth, or the One Leav d Star-flower. 
It has a fmall Bulbous or round white Root, which 
fends forth one very long Rujh like or round green 
Leaf but that for 2 or 3 inches above the Earth tt 
is a little flat, and guttered-, which Jcnds forth a 
fmall or little Stalk about 3 or 4 inches high, bear- 
ing at its Top 3 or 4. fmall white flowers, confining 
of fix very white Leaves apiece, within which are 
fix white Chives, T ipt with yellow pendent stand- 
ing about a fmall Triangular head, which has a 
white Pointel flicking as it were in the mdfl there- 
of : the fmell of which flowers is much like the 
fmell of the flowers of the Hawthorn. 
IX. The feventh, or finall Spanrlh Star flow- 
er It has a fmall white Bulbous Root which fends 
forth in the beginning of the year, five or fix 
fmall long green Leaves, much like thofe of the 
fir II common fort, but narrower, and without any 
white Line or Streak, wherewith thofe others are 
firiped or marked, from among which rife up one 
or two fmall Stalks , about two handfuls high, 
bearing at their Tops, each Stalk about f even or 
eight flowers or more, growing each, one above a- 
nother yet fo that they feem to make aT aft or Um- 
bel with fmall long Leaves at the fool of every 
Stalk the lower flowers being equal in length with 
the uppermoft each of which flowers has fix Leaves 
of an Afh or wbitijh blew color, with a ftrake or 
line down the back of every one of their Leaves, 
and fo many white Chives or Threads flandmg 
about a b/ewijh Pointel or head in the middle , 
which flowers quickly pafs away without giving 
a \ t The eighth, or Greateft white Star-flower. 
Its Root is Bulbous, great, thick and Jhort,fome- 
what yellowijh on the outfide , with a flat bottom 
like that of the Arabian Star-flower , but more bar - 
dy to endure the Winter , and more apt to encreafe, 
whereby it is now grown common. It has many 
fair broad , long, and very frefh green Leaves 
which fpring up out of the Ground very early, and 
are greater, longer, and greener than the Leaves 
of any Oriental Jacinth, which do abide green from 
the middle of January, or beginning of February, 
to the end of May, at which time they begin to fade, 
and the Stalk with the head of flowers, begins to 
rife fo that it will have few or no Leaves at all, 
when the flowers are blown. The Stalk is flrong , 
round, fmooth and firm, and rifes by flowering 
time, to be 2 or 3 feet high, bearing at the Top a 
great bujh or fpike of flowers, upon long Eootftalks', 
which feem at the firfi to be a great green Ear of 
Corn, for it is made fpike fajhi on -, which when the 
flowers arc blown, it rifes up to be very high, /lender 
'or fmall at the Top of the head, and broad fpread, 
and bufhing below, fo that it is long in flowering. 
The flowers open by degrees, for they flower firfi 
below, and fo gradually upwards, confifiing each of 
fix white Leaves, fpread open like a Star. Thefe 
flowers are Snow white, without any line or freak 
on the backfide, but not near fo large as thofe of the 
Arabian kind, with a white Pointel or head in the 
middle befet with many white Threds Tipt with 
yellow Pendents. And the Seed is black and round 
contained in the Triangular heads. 
XI. The ninth, or Hungarian Star-flower. Its 
Root is Bulbous , long and white and is greater , 
thicker , and longer than the Root of thefirjl or Com- 
mon kind , for the m oft port two joined together., and 
fomewhat grayifh on the outfide. It fhoots forth 
feveral narrow , long, zvhitifh, green Leaves, viz. 
five or fix, and that before Winter , which fpread 
the mf elves upon the Ground, narrow and of about 
a fingers length , much refcmbling the Leaves of 
Clove Gilliflowers , but fomewhat roughifh, and fo 
abide above Ground from the midjl of which the 
the next Spring , about April, when the Leaves are 
decaying , rifes up a Stalk , about half a Foot high , 
bearing at its Top , a fpike of many white flowers , 
confifling of fix Leaves apiece , with green lines 
down their backs , very like to the firfi or Com- 
mon Star-flower , which fhew themfelves open in 
May. 
XII. The tenth, or Great White Spiked Star- 
flower. It has a large Bulbous Root , ufually larger 
and whiter on the outfide than that of the greatefi 
white Star-flower , at Se£I. X. aforegoing : and in 
its form and manner of growing is much like the 
fame eighth kind. It Springs not up fo early, nor 
are its Leaves fo gt'een or large but it has broad , 
long , hollow , whitijh green Leaves , pointed at the 
end from among which rifes up the Stalk , which 
is flrong, and from a Foot and half to three Feet 
high, whereon at the Top grows a great fpiked head, 
orbufh of Star-flowers, ftanding fpike fafhion, fome- 
wbat like the eighth Species aforenamed, flowering 
in the fame manner by degrees , beginning firfi below, 
and gradually upwards to the very Top. But it is 
not fo thick fet with thefe Star like flowers, nor 
fo far fpread at the bottom, as that kind, nor are 
the flowers fo white , but each of their Leaves a 
line or freak of green down their backs, and their 
edges on both fides arc White. After the flowers 
are paft, come Triangular heads like the others , 
containing within them fuch like black Seed. 
XIII. The eleventh, or Great Green Star-flow- 
er. Its Root is yellowijh, fomething like to the 
eighth Species at Se£t. X. aforegoing. It has many 
whitijh green Leaves , long and narrow, fpread up- 
on the Ground , which fpring up in the beginning 
of the Tear, and abide untill May : and then wi- 
thering away, the Stalk fprings up ahnofi as high 
as that greateft white Star-flower, having many 
pale, yellowijh green Starlike flowers, but fmaller, 
and growing more fparfedly about the Stalk upon 
fhort Footftalks, but in a reafonable long fpiked 
head •, after which comes the Seed, which is like 
that in the laft Setfion aforegoing. 
XIV. The twelfth, or Dwarf Yellow Star- 
flower. Its Root is Bulbous , white , and covered 
with an Afh colored Film. It fends up one only 
Leaf, two or three inches long, which is narrow, 
of a whitijh color, and of an Acid Tafle. Nigh 
to which rifes up a fmall Stalk, about two inches 
high , having one or two Leaves thereon •, between 
which come forth fmall Starlike flowers, yellow 
within, and of a greenifh purple without. The 
flowers being paft, their come Triangular heads , 
in which is contained fmall reddifh Seed. 
XV. The T laces. The Titles or Names of ma- 
ny of them fhew their Original or Native Places * 
but with us in England they are all Nurft up in 
Gardens. The firft grows Wild in Germany , 
Flanders and other Foreign Countrys, as alfo in 
feveral parts of Our Land. The fecond, Lobel 
fays, he found in the Corn-fields in Somerfet- 
fhire , 
