L I B. 5 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
«>] The defcripion. 
1 fT~ , He firft kinde of Iacinth hath three very fat thickebrovvne leaues, hollow like a little 
trough, very brittle, of the length ofa finger : among which (hoot vp fat, thick brow- 
nifh ftalkes, foft and very tender, and full of juyce , whereupon do grow many fmall 
blew Floures confiding of fix little leaues fpred abroad like aftarre. The feed is contained in 
fmall round bullets, which are fo ponderous or heauy that they lie trailing vpon the ground. The 
root is bulbous or Onion fafhion, couered with browniih feales or filmes. 
2 There is alfo a white floured one of this kinde. 
5 There is found another of this kinde which feldome or neuer hath more than two leaues. 
The roots are bulbed like the other. The Flourcs be whitifh, ftarre-fafhion, tending to blew nelle, 
which I receiuedofSfltoHW of Paris. 
J 8 Hfacinthus flelUris Sorneri. $ 9 Byncinthus Jtcttatus xflivus major. 
Somers ftarry Iacinth. The greater Harry Summer Iacinth. 
4 This kinde of Hyacinth hath many broad leaues fpread vpon the ground, like vnto thofe 
of Garden Lilly, but fhorter. The ftalkes do rife out of the middeft thereof bare, naked, and very 
fmootb,an handfull high ; at the top whereof do grow fmall blew floures ftarre-fafhion, very like 
vnto the precedent. The root is thicke and full of juyce, compadt of many fcaly cloues of a yel- 
low colour. 
f There are fome tenne or eleuen varieties of ftarry Iacinths,befides thefe two mentioned by 
our Authour. They differ each from other either in the time of flouring (fome of them flou ring 
in the Spring, other fome in Sommer) in their bignefle, or the colours of their floures. The leaues 
of moft of them are much like to our ordinarie Iacinth, or Hare-bels , and lie fpread vpon the 
ground . Their floures in fhape refemble the laft deferibed, but are vfually more in number , and 
fbmewhat larger. The colour of moft of themareblew or purple, one of them excepted, which is 
of an Afli colour, and is knowneby the name of Somers his Iacinth. I thinke it not amiffe to giue 
you theirvfuall names, togethervvithfomeoftheir figures ; forfoyou may eafily irnpofe them 
truly vpon the things themfelues whenfoeuer you lhall fee them. 
