Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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5 Hyacinthus fie liar is Byijantinus nigra radi.ce flore 
caruleo. 
The blew ftarry Iacinth of Conftantinople, 
with the blacke root. 
6 Hyacinthus fiellatus Byifantinus major flore cxru- 
leo. 
The greater blew ftarry Iacinth of Conftanti- 
ple. 
7 Hy Mint bus fiellatus Byzantinus alter flore boragi- 
nis. 
The other blew ftarry Iacinth of Conftantino- 
nople, vvithFIoures fomewhat refembling 
Borage. 
8 Hyacinthus fteHaris eflhntsflue cxoticus Someri 
flore cinereo. 
A lh coloured ftarry Iacinth, or Somers Iacinth. 
9 Hyacinthus fiellatus afituus major. 
The greater ftarry Sommer Iacinth. 
I o Hyacinthus fiellatus aftivus minor. 
The lefter ftarry Summer Iacinth. 
I I Hyacinthus ftellaris Poreti flore ctruleo finis 
purpureis. 
Berets ftarry Iacinth with blew Floures, hauino- 
purple ftreakes alongft their middles. ° 
1 2 Hyacinthus Hifi unions fiellaris flore future earn. 
leo. 
The Spanifti ftarry Iacinth with deepc blew 
floures. 
1 3 There is another ftarry Iacinth more 
large and beautifull than any of thefe before 
mentioned. The Ieaues are broad and notvery 
long, fpread vpon the ground, and in the midft 
of them there rifeth vp a ftalke which ; 
- ■ , ...rat the top 
beareth a great fpokeoffaire ftarry floures, which firft begin to open themfelues below, and fo 
fhew themfelues by little and little to the top of the ftalke. The vfuall fort hereofhath blew or 
purple floures. There is alfo a fort hereof which hath flefti-coloured floures , and another with 
white Floures : This is called Hyacinthus fiellatus Peruanus, The ftarry Iacinth of Peru. 
■ S -i.'. . ' - 1 V 
X o Hyacinthus fiellatus aflivus minor. 
The lefter ftarry Summer Iacinth. 
X3 Hyacinthus Veruanus, 
Hyacinth of Peru, 
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Thole who are ftudious in varieties of Floures, and require larger deferiptions of thefe , may 
bane recourie to the Workes of the learned Carolus Clufms in Latine, or to M. Urkinfons Worke in 
Enghlh, whereThey-may haue foil fatisfatftion. } 
' " : — «f Thcflace. 
1 he three firft mentioned Plants grow in many places of Germany in woods and mountaines, 
as Fuchjius and Gefner do teftifie : In Bohemia alfo vpon diners baukes that are full of Herbes. In 
England 
