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Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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B. 1. 
England we cherifh mod of thefe mentioned in this place, in our gardens, onely for the beauty of 
their floures. 
The time. 
The three firft begin to floure in themidft of Ianuarie, and bring forth their feed in May. The 
other floure s in the S pring. 
The names. 
i The firft of thefe Hyacinths “is called Hyacinthus ftellatus, or Stellaris Fitchfij,o{ the ftarre-like 
Floures • Narcilf'ts ctruleus Bockij • of fome, Flos Martins ftellatus. 
, -phis by Lobell is thought to be Hyacinthus Bifoltus, o{T heophraftus : T ragus calls it Narcijfus 
cttruleus : and Fuchftus, Hyacinthus czruleus minor mas. Wee may call it in Englifli, The fmall two 
leaned ftarrie Iacinth. r , . , 
4 The Lilly Hyacinth is called Hyacinthus Germamcus Liliflorus, or Germane Hyacinth, taken 
from the countrey where it naturally groweth wilde. 
$ The verities. 
$ The faculties of the ftarry Hyacinths are not written of by any.But the Lilly Ieaued Iacinth, 
(which growes naturally in ahill in Aquitaine called Hos, where the Herdmen call it Sarakug) is 
faid by them to caufe the heads of fuch cattell as feed thereon to fwell exceedingly, and then kils 
them : which fhevves it hath a maligne and poyfonous qualitie. Chf. i 
Chap. 78. Of zAutumne Hyacinths. 
1 Hyacinthus Autumnalis minor. a Hyacinthus Autumnalis major. 
Small Autumne Iacinth. Great Autumne Iacinth. 
The deftert ftiott'. 
I A Vtumne Iacinth is the leaft of all the Iacinths : it hath fmall narrow gralfy leaues 
A\ fpread abroad vpon the ground ■ in the middeft whereof fpringeth vp a fmall naked 
ftalke an handfull high, fet from the middle to the top with many fmall ftarre-like 
blew floures, hailing certaine fmall loofechiues in the middle. The feed is blacke contained in 
fmall huskes : the root is bulbous. 
a The 
