Lib. !. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
$ iifHyacimhtis oh foie to flore H Up aniens major. 
Thegreater dusky floured Spanifh Iacinth, 
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t 15 Hyacinthus minor {iijpanicus. 
The Idler Spanifh jacinth. 
the fetting on of the floure. Whereupon Cln- 
fms calls it Hjaeintbus Oriental’s cattle foliofi 
That is,the Oriental Hyacinth with leaues on 
the ftalke. 
«f Of double floured Oriental Hyacinths. 
Of this kindred there are two or three more 
varieties , whereof I wil gitie you the defcrip- 
ttonof the mod notable, and the names of the 
other two 5 which, with that I fhalldeliuer of 
this, may ferue for fuificient defcription.The 
firft ofthefe (which Clttflus calls Hyacinthus 0 - 
rient al is Jitbvi refcente flore, or,thegreenifh flou- 
red double Orientall Iacinth j hath leaues, 
roots, and feeds like vnto the formerly defcri- 
bed Oriental Iacinths ; but the flouresfwher- 
in the difference confifts) are at the firft be- 
fore they be onen, gfeene, and then on the out 
fide next to the ftal ke of a w hitilTi blew- and 
theyconfiftoffix leaues whofe tips are whi- 
tifh,yet retaining feme manifeft greenesttben 
out of the midftofthe floure comes forth an- 
other floure confiding of three leaues ,-whitifh 
on their inner fid?, yet keeping the great veine* 
or ftreakevpon theouter fide, each floure ha- 
iling in the middle a few chines with blackifh 
pendants, Itflouresin Aprill. 
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