12< 5 Of the Hiftorie of .Plants. Lib. i. 
3 The third kind of Daffodil with the pnrple ring or circle in the middle, hath many frnall nar- 
row leaues, very flat, crookedly bending toward the top •, among which rifetlr vp a flender bare 
ftalke, atwhofetopdoth grow a faireand pleafant floure,likevntothofe before defcribed, but lef- 
fer, and floureth fooner, wherein Gonfifteth the difference. 
$ There is alfo another fomewhat leffe, and flouring fomew hat earlier than the laft defcribed. 
4 This in roots, leaues, and ftalkcs differeth very little from the laft mentioned kindes ; but it 
bearesmany flouresvponone ftalke, the out-leaues being like the former, white, but the cup or 
ring in the middle of a fatfron colour, with diners yellow threds contained therein. 
5 To thefe may be added another mentioned by Clufim, which differs from thefe onely in the 
floures • for this hath floures confiding of fix large leaup|Kiirely fpre^d abroad ? ryithin which are 
other fix leaues not fo large as the former, and then many 1 otfier litfflp leaues mixed with -threds 
comming forth of the middle. Now there are purple welts which runne betweene the firft and fe- 
condranke of leaues, in the floure,andfoin the reft. This floures in May jand it is Nanijp/s flene 
floreqttiMus,o{Clufius. f: 
j: I, NarciffusflorcplcHo^medioverficolore.' 14 Narcijfus totus alkus. . 
Double Daffodill with a diners coloured Milke white Daffodill. 
middle. 
6 This late flouring Daffodill hath many fat thickc leaues, full of juice, among the which ri- 
feth vp a naked ftalke, on the top whereof groweth a fairewhite floure,hauing in the middle a ring 
or yellow circle. The feed groweth in knobby feed veffels. The root is bulbous or Onion fafhion. 
It floureth later than the others before defcribed, that is to fay, in Aprilland May. 
7 The feuenth kinde of Daffodill is that fort of Narcijfui or Pnmerofe peerelefle that is molt 
common in our countrey gardens, generally lenowne euery where. It hath long fat and thicke 
leaues full ofa flimie juice ; amongwhich rifethvp abate thicke ftalke, hollow within and full 
of juice The floure groweth at the top, ofa yellowifh white colour, with a yellow crowne or cir- 
cle in themiddlej and floureth in the moneth of Aprill, and fometimes fooner. The root isbul- 
bous th Daffodill hat j, many'broad and thicke leaues, fat and full of juice hollow and 
fpongeous. The ftalkes, floures, and roots are like the former,and differeth in thar,that this plant 
