Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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14.3 
3 Leucoiumbulbofimfentimm. 
Late flouring bulbous Violet. 
| 5 Ltucoium bulbofum Autumnde mi- 
nimum. 
The leaft Autumne bulbous V iolet. 
4 Lcucoium bulbofum majuspolyanthcmum . 
The many floured great bulbous violet. 
3 The third fort of bulbed Violets hath nar- 
row leaues like thofe of the leeke, but leffer and 
fmoother, notvnlike to theleaues of the baftard 
Daifodill. The ftalks be (lender and naked, two 
hands high , whereupon doe grow faire white 
floures, tipped with a yellowifh greene colour, 
with many fmall chiues orthreds in the middeft 
of the floure.The feed is contained in final round 
buttons. The root is white and bulbous. 
4 The great bulbed Violet is like vnto the 
third in ftalke and leaues, yet greater and higher. 
It bringeth forth on euery ftalke not one floure 
onely, but fiueor fix,b!ovvingor flouring one af- 
ter another, altogether like the other floures in 
forme and bignefle. 
| 5 This fmall bulbous plant may be annexed 
to the former , the root is fmall, compaft of ma- 
ny coats: the leaues are alfo fmall, and the ftalke 
an handfullhigh, at the top whereof there hang 
dovvne one or two fmall white floures confifting 
of fix leaues a piece , much refembhng the laft 
defcribed,but farre lefle. It floures in Autumne. 
6 Befides thefc, Cluj! us makes mention of a 
fmall one much like this , and it floures in the 
Spring, and the floures are fomewbat reddrfh 
nigh rhe ftalke, and fmell fweet. Cluftus cals this, 
Liucotum bulbofum vernmn miniroumfVht fmalleft 
Spring bulbous Violet, t 
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