150 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. r. 
The Defcription. 
1 fj'-’Hc Chccquered Daffodill, or Ginny-hen Floure, hath fmall narrow graflie lcaues ; a- 
I mong which there rifcth vp a ftalke three hands high, hauing at the top one or two 
floures, and fometimes three, which confifteth of fix fmall leaues checquered moft 
ftrangely -.wherein Nature, or rather the Creator of all things, hath kept a very wonderfull order, 
furpalfing (as in all other things) the ctirioufeft painting that Art can fet downe. One fquare is 
ofa greenifh yellow colour, the other purple, keeping the fame order as well on the backfide of 
the floure, as on the infide, although they are blackifh in one fquare, and of a V iolet colour in an 
other ■ infomuchthat euery leafefeemeth to be the feather of a Ginny hen, whereof it tooke his 
name. The root is fmall, white, and of the bigneffe of halfe a garden beane. 
2 The fecond kindeof Checquered Daffodill is likevnto the former in each refpeft, failing 
that this hath his floure dafhtouerwithalightpurple, and is fomewhat greater than the other, 
wherein confifteth the difference. 
t 3 FrittilleriaAquitaniciimitior flora 
luteo ohfoleto . 
The leffer darke yellow Fritillarie. 
$ 9 Frittilkriualhupr recox. 
The early white Fritillarie. 
$ There are fundry differences and varieties of this floure, taken from the colour, Iargenes,dou- 
bleneffe, earlineffe and latenes of flouring, as alfo from the many or few branches bearing floures. 
We will onely fpecifie their varieties by their names, feeing their forme differs little from thofe 
- you haue here deferibed. 
4 FritilUriamitximnrtmofkptirpuren. The greateft branched purple checquered Daffodill. 
5 FritHUriaflorepurpttrcopleno. Thedouble purple floured checquered Daffodill. 
6 FritUUria poly ant hos flatiovindis. The yellowifh greene many floured checquered Daffo- 
dil!. 
7 FritillarUlutea Someri. Somers his yellow Checquered Daffodill. 
8 FritUUria alba purpurea teffuluta. The white Fritillarie checquered with purple. 
9 FntilUnaalbapracox. The early white Fritillarie or Checquered Daffodill. 
10 Fritillanarmnor floreluteo abfoleto. The leffer darke yellow Fritillarie. 
it Fritillariaangufli folia lut ea variegata panto flore, flr altcraflore rxaicre. Narrow leaned yellow 
variegated Fritillarie with fmall floures ; and another with a larger floure. 
1 2 Friti/laria mimmaplttribtu flortbus. The leaf! Fritillarie with many floures. 
13 Frit! I 
