Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
$ j Ornithogdum luteumpurvum. 
Dwarfe yellow Star of Bethlehem 
J 7 O mit hog alum wajuf Ardbicum. 
The great Arabicke Star-fioure. 
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f 6 Bulbttsvnifilitts. 
The one leaued Bulbe. 
or the Lilly of Alexandrians our Author calls it 
in the chapter of Cotton-graffe. This faire, but 
render plant, hath broad greene leaues comming; 
from a large white flat bottomed root; amono-f! 
whichrifethvpa ftalke fome cubit high, whole 
top is garni died with fundry pretty large’ floures 
made of fixe very white leaues, with a (hinin°- 
blackifh head , ingirt with fix white threds tipc 
with yellow. This floures in May. 
8 This, which is commonly called Ornitho - 
gahim jfncatum, hath large leaues and roots, and 
the flalke growes fome cubit or more high, wber- 
on grow many ftarre-floures in fhape and colour 
like thofeoftheordinarie, but larger, and they 
begin to floure below, and flourevpwards to the 
top. There is a larger fort of this Spicatu^,\v hofe 
floures are not ftreaked with greene on their 
backes. There is alfo a Idler, differing from the 
firft ofthefeonely in bignefle. 
9 This Neapolitan hath three or fonre lon°- 
leaues not much vnlike tbofe of the Hyacinth? 
but narrower, the ftalkc is pretty tflicke, fome 
foot high, and hathvfually growing theron fome 
fine or fix floures hanging one way though their 
ftalkes grow alternately out of each fid? of the 
maine ftemme. Thefe floures are compofed of 
fix leaues, being about an inch long, and fome 
quarter Ofan inch broad, white within, and of an 
Afh-coloured greene without,with white edges. 
