Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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The Befcription. 
1 rTpHetedLillyofConftantinoplc hath a yellow fcaly or cloned Root like vnto the 
I Mountaine Lilly, but greater : from the which arifeth vp a faire fat ftalke a finger 
thicke,ofadarke purplifh colour toward the top ; which iometimes doth turne from 
his naturall roundneffe into a flat forme, like as doth the great mountaine Lilly : vpon which ftalk 
grow fundry faire and moil beautifull flourcs, in fhapeiikethofe of the mountaine Lilly, but of 
greater beauty, feeming as it were framed of red wax, tending to a red leade colour. From the 
middle of the floure commeth forth a tender pointall or peftell, and likewife many finall chines 
tipped with Ioofe pendants. The floure is ofa reafonable pleafant fauour. Theleauesarc eonfu- 
fedly fet about the llalke like thofc ofthe white Lilly, but broader and fhorter. 
t 2 This hath a large Lilly-like root, from which arifeth a ftalke fome cubit; or more in 
height, fet confufedly with leatles like the precedent. The flourcs alfo referable thole of the laft 
deferibed, but vfually are more in number, and they are of a purplifh fanguine colour. 
$ 3 LiluimBy\at>tinum flo.dilnteru- 
bente. 
The light red Byzantine Lilly. 
X 4 Lilitim Byzanumim miniatuni 
polyanthus. 
The Vermilion Byzantine many- 
3 This differs little from the laft, but in the colour of the floures, which ate ofa lighter red 
colour than thofe of the firft deferibed . The leaues and ftalkes alfo, as Clufius obferueth , are of a 
lighter greene. 
4 This mayalfomorefitly betermedavarietie from the former, than otherwife : for accor- 
ding to (iufuis, the difference is onely in this, that the floures grow equally from the top of the 
ftalke, and the middle floure rifes higher than any of the reft, and fometimes confifts of twelue 
leaues as itwereatwinne,as you may perceiueby the figure. $ 
qj The Time. 
They floure and flonrifh with the other Lillies. 
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