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in others blew or purple, or blackifh purple fpotted, and iii others of fuch varietie of mixture in colouf, that it is 
admirable, as you may fee in my former bookc, where I am too copious to bee here expreffed, and therefore 
mull: referre you thereunto : thefeedeise:iclofed inthicke fhort pods, being fiat, and lying in rawes clofeone 
upon another: the roote is tuberous fhooting forth on all Tides the like knobs. 
2, Jrbt majorangtiftifolla. Narrow leafed Flowerdeluce. 
This other fort of the greater FIowerdeluces,differeth not in roote,leafe,flower or feede from the former, but 
in having che leaves narrower than it,and the flowers to be various as the former yet not fo much. 
5. I rii biflora Lr'fetanica. Portingall Flowerdeluce. 
This alfo hath no greater differenceto diffinguifh it than that it will fomerimes flower twife ayeare, and the 
flowers fometimes have 11 leaves, 4 falling downe, 4 (landing up, and 4 arcred to cover the falls. 
4. Chama iris latifolia, Broad leafed dwarfe Flowerdeluce. 
The dwarfe kinds likewife grow both in roote,leafe,flower and feede like unto the greater kindes in all refpeffs 
except the lo wnefle.for fome will fcarfe rife above a foote high,others not hal fe a foote,an d (ome fcarle fo high, 
as their leaves, which in this fort is broader, in others narrower: the flowers alfo varying in colour one from 
another,but not mixed with that variety that is in the former. 
5. Xyris five Spatula fattida. Stinking Gladwin. 
The (finking Gladwin is one of the kindes of wilde Flo wcrdecluces, both in forme and propert'e, as I faid be¬ 
fore, and therefore muff be numbred among them. It hath diverie leaves riling from the rooces, very like unto a 
flowerdeluce, but that the leaves are fharpe edged on both fides, andthickerin the middle,of adeeper greene 
colour, narrower alfo and (harper pointed than the leaves of moft of the Flowerdeluces, and of a llrong or evil! 
fent, if they be rubbed or bruifed betwixt the fingers: in the middle rifeth up a reafonable llrong flalke three foote 
high at the leaft, bearing three or foure flowers at the toppe, made fomewhatlike the flower ofa Flowerdeluce, 
having three upright leavfcs,ofa dead or fallen purplifh afh colour, with fome veines difcoloured in them, the 
other three doe not fall downe, nor the three other fmall ones are not fo arched, nor cover the lower leaves, as 
thofe doe in the Flowerdduce.but (land loofe or a funder from them-■ after they are pad, there come up three 
fquare hard huskes, opening wide into three parts wHfen they are ripe, wherein lye reddifh feede, and turning 
blacke, when it hath abiden long : the roote while it is young is but fmall, and full of firings, but being growne 
older they are greater, and fafhioned like unto a Flowerdeluce roote, but reddifh on the outfide and whitilh 
within, very fharpe and hot in tafle, and of as evill a fent as the leaves. 
6. Irii bulbofa latifoliaprima £ 7 nrjw. The firft broad leafed bulbed Flowerdeluce of Clufim. 
ThiskindeofFlowerdelucehathdiverfelongfomewhat broad and hollow i (h leaves not fliffe like the other 
forts but fofr, greenifh on the upperfide, and whitilh underneath : among which rifeth up one flalke and fome- 
6. iris bulbofa prima latifolia Clufii. 8 . Iris bulbofa minor (ivc av*uflifolid. 
Clufias hisfirft bulbed Flowerdeluce with broad leave*. The IcfTer bulbed Flowerdeluce. 
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