Chap. X.Leucoium bulbosum.The bulbous Violet.Hauing thus set downe the whole family, both of the true and bastard Daffodils, I should next set in hand with the Hyacinths; but becauseLeucoium bulbosum, The bulbous Violet is a plant that doth challenge a place next vnto the Daffodils, as most nearly partaking with them, and a little with the Hyacinthes, I must of necessity interpose them, and shew their descriptions and differences, whereof some are early, of the first Spring, others later, and some of the Autumne.{Early bulbous Violets}Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius.The greater early bulbous Violet.This bulbous Violet hath three or foure very greene, broad, flat, and short leaues, among which riseth vp a naked greene stalke, bearing out of a small skinny hose (as the former Daffodils doe) one white flower, hanging downe his head by a very small foot-stalke, made of six leaues, of an equall length, euery one whereof is tipt at the end with a small greenish yellow spot: after the flower is past, the head or seed-vessell groweth to be reasonable great, somewhat long and round, wherein is contained hard round seede, which being dry, is cleare, and of a whitish yellow colour: the roote is somewhat like a Daffodill roote, and couered with a blackish outside or skinne.Leucoium bulbosum præcox minus.The lesser early bulbous Violet.This lesser kinde riseth vp with two narrow grayish greene leaues, between which commeth forth the stalke, fiue or six inches high, bearing one small pendulous flower, consisting of three white leaues, which are small and pointed, standing on the outside, and hauing three other shorter leaues, which seeme like a cup in the middle, being each of them round at the ends, and cut in the middle, making the forme of an heart, with a greene tippe or spot at the broad end or edge: the seede is whitish, inclosed in long and round heads, like the former, but lesser: the roote is like a small Daffodill, with a blackish gray coate, and quickly diuideth into many of-sets.Minus Byzantinum.There is another of this kinde, that came among other bulbous rootes from Constantinople, and differeth in nothing from it, but that it is a little greater, both in root, leafe, and flower.The Place.The two first are found in many places of Germany, and Hungary. The third, as I said, was brought from Constantinople.The Time.The two lesser sorts doe most commonly flower in February, if the weather be any thing milde, or at the furthest in the beginning of March, but the first is seldome in flower, before the other be well neare past, or altogether.The Names.Lobel and Dodonæus call the lesser kindeLeucoium triphyllum, andLeuconarcissolirion triphyllum, of the three leaues in the flower. Some doe call itViola bulbosa alba. The first or greater kinde is called by Lobel,Leuconarcissolirion paucioribus floribus; and by Dodonæus,Leucoium bulbosum hexaphyllum. We doe most vsually call them,Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius, &minus, The greater, or the lesser early bulbous Violet. In Dutch,Somer Sottekens, and notDruiskens, which are Grape-flowers, as some haue thought.{Late bulbous Violets}1.Leucoium bulbosum Vernum minimum.The small bulbous Violet of the Spring.This smallLeucoiumsendeth forth his small and long greene leaues, like haires in Autumne, and before Winter, which abide greene vntill Aprill, and then wither away quite, and about May there ariseth vp a naked slender stalke, at the toppe whereof breake forth two small white flowers, made of six leaues a peece, hanging downe their heads, the three inner leaues being a little larger then the three outward, a little reddish neare the stalke, and very sweete: the root is small and round, and couered with a darke coate.2.Leucoium bulbosum Autumnale.The small Autumne bulbous Violet.As the former smallLeucoiumsprang vp with his leaues without flowers in Autumne, so this contrariwise, riseth vp with his slender brownish stalke of flowers in Autumne, before any greene leaues appeare, whereon stand two or three very small snow white pendulous flowers, consisting of six leaues a peece, and a little reddish at the bottome of the flower next vnto the stalke, so like vnto the former, that one would take them to be both one: after which, there grow small browne heads, containing small, blacke, round seed; after the flower is past, and the seede is ripening, and sometimes after the heads are ripe, the leaues begin to spring vp, which when they are full growne, are long, greene, and as small, or smaller then the leaues of the Autumne Hyacinth, which abide all the Winter, and Spring following, and wither away in the beginning of Summer: the roote is small, long, and white.3.Leucoium maius bulbosum serotinum.The great late flowring bulbous Violet.The late bulbous Violet hath three or foure broad flat greene leaues, very like vnto the first, but longer, among which riseth vp a flattish stalke, being thicker in the middle then at both edges, on the toppe whereof stand three or foure flowers, hanging downe their heads, consisting of six leaues a peece, all of an equall length and bignesse, wholly white, except that each leafe hath a greene tippe at the end of them: the seede hereof is blacke and round; the roote is reasonable great and white.The Place.The two former small ones were first found in Spaine, and Portugall, and sent to me by Guillaume Boel; but the first was so tender, that scarce one of a score sprang with me, or would abide. The greatest haue beene found wilde in Germany and Austria.The Time.The small ones haue their times expressed in their titles and descriptions, the last flowreth not vntill May.The Names.These names that are set downe in their titles, doe passe with all Herbarists in these daies.The Vertues.Wee haue not knowne these plants vsed Physically, either inwardly or outwardly, to any purposes in these dayes.
Chap. X.Leucoium bulbosum.The bulbous Violet.Hauing thus set downe the whole family, both of the true and bastard Daffodils, I should next set in hand with the Hyacinths; but becauseLeucoium bulbosum, The bulbous Violet is a plant that doth challenge a place next vnto the Daffodils, as most nearly partaking with them, and a little with the Hyacinthes, I must of necessity interpose them, and shew their descriptions and differences, whereof some are early, of the first Spring, others later, and some of the Autumne.{Early bulbous Violets}Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius.The greater early bulbous Violet.This bulbous Violet hath three or foure very greene, broad, flat, and short leaues, among which riseth vp a naked greene stalke, bearing out of a small skinny hose (as the former Daffodils doe) one white flower, hanging downe his head by a very small foot-stalke, made of six leaues, of an equall length, euery one whereof is tipt at the end with a small greenish yellow spot: after the flower is past, the head or seed-vessell groweth to be reasonable great, somewhat long and round, wherein is contained hard round seede, which being dry, is cleare, and of a whitish yellow colour: the roote is somewhat like a Daffodill roote, and couered with a blackish outside or skinne.Leucoium bulbosum præcox minus.The lesser early bulbous Violet.This lesser kinde riseth vp with two narrow grayish greene leaues, between which commeth forth the stalke, fiue or six inches high, bearing one small pendulous flower, consisting of three white leaues, which are small and pointed, standing on the outside, and hauing three other shorter leaues, which seeme like a cup in the middle, being each of them round at the ends, and cut in the middle, making the forme of an heart, with a greene tippe or spot at the broad end or edge: the seede is whitish, inclosed in long and round heads, like the former, but lesser: the roote is like a small Daffodill, with a blackish gray coate, and quickly diuideth into many of-sets.Minus Byzantinum.There is another of this kinde, that came among other bulbous rootes from Constantinople, and differeth in nothing from it, but that it is a little greater, both in root, leafe, and flower.The Place.The two first are found in many places of Germany, and Hungary. The third, as I said, was brought from Constantinople.The Time.The two lesser sorts doe most commonly flower in February, if the weather be any thing milde, or at the furthest in the beginning of March, but the first is seldome in flower, before the other be well neare past, or altogether.The Names.Lobel and Dodonæus call the lesser kindeLeucoium triphyllum, andLeuconarcissolirion triphyllum, of the three leaues in the flower. Some doe call itViola bulbosa alba. The first or greater kinde is called by Lobel,Leuconarcissolirion paucioribus floribus; and by Dodonæus,Leucoium bulbosum hexaphyllum. We doe most vsually call them,Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius, &minus, The greater, or the lesser early bulbous Violet. In Dutch,Somer Sottekens, and notDruiskens, which are Grape-flowers, as some haue thought.{Late bulbous Violets}1.Leucoium bulbosum Vernum minimum.The small bulbous Violet of the Spring.This smallLeucoiumsendeth forth his small and long greene leaues, like haires in Autumne, and before Winter, which abide greene vntill Aprill, and then wither away quite, and about May there ariseth vp a naked slender stalke, at the toppe whereof breake forth two small white flowers, made of six leaues a peece, hanging downe their heads, the three inner leaues being a little larger then the three outward, a little reddish neare the stalke, and very sweete: the root is small and round, and couered with a darke coate.2.Leucoium bulbosum Autumnale.The small Autumne bulbous Violet.As the former smallLeucoiumsprang vp with his leaues without flowers in Autumne, so this contrariwise, riseth vp with his slender brownish stalke of flowers in Autumne, before any greene leaues appeare, whereon stand two or three very small snow white pendulous flowers, consisting of six leaues a peece, and a little reddish at the bottome of the flower next vnto the stalke, so like vnto the former, that one would take them to be both one: after which, there grow small browne heads, containing small, blacke, round seed; after the flower is past, and the seede is ripening, and sometimes after the heads are ripe, the leaues begin to spring vp, which when they are full growne, are long, greene, and as small, or smaller then the leaues of the Autumne Hyacinth, which abide all the Winter, and Spring following, and wither away in the beginning of Summer: the roote is small, long, and white.3.Leucoium maius bulbosum serotinum.The great late flowring bulbous Violet.The late bulbous Violet hath three or foure broad flat greene leaues, very like vnto the first, but longer, among which riseth vp a flattish stalke, being thicker in the middle then at both edges, on the toppe whereof stand three or foure flowers, hanging downe their heads, consisting of six leaues a peece, all of an equall length and bignesse, wholly white, except that each leafe hath a greene tippe at the end of them: the seede hereof is blacke and round; the roote is reasonable great and white.The Place.The two former small ones were first found in Spaine, and Portugall, and sent to me by Guillaume Boel; but the first was so tender, that scarce one of a score sprang with me, or would abide. The greatest haue beene found wilde in Germany and Austria.The Time.The small ones haue their times expressed in their titles and descriptions, the last flowreth not vntill May.The Names.These names that are set downe in their titles, doe passe with all Herbarists in these daies.The Vertues.Wee haue not knowne these plants vsed Physically, either inwardly or outwardly, to any purposes in these dayes.
Hauing thus set downe the whole family, both of the true and bastard Daffodils, I should next set in hand with the Hyacinths; but becauseLeucoium bulbosum, The bulbous Violet is a plant that doth challenge a place next vnto the Daffodils, as most nearly partaking with them, and a little with the Hyacinthes, I must of necessity interpose them, and shew their descriptions and differences, whereof some are early, of the first Spring, others later, and some of the Autumne.
This bulbous Violet hath three or foure very greene, broad, flat, and short leaues, among which riseth vp a naked greene stalke, bearing out of a small skinny hose (as the former Daffodils doe) one white flower, hanging downe his head by a very small foot-stalke, made of six leaues, of an equall length, euery one whereof is tipt at the end with a small greenish yellow spot: after the flower is past, the head or seed-vessell groweth to be reasonable great, somewhat long and round, wherein is contained hard round seede, which being dry, is cleare, and of a whitish yellow colour: the roote is somewhat like a Daffodill roote, and couered with a blackish outside or skinne.
This lesser kinde riseth vp with two narrow grayish greene leaues, between which commeth forth the stalke, fiue or six inches high, bearing one small pendulous flower, consisting of three white leaues, which are small and pointed, standing on the outside, and hauing three other shorter leaues, which seeme like a cup in the middle, being each of them round at the ends, and cut in the middle, making the forme of an heart, with a greene tippe or spot at the broad end or edge: the seede is whitish, inclosed in long and round heads, like the former, but lesser: the roote is like a small Daffodill, with a blackish gray coate, and quickly diuideth into many of-sets.
Minus Byzantinum.
There is another of this kinde, that came among other bulbous rootes from Constantinople, and differeth in nothing from it, but that it is a little greater, both in root, leafe, and flower.
The Place.The two first are found in many places of Germany, and Hungary. The third, as I said, was brought from Constantinople.
The two first are found in many places of Germany, and Hungary. The third, as I said, was brought from Constantinople.
The Time.The two lesser sorts doe most commonly flower in February, if the weather be any thing milde, or at the furthest in the beginning of March, but the first is seldome in flower, before the other be well neare past, or altogether.
The two lesser sorts doe most commonly flower in February, if the weather be any thing milde, or at the furthest in the beginning of March, but the first is seldome in flower, before the other be well neare past, or altogether.
The Names.Lobel and Dodonæus call the lesser kindeLeucoium triphyllum, andLeuconarcissolirion triphyllum, of the three leaues in the flower. Some doe call itViola bulbosa alba. The first or greater kinde is called by Lobel,Leuconarcissolirion paucioribus floribus; and by Dodonæus,Leucoium bulbosum hexaphyllum. We doe most vsually call them,Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius, &minus, The greater, or the lesser early bulbous Violet. In Dutch,Somer Sottekens, and notDruiskens, which are Grape-flowers, as some haue thought.
Lobel and Dodonæus call the lesser kindeLeucoium triphyllum, andLeuconarcissolirion triphyllum, of the three leaues in the flower. Some doe call itViola bulbosa alba. The first or greater kinde is called by Lobel,Leuconarcissolirion paucioribus floribus; and by Dodonæus,Leucoium bulbosum hexaphyllum. We doe most vsually call them,Leucoium bulbosum præcox maius, &minus, The greater, or the lesser early bulbous Violet. In Dutch,Somer Sottekens, and notDruiskens, which are Grape-flowers, as some haue thought.
This smallLeucoiumsendeth forth his small and long greene leaues, like haires in Autumne, and before Winter, which abide greene vntill Aprill, and then wither away quite, and about May there ariseth vp a naked slender stalke, at the toppe whereof breake forth two small white flowers, made of six leaues a peece, hanging downe their heads, the three inner leaues being a little larger then the three outward, a little reddish neare the stalke, and very sweete: the root is small and round, and couered with a darke coate.
As the former smallLeucoiumsprang vp with his leaues without flowers in Autumne, so this contrariwise, riseth vp with his slender brownish stalke of flowers in Autumne, before any greene leaues appeare, whereon stand two or three very small snow white pendulous flowers, consisting of six leaues a peece, and a little reddish at the bottome of the flower next vnto the stalke, so like vnto the former, that one would take them to be both one: after which, there grow small browne heads, containing small, blacke, round seed; after the flower is past, and the seede is ripening, and sometimes after the heads are ripe, the leaues begin to spring vp, which when they are full growne, are long, greene, and as small, or smaller then the leaues of the Autumne Hyacinth, which abide all the Winter, and Spring following, and wither away in the beginning of Summer: the roote is small, long, and white.
The late bulbous Violet hath three or foure broad flat greene leaues, very like vnto the first, but longer, among which riseth vp a flattish stalke, being thicker in the middle then at both edges, on the toppe whereof stand three or foure flowers, hanging downe their heads, consisting of six leaues a peece, all of an equall length and bignesse, wholly white, except that each leafe hath a greene tippe at the end of them: the seede hereof is blacke and round; the roote is reasonable great and white.
The Place.The two former small ones were first found in Spaine, and Portugall, and sent to me by Guillaume Boel; but the first was so tender, that scarce one of a score sprang with me, or would abide. The greatest haue beene found wilde in Germany and Austria.
The two former small ones were first found in Spaine, and Portugall, and sent to me by Guillaume Boel; but the first was so tender, that scarce one of a score sprang with me, or would abide. The greatest haue beene found wilde in Germany and Austria.
The Time.The small ones haue their times expressed in their titles and descriptions, the last flowreth not vntill May.
The small ones haue their times expressed in their titles and descriptions, the last flowreth not vntill May.
The Names.These names that are set downe in their titles, doe passe with all Herbarists in these daies.
These names that are set downe in their titles, doe passe with all Herbarists in these daies.
The Vertues.Wee haue not knowne these plants vsed Physically, either inwardly or outwardly, to any purposes in these dayes.
Wee haue not knowne these plants vsed Physically, either inwardly or outwardly, to any purposes in these dayes.