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We haue another of this kinde, that groweth omewhat greater and higher, with a larger flower, and of a deeper colour, potted with diuers blacke pots, or trakes and lines, as is to be eene in the Mountaine Lillies, and in ome other hereafter to be decribed; but is not o in the former of this kinde, which hath no hew of pots at all. The whole plant as it is rare, o it is of much more beauty than the former.

Although this Martagon or Lilly bee of another Countrey, yet by reaon of the neerenee both in leafe and flower vnto the former, may more fitly be placed next vnto them, then in any other place. It hath his roote very like the other, but the leaues are omewhat larger, and more paredly et vpon the talke, ele not much vnlike: the flowers bend downe, and turne vp their leaues againe, but omewhat larger, and of a bright red, tending to an Orenge colour, that is, omewhat yellowih, and not crimon, like the other.

1. This Yellow Martagon hath a great caly or cloued roote, and yellow, like vnto all thee orts of turning Lillies, from whence springeth vp a round greene trong talke, three foote high at the leat, confuedly fet with narrow long greene leaues, white on the edges vp to the very toppe thereof almot, hauing diuers flowers on the head, turning vp againe as the former doe, of a faint yellowih, or greenih yellow colour, with many blacke pots or trakes about the middle of the leafe of euery flower, and a forked pointell, with ixe chiues about it, tipt with reddih pendents, of a heauie trong mell, not very pleaant to many. It beareth eede very plentifully, in great heads, like vnto the other former Lillies, but a little paler.

The other yellow Martagon differeth in no other thing from the former, but onely that it hath no pots at all vpon any of the leaues of the flowers; agreeing with the former, in colour, forme, height, and all things ele.

There is yet another yellow Martagon, that hath no other difference then the time of his flowring, which is not vntill Iuly, vnlee in this, that the flower is of a deeper yellow colour.

The knowledge of the firt kindes of thee early Martagons hath come from Italy, from whence they haue bin ent into the Low-Countries, and to vs, and, as it eemeth by the name, whereby they haue bin ent by ome into thee parts, his originall hould be from the mountaines in Macedonia.

The econd ort is ufficiently knowne by his name, being firt brought from Contantinople, his naturall place being not farre from thence, as it is likely. But the next ort of this econd kinde, doth plainly tell vs his place of birth to be the mountaines of Pannonia or Hungarie. The third kindes grow on the Pyrenæan mountaines, where they haue been earched out, and found by diuers louers of plants, as alo in the Kingdome of Naples. Rh