¶ The Description.
1 YEllow Muscarie hath fiue or six long leaues spread vpon the ground, thicke, fat, and full of slimie juyce, turning and winding them selues crookedly this way & that way, hollowed alongst the middle like a trough, as are those of faire haired Iacinth, which at the first budding or springing vp are of a purplish colour; but being growne to perfection, be∣come of a darke greene colour: amongst the which leaues rise vp naked, thicke, and fat stalkes, in∣firme and weake in respect of the thicknesse and greatnesse thereof, lying also vpon the ground as do the leaues; set from the middle to the top on euery side with many yellow floures, euerie one made like a small pitcher or little box, with a narrow mouth, exceeding sweet of smell like the sa∣uor of muske, whereof it tooke the name Muscari. The seed is inclosed in puffed or blowne vp cods, confusedly made without order, of a fat and spongeous substance, wherein is contained round blacke seed. The root is bulbous or onion fashion, whereunto are annexed certaine fat and thicke strings like those of Dogs grasse.
2 Ash-coloured Muscari or grape-floure, hath large and fat leaues like the precedent, not dif∣fering in any point, sauing that these leaues at their first springing vp are of a pale dusky colour like ashes. The floures are likewise sweet, but of a pale bleake colour, wherein consisteth the dif∣ference,