Qi‘ the Hifiorie of Plants. L I B. 1.

1] '1‘ IM Plate. The great mounraine Garlicke growes about Conliantinople, as faith C’/afim. I receiued a plant of it from M‘ Thomas Edward: Apothecary \ [MW of ExcfeI:jrer,Iwhdo found it growing in the Well: f*J,,fI“‘.*/M"-*"» A patto no an . _ ifi ’’ " - Vifioriaizgroweth in the mountaines of Ger- many, as faith Caro m Clufiw and is yet a {tram get in England for any thing that I do know. i (J The Time_ 1: Moft of thefie plants floure in the month5 of lune and luly.

5 A/liam Alpimam Iatzfoliumgfeu Vifiorialis. Broad leaued Mountaine Garlicke.

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T/Je Names.

Of the firlt and fecond Ihaue fpoken already- The third is Scorodopnfim 7'inm of Label. T116 fourth is LA/lizmfatirzmm gmdum of Dadomwh and Scorodoprafum {emndum (pf Cluflxa. The fifth is A/Zium anguizmm of Mattbjolm 50 pbiofcarivlofi 0 Label, and Viflorialzk ofclufim and others, as alfo A1/ium Alpinum. Theflermanes call it, gage houttg. ‘

11 7/23 Temper‘.

They are of a middle temper between LeekC5 and Garlicke .

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Storotiapmfims 38 it partakes ofthe-te per, [.3 alfo of the vertues of Leekes a_t1diG~arlic ‘e gthal-' is, it attenuates grolfe and tough ma‘ttér,‘help€5 expecftoration, &c. '

Vifiorialu is like "Garlicke in the opetatiofl thereof. Some (as Camerarim writeth ) hang the root thereof about the necks of their cattel being falne blinde,by what occafion foeuer it . happen, and perfuade themfelues that by this meanes they will recouer their fight. Thofe that worke in the mines of Germany afhrme, That they find this root very powerfull in defending them from the allaults of impure fpirits or diuelis which often in luch places are troublefome vnto them. Cluf. i i

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He firll kinda of Moly hath for his root a little whitiih bulbe fomewhat long, not vn-4 like to the root of the vnfct Leeke, which fendeth forth leaues like the blades of

come or gralfe : among which doth rife Vp a {lender weake l%alke,fat,and full of j uyc¢3

at thetop whereof commeth forth of a skinny filme a bundle of milke-white floures, not vnlike £0

Ehoge 0fRamfons. The whole plant hath the fmell and tafte of Garlicke, whereof no doubt itis 8 in e. 2 Serpents Mol y hath likewife a {mall bulbous root with fome fibres faftned to the bottom: from which rife vp vveake graflie leaues of a {hining greene colouncrooked ly wind inc and turning themfelues towards the point like the taile ofa Serpent, whereof it tooke his name : the fialke 15 tough, thicke,and full of j'uyce,at the top whereof flrandeth aclufier of f mall red bulbes, like vnto the fmallefi clone of Garl1cke,before they be pilled from their skinne. And arnong thofe bulb<‘=5 there doe thruft forth fmall and weake fooeflalkes, euery one hearing at the end one (man wlrité’ floure tending toa purple C0101“: Which being pafl, the bulbes doe fall downe vpon the groufl’ : where they without helpe do take hold and root. and thereby greatly encreafe, as alfo by the in; ‘ nite bulbes that the root doth calt off : all the whole plant doth fmell and tally of Garlicke, évliffe‘ of it is alfo a kinde. \ , —

3 Homers Moly hath very thicke leaues, broad toward the bottorne, fharpe at the point, and

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hollowed like a trough or gutter, in the. ho: fome of which leaues neerevnto the bottorn commeth forth a certain round bulhe or ball of a goofe turd greene colour :which being ripe and fet in the ground, groweth and be.« commeth a faire plant fuch as is the mother. Among thofe leaues rifes yp a naked fmooth thicke flalke two cubrts high, as {hang as a {mall walking fiaffe : at the top ofthe Ptalke llandeth a bundle of faire whiti 1h floutes,da- fhecl (met with a walh of purple colour finel- ling like the floures of O nions. \/Vhen they be ripe there appeareth ablack feed wrapped. in a white skin or huske. The root is great: and bulbous,couered with a blackilh slrin on the out f1de,and white wirl1in,:-ut=.<;l,. of the big»- nelfe ofa great onion. 1 P 4. Indian Moly hath very Eili(Tl; fat‘ [hortfl leaues,lharp pointed, in the bolorne wt cornmeth forth a thicl;e knr;bby i';u‘:“'~ L that of Homers Moly. The flallteisa In the precedent, bearingat the t()p1r‘.<_’.L‘l‘s'!lll-9:.‘1' OI fcaly bulbs , included in a large tpVh§I”1.53‘~'-ii‘ 01; filme.The root is greatsbulhous fast-iron. anc. full ofjuicc. , , t _ 3 Czztmzfomot withering M0‘?’2‘T"“-K“ 3(p'-‘Tl’ gteatbulbous root greater tliar: at: 0;. Ha- mm Moly, and fuller ofa llinirtt ;;‘;r<:e 3 ‘iron which doiarife three ioure tiriel: and broad leaues withfirficl '=‘ilwai<::s at the ;w<t:£r1t; wherein