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ALLIUM MoLy. YeELLow Gartic or MoLy. > 
Seibold see deeds 
5 . ‘Clafs and Order. = ’ 
~Hexanpria Monocynia, 
Generic CharaGer. 
Cor. 6 partita patens, fpatha multiflora, Umbella congefta, 
Capf. fupera. mo 
Ss ‘pecific Character and Synonyms. 
ALLIUM Moly fcapo nudo fubcylindrico, foliis lanceolatis 
feffilibus, umbella faftigiata. Sp. Pl. 492. Ait. 
oe Ae 468s 
ALLIUM Moly latifolium luteum odore allii. Bauh. Pin. 75. 
ALLIUM Moly montanum lIatifolium, flavo flore. Clu, 
| 3 App. Alt. Se ee 
MOLY montanum lJatifolium luteo flore. The yellow Moly. 
Park. Parad. p. 144. pl. 143. fig. 7. es 
Of this very numerous genus there are but few fpecies with 
yellow flowers; this plant was therefore, no doubt, cultivated. 
at firft as much for its fingularity as its beauty: Parkinson 
figures and defcribes it in his Parad. terr. as he does many 
_ others of the fame tribe, in which he appears to have been 
very rich; he obferves that when the plant comes up witha — 
fingle leaf, it produces no flowers, but when it has two it does. | 
Mitver fays the Yellow Moly has fome beauty in the flowers, — 
and deferves a place in borders where few betier things — 
will thrive. — a : 3 
Grows wild in Hungary, on Mount Baldo, about Montpellier, 
and in the Pyrenees; is a hardy perennial, growing to the 
height of ten or twelve inches, producing its flowers in umbels 
in the month of June; according to Losex was cultivated 
here by Epwarp Lorp Zoucn ini604. . 
_ For the moft part it increafes plentifully, both by roots and 
feeds ; but in fome fituations its bulbs are liable to be greatly 
injured by the wire-worm, the larva or maggot of an elate 
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