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L I B. !.' 



Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 



I Mol] Diofcorideum. 

 Dtofcortdcs his Moly 



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 Homers Moly t 



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2 Moly Serpentina^ 



Serpents Moly, 









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hollowed like a trough or gutter, in thebd: 

 fome of which leaues neere vnto the bottom 

 commeth forth a certain ipund bulbe 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 vp a naked fmooth 

 thicke ftalke two cubits high, as ftrong as a 

 fmall walking ftaffe : at the topoftheftalke 

 ftandeth a bundle of faire whitifli floures,da- 

 flied ouer with a wafh of purple colour fmel- 

 Jing like the floures of Onioos. When they 

 be ripe there appearech a black feed wrapped 

 m a white skin or huske. The root is great 

 and bulbous,couered withablackith skin on 



the out (ide 3 and whit '** 

 nefle of a great onion 



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big 



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Moly hath very thick fa* (h 



wher 



commeth forth a thicke knobby bulbe like 



that 



the precedent, bearingatthetopaclufter of 

 fcaly bulbs , included in a large thin skin or 

 filme.The root is great,bulbous fatW and 

 full of juice. ' 



Caucafo^or withering Moly,hath a very 



great bulbous 





broad leaues withered 



fuller of a Him 

 three or foure g 



wherein 





