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croundit yieldeth bulbs, by which it may beeafily increafed , this 
hath no {cent of Garlickin any part. Dey 
Moly pyxidatum argentenm Hifpanicum. 
¢ Spanifh filver-cupped Moly hath two or three long rufh-like 
a . ich pafs iat soe the ftalk is rifen up to his heighr, 
which will be three foot or more, bearing a great head of flowers, 
which after fome time {pread much open; the flowers grow on long 
foot-ftalks of a filver-colour, with lines on both fides the leaves! in 
-fafhion {mall and hollow like a cup; the rootis white and cleer , and 
not very apt to increafe, and without any ill {cent in any part thereof, 
2 Moly Diofcorideum. 
pas his Moly hath afinall tranfparent root, covered with a 
thick yellowith skin, from whence fpringeth up three or four nar- 
row Grafsy leaves, with a ftalk a foot and halt high,bearing atthe top 
a tuft of milk-white flowers, likeuntothofe of Ramfons, with lit- 
tleor no {cent of Garlick, There is another of this fort that is leffer, 
and the leaves of the flowers rounder pointed , thefe and the yellow 
are the moft common of all the kinds ot Moly, 
Moly. Mufcatum Monfpelienfe. 
| % [weet Moly of Montpelier hath four or five {mall leaves, no big- 
ger than bents, with a ftalkk about a foot high, bearing many 
fmall ftar-like white flowers, which if the end: of Somer be hot and 
dry, fmell like Musk or Civet, the root is fmall, very tender, and 
mutt be carefully defended from Frofts in Winter, . 
Homers Moly flowereth in May, and continueth untill fuly; the 
Indian Moly beareth the head of bulbs in Fune and Fully, ae all the 
reft flower about the fame time, except the laft,-whofe time is late in 
September, : 
Thefe lofe their fibres , and may be taken up after the ftalks are : 
dry, and the biggeft roots preferved to fet again, caftingawaythe 
{mall off-fets, wherewith many of them are very apt to be peftred; ~ 
efpecially if they ftand long unremoved ; they are all hardy and will 
thrive in any foil, except thofe whofe tendernefs is exprefled in the 
defcription ; the flowers of moft of them are ‘neither fair nor {weet, 
and onely preferved by thofe that affeét varieties, their beft ufe is to 
adorn flower-pots, where they will continue if the water be renew- 
ed, along time, and fet off other flowers of the fame feafon, being 
Placed among them. There are fome others of this family nor 
woith mentioning, for thofe defcribed are enough, if not toomany, 
unlef$ they were of amore worthy generation, | 
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