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have it ; tho' * Mr. Ray differs from 

 them. From all which fpring the for- 

 rum fectiky or tranfplanted leek^ the 

 efchallots, [afcalonitides) ab afcalone ju- 

 dea oppido iibi maxime nafcuntury as Stra- 

 bo witneffes ; but which is yet of a mild- 

 er and more delicate nature, the roccam- 

 bo, call'd by Mr. T>e la ^iintinyey Spa- 

 nijlj garlick. 



The Englijh Herbals place all thefe 

 fcveral kinds under the different appel- 

 lations abovemcntioned, tho' they plain- 

 ly belong to one and the fame clafsj 

 and accordingly I fliall confider them. 

 Of the onion, the cepa alba, rubra and 

 Hifpanicdy are defcrib*d by Gerard, p. 1 69. 

 and by Tarkinfon, p. 512. and the por- 

 rim, or porrum capitatuniy headed leeks 5 

 as alfo the French leek, the porrum viti- 

 gtneum, the efchallots, or afcalonitides^ 

 but the roccambo, or Spanijh garlick, a 

 kind fomething differing from any of 

 thefe before-mentioned ; is not fo much 

 as mention d in any of our books of 

 plants that I have feen, and therefore 

 may be fuppos'd to be brought from. 



* Allium garlick quod exfiliendo crefcat. Raii Hifi- 

 ef plants, lib. zi. chap. 5. p. 1 125. 



^ Spainy 



