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Chap. XIII. 
Mtlj. Wilde Garlicke. 
V Nto the former Starre-flowers,mudneedes bee ioyned another tribe or kind- 
red, which carry their ftraked flowers Sjarre-falhion, not fpikewife, but in a 
tuft or vmbellthicke thrud or fet together.* And although diuers of them 
fmcll not as the former, but mod oftheir firfll Grandfathers houfe, yet all doc not fo • 
for fome of them are of an excellent fent. Of the whole Family, there are a great many 
whichlmudleaue, I will onely feled out a few for th is our Garden , whofeflowerS 
for their beauty offtatelinelfe, forme, or colour, are fit to bee entertained, andtake 
place therein, euery one according to his worth, and are accepted of with thelouers 
of thefe delights. 
1 . Mtlj Homericum, vel poti/a Theophrotti. 
The greated Moly of Homer. 
Homers Moly (for foit is mod vfually called with vs) rifethvp mod commonly 
with two, and fometim.es with three great, thicke, long , and hollow guttured leaues, 
ofa whidfhgreene colour, verynearethe colourof theTulipaleafe, hauingfome- 
times at the end of fome of the leaues, and fometimes apart by it fejfe, a whirilb round 
fmall button, like vnto a fmall bulbe, the like whereof alfo, but greater, doth grow be- 
tweenethebottome of the leaues andthedalkeneare the ground, which being plan- 
ted when it is ripe, will grow into a roote of the fame kinde : among thefe leaues rifeth 
vp a round, drong, and tall ftalke, a yard high or better, bare or naked vnto the toppe, 
where it beareth a great tuft or vmbell of pale purpliili flowers, all of them almolF 
ftanding vpon equall foot- ftalkes, or not one much higher then another, confiding of 
fiueleauesa peece, driped downe the backe with a imall pale line, hauingaround 
headorvmbone with fome threeds about it inthemidd: Thefe flowers doe abide a 
great while blowne before they vade, which fmell not very drong, like any Onion or 
Garlicke, but of a faint fmell : and after they are pad come the feedc, which is blacke, 
wrapped in white dofe huskes : the roote groweth very great, fometimes bigger then 
any mans dofed fid, find ling drong like Garlicke, whitilh on the outfide, and greene 
at the toppe, if it be but a while bare from the earth about it. 
i . Moly Indicum fine C me if on. The Indian Moly. 
The Indian Moly hath fuch like thicke large leaues, as the Homers Moly hath , but’ 
fhorter and broader, in the middle whereof rifeth vp a Ihort weake ftalke , almoft fiat, 
not hauing any flowers vpon it, but a head or cluder of greenilh fcaly bulbes , inclo- 
fed at the fird in a large thinne skinne, which being open, euery bulbe lheweth it felfe, 
ftanding clofe one vnto another vpon his foot- dalke, of the bignede of an Acorne, 
which being planted, will grow to bee a plancof his owne kinde : the roote is white 
and great ^ couered wirhadarkc coate or skinne, which encrcafeth but little vndec 
ground ; but befides that head, it beareth fmall bulbes aboue the ground , at the bot- 
tome of the leaues next vnto the ftalke, like vnto the former. 
The Place. 
Both thefe doe grow in diuers places of Spaine, Italy, and Greeces fpjf 
the lad hath been fent out of T urkie among other rootes. Ferrantcs Impe- 
ratus a learned Apothecary of Naples, fent it to diuers of his friends in 
thefe parts, and hath described it in his naturali hidory among other 
plants, printed in the Italian tongue. It grew alfo with Iohn T radefcante at 
Canterbury, who fent me the head of bulbes to fee, and afterwards a roote, 
to plant it in my Garden* 
