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bulbtfum or bulbed Violet before deferibed, ioyned next vnto the Daffodils, becaufe 
it is fo like them) among which rifeth vp two or three ftalkes fomctimes,each of a foot 
and a halfe high, bearing at the toppe, inclofedin a skinny hofc, as all tht-Molycs 
haue, a number of fmall purplifh flowers, which doc not long abide, but quickly fade: 
thefeedeis blacke as others are 5 the roote is fometimes knobbed, and more often 
bulbed, hauing in the knobs fome tnarkes of the old ftalkes to be fecne in them , and 
fmelleth fomewhat like Garlickc, whereby it may be knowne. 
6. Mtly mtnUnum Utiftlium latte fere. The yellow Moly. 
The yellow Moly hath but one long and broad Ieafe when it doth not beare flower 
but when it willbeare flower, it hath two long and broad leaues,yet one alwaicslonger 
and broader then the other, which are both of the fame colour, and neat c the bignefle 
ofareafonableTulipaleafe: betweene thefe leaues gro weth a (lender ftalke , bearing 
at the toppe a tuft or vinbcll of yellow flowers out of a skinnic hofe, which parteth 
three way es, made of fix leaues a peece, laid open like a Starre , with a greenifh backe 
or outfide, and with fome yellow threeds in the middle : the feede is blacke, like vnto 
others : the roote is whitifli, two for the mod part ioyned together, which encreafeth 
quickly, and fmelleth very ftrong of Garlickc, as both flowers and leaues doe alfo. 
7. Mtly Pyrentum far fur turn. The purple mountaine Moly. 
This purple Moly hath two or three leaues , fomewhat like the former yellow 
Moly, but not fo broad, nor fo white : the ftalke hath not fo many flowers thereon, but 
more fparingly, and of an vnpleafant purple colour: the roote is whitifli, fmclling 
fomewhat ftrongly of Garlickc , but q uickly perifheth with the extremity of our cold 
Winters, which it will not abide vnlefle it be defended. 
8. Mtly monttnnm latifolium purpureum Hifptnicum. 
j The purple Spanifh Moly. 
This Moly hath two broad and very long greenc leaues, like vnto the yellow Moly, 
in this, that they doecompafleoneanotheratthebottome of them, between which 
rifeth vpa ftrong round ftalke, two foote high or more, bearing at the toppe, out of a 
thinne huske, a number of faire large flowers vpon long foot-ftalkes, confiding of fix 
leaues a peece, fpread open like a Starre, of a fine delayed purple or blulh colour, with 
diuers threeds of the fame colour, tipt with yellow, ftanding about the middle head : 
betweene the ftalke and the bottomeofthe leaues it hath fome fmall bulbes growing, 
which being planted , will foone fpring and encreafe : the roote alfo being fmall and 
round, with many fibres thereat, hath many fmall bulbes fhooting from them • but 
neither roote, leafe, nor flower, hath any ill fent of Garlicke at all. 
9. Mtly purpureum Neapilitauum. The purple Moly of Naples. 
The Neapolitane Moly hath three or foure fmall Ionggreene leaues fet vpon the 
ftalke after it is rifen vp, which beareth a round head of very fine purple flowers, made 
of fix leaues a peece, but fo doling together at the edge, that they feeme like vnto 
fmall cuppes, neucr laying themfelues open , as the other doe ; this hath fome fent of 
his originali, but the roote more then any part clfe, which is white and round, quickly 
cncrcafing as molt of the Molyes doe. 
Z O. Mtly pyxidatum argenteum Hifptnicum, 
The Spanifh filuer cupped Moly. 
This Spanifh Moly hath two or three very long rufh like leaues, which tile vp with 
the ftalke, or rather vanifh away when the ftalke is rifen vp to bee three foote high or 
more, bearing a great head of flowers, ftanding clofeat the firft, but afterwards fprea- 
ding much one from another, euery flower vpon a long foote-ftalke, being of a w hire 
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