722 Salmon s Herbal. Lib. I. 
This Plane has no ill fmell at all, but rather plea- 
fant, and not to be refufed. 
XV. The thirteenth , or Late ripe Line Apple 
Moly. Its Root is fmall and round , and Jhining 
Tike the lajl •, and very tender , not being able to en- 
dure our cold Winters, which commonly caufes it to 
ferijh. It rifes up with one long green Leaf, hob 
low and round unto the end, towards which, on the 
one fide, breaks out a Head of Flowers, enclofed in 
a thin skin, Which after it has fo flood for a good 
while, (the Leaf in the mean time rifing higher , 
and growing harder, becomes the Stalk) breaks, and 
Ihews a great Head, or Bufli of Buds for Flowers, 
which are thick thruft or crouded together, fhaped 
very like to the form of a Pine Apple (from 
whence came the Name) of the bignefs of a Wall- 
. Nut . After this Head has flood in this manner a 
Month , or thereabouts, the Flowers fho v them- 
felves, which are of a fine diluted or whitifh pur- 
ple color, with feveral flripes in every one of them, 
and of the fame Cup fafhion with the former, but 
not opening fo plainly , fo that they can’t be 
difeerned to be open, without good obfervation. 
It Flowers fo late in Autumn , that the early Frofts 
do quickly fpoil its Beauty, and foon caufe it to 
rot. 
XVI. The fourteenth , or Diofcorides his Moly. 
The Root of this Small Moly, is trarif parent with- 
in , and covered with a thick yellow Skin , of the 
largenefs of a Hafle-Nut , or fome what bigger , 
MOLY. 
which fends forth three or four long, narrow, grafiy 
Leaves which are Hollow, and a little bending 
downwards, of a whitifh green color ^ among which 
rife up a {lender weak Stalk a Foot and half high, 
bearing at top out of a thin skin, a Tuft of Milk 
white Flowers, very like unto thole of Ramfons , 
which continue a pretty while in their Beauty, and 
then pafs away, for the molt part without yielding 
any Seed : the Plant nor its Root-, fmell little or 
nothing of Garlick. 
XVII. The fifteenth , or Spanifh Moly of Diofl 
corides. This in its Root , Leaves, Stalks , Flowers, 
and manneryof Growing is altogether like unto that 
lajl dtfer i bed, faving that this is fairer, larger, and 
of much more Beauty, as having its Flowers twice 
as big as thofe of the former. But it feems not 
to be pleafed with the cold of our Winters h«re in 
England , nor can it at all endure them, unlefsvery 
great cue be taken of its timely Houfing, for other- 
wife it quickly perifhes. 
XV'III. 'I he fix lee nth, or Sweet fmelling Moly 
of Mompelier. This is the finiTlcft and fineft of 
all the reft , having four or five Jin all green Leaves , 
almrft a* fine as horf e-Hairs, or like the Leaves of 
the Fether-Grafs. The Stalk is about a Foot high, 
bearing about five or fix or more fmall white 
Flowers, laid open like Stars, made of fix Leaves 
apiece, of an excellent fweet fmell, refembling Mu sk-, 
Ic Flowers late in the Vear, fo that if the prece* 
ding Summer is over moift, or the Autumn be early 
col®, it loofes much of that very fweet fmell, 
which it will have, if thofe Seafons be hot and 
dry : befiies it mult be carefully looked after, and 
timely houfed in a warm place ^ otherwife, it will 
not endure with us in the Winter time. 
XIX. The feventeenth , or Firfl broad Leav’d 
Hungarian Moly of Clufii/s. Its Root is white and 
bulbous' cr round, having fever a l fmall Bulbs grow- 
ing thereto. It k^feveral long, and fomewhat 
broad Leaves the former Root. Its 
Stalk rifes up,.p^Hmout two or three Feet high, 
with thofe I . thereon, but naked or bare from 
the midle tomexop, where it bears a round Tuft 
of purplifh Flowers, after which comes blackilh 
Seed in three cornered Husks. 
XX. The eighteenth , or Sweet ftnelling Hunga- 
rian Moly. Its Root is white and bulbous , or round 
like the former , with Jome little Bulbs growing 
thereto. It has a very fweet fmell, and in its 
form and manner of growing , very like to the lalt; 
but with lefTer Leaves and Flower Stalks, which 
bear at their tops, a Tuft of pale colored Flow- 
ers upon loflger foot Stalks, hanging down their 
Heads, of a pretty, fine, frefh, pleafing, fweet 
fmell, which abides not lc.ig, but quickly Vanilhes. 
The triangular Heads that follow, bring forth 
blackilh Seed, fomething like to that of Pinks 
or Gilliflowers. 
XX. The nineteenth , or Purple round Headed 
Mountain Moly. Its Root is white and bulbous or 
round alfo , with fome fmall Bulbs adjoining to it. 
1c has a few' long, narrow, green Leaves fet on the 
Stalk like unto the other; and at its top, a large 
Tuft of delicate purple Flowers , which grow on 
fhort foot Stalks, never fully opening themfelves, 
and having a llrong Garlick like fmell. 
XXII. The twentieth , or Purplilh Headed African 
Moly. Its Root is bulbous or round, from whence 
fpring up but one Stalk fometnnes (and fometimes 
two or three ) of about three Feet in keighth ; with 
a few fomewhat broad and long Leaves, pointed at 
the ends, and a little hairy about the edges. The 
Tuft at top of the Stalk conlilts of purplifh 
Flowers each of five Leaves which grow upon 
long foot Stalks. 
XXIII. The twenty firfl, or Italian white Moly 
with a triangular Stalk. Its Root is fmall and 
bulbous or round, of a Jhining purplijh color , fmelling 
like Garlick. This fmall Plant has but one or two 
long, hollow Leaves, but fomewhat broad, and 
ending in a point. The Stalk is triangular or three 
cornered, growing to he about fix or feven Inches 
high, with feveral fmall, white Flowers at the 
top. 
XXIV. The Places. Thefe Molys are peculiar td 
feveral Countries of the Earth, as, England, France, 
Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spam, Tttrky , 0V. 
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