Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
169 
Chap. 9^, Of Onions. 
51 TbeKindes. 
T H T bc ’ , faith cfil.ers forts of Onions, which haue their fyr-names of the places 
1 where they grovv rfonrealfo leffer, others greater : feme be round , and diners others Ions; • 
but none vvilde^as Pliny writeth. a 3 
I Cepd alba. 
White Onions. 
$ 3 Cepit Bifyanicti oblonga. 
Longifh Spanifh Onions. 
1 
ff Tie ’Description. 
1 1 | ’ He Onion hath narrow leaues,and hollow within ; theflalkeis fingle, round, biggeft 
A inthemiddle,onthetopwhereofgrowetharoundheadcouered witha thinne skin 
... a f or ^' lne 5' v l 1 ' c hbeingb r °ken,thereappearelittle\vhiteflouresniadevpin forme of 
a ball, and afterward blacke feed three cornered, wrapped in thinne white skinnes. In (lead of the 
root there is a bulbeor round head compad of many coats, which oftentimes becommeth great 
mmannerof a Turnep, many times long like an egge. Tobebriefe,it is couered with very fine 
skinnes for the moft part ofawhitilh colour. 
2 Thered Onion differeth not from the former but infharpneffeandrednefTeoftheroots.in 
other refpeds there is no difference at all. 
* , . 3. There is alfoa Spaniih kinde, whofc root is longer than the other, but in other refpeds 
very little different. r 
t 4 There is alfo another fmall kinde of Onion, called by Label, Afcalonitis <^intiquorumjyt 
. t r 2 * * S fj S , ^ ^nt imall roots, growing many together: the leaues are like to Onions, but 
e lL> ‘ c ‘ e ic.ome beares either ftalke, floure,or feed. It is vfed to be eaten in fallads.'J; 
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