Lib. i. 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
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Garlicke, and is in fhew a Leeke, whereupon it was called Scorodofrtsfim, as if we Chou !d fay Gar- 
lickeLeeke; participating oftheLeeke and Garlicke, or rather a degenerate Garlicke erowne' 
monftrous. ' s . 
£ Icannotcertainelydeterminewhatdifferencetheremaybebetweenethe plants exprefled 
by the firft figure, which is our Authors, and the fecond figure which is taken ou t o fciu/iJ. Now 
the hiftorie which Cfafws giues vs to the fecond, the fame is (out of him) giuen by our Author to 
the firft : fo that by this reafon they are of one and the fame plant. To the wh ich opinion I rather 
incline, than affirme the contrarie with Bmhine, who diftinguiihing them, puts the firft amongft 
the Leekes,vnder the name of Porrum folio laufirmo : following 7 abernamonttinus^ who firft gaue this 
figure, vnder the name of Porrum Syiacam. 
3 This plant is leffer in all the parts than the former; the root is fet aboutwith lono- er and 
ilenderer bulbes wrapped in brownilh skinnes ; the floures and leaues are like, yet fmalier than 
Garlicke. ' 
£ 3 Scorodoprafttm minus. 
The leffer leeke-leaued Garlicke. 
J 4 Ophiofcoridort. 
■ Vipers Garlike. 
Jccn^es 0L0 jo 'r 
4 The third, which Clufittt makes his fecond ScWodoprafum^hath ftalkes fome two cubits hiNi 
laiiing many leaues like thofe of Leekes from the bottome of the ftalke to the middle thereof’ 
tiieirlmell is betweene that of Leekes and Garlicke ; the reft ofthe ftalke is naked, green, fmootb’ 
u taming at the top ahead compofed of many bulbes, couered with a whitifh skinne ending in a 
long greene point; vvhich skinne by the growth of the bulbes being broken, they drew themfelues 
oemg hrlt ota purplifh,and afterwards ofa whitifh colour, amongft which are'fome floures. The' 
op of the ftalke at firft twines it felfe,fo that it in fome fort repre Tents a ferpcnt- then by little 
i tvntvvines agame, and beares the head ftraight vp. The root confifts of many clones much like 
that of Garlicke. $ ' 
a u br ° ad,cal ' ed Mountaine Garlicke, or rather the MountaineRamfonsuifeth vp with a 
ta ke a cubit high, a finger thicke, yet very wcake, full ofa fpongeous fubftance, neere to the bor- 
tome of a purplifh colour, and greene aboue, bearing at the top a multitude of final! whitifh 
floures, fomewhat gaping; ftar-fafhion.The leaues arc three or floure, broad ribbed like the leaues 
of great Gentian, relemblmg thofe of Ramfons ,but greater. The root is great and long, couered 
with many fcaly coats and hairy firings. 
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