Of the Hiftorie of Plants 
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j Allium Alfinum lati folium, feu Viclondis. 
Broad leaned Mountaine Garlicke. 
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€[ The Place. 
The great mountaine Garlicke grow es about 
Conftantinople , as faith clufhi s. Ireceiued a 
plant ofitfrom M. Thomas Towards Apothecary 
of Excefter, who found it growing in the Wed 
parts of England. 
Viclorialts grovveth in the modntaines of Ger- 
many's faith Carolus Cltifttu, and is yet a ftran- 
ger in England for any thing that I do know. 
^ «[ TheTime. 
X Moft of thefe plants floure in the months of 
Iune and Inly. 
T he Thames . 
Of the firff and fecond I haue fpoken already. 
The third is Scorodopraffum minus of Lobetl. The 
fourth ^s Allium (ativum fecundiim of Dodurtteas, 
and Scorbioprafum fcctindum oiClufius. The fifth 
is Allium mqumuni of Matthiolus ■ OpbiofcoridonoX 
Lobell, and Vision alts of Clufius and others, as alfo 
Allium Alpinum. The Germanes call it 
totitt?. 
The Temper. 
They are ofa middle temper between Lcckes 
and Garlicke. 
«(]■ Their Vert ties. 
Scorodoprafum,as it partakes of the temper, fo 
alfo of the vertues ofLeekdsand Garlicke; that 
is, it attenuates grofle and tough matter, helpes 
expeftoration, &c. 
Viclorialts is like Garlicke in the operation 
thereof. Some ( as Camerarius writetn ) hang 
the root thereof about the necks of their cattell 
being falne blinde, by whatoccafion (oeuerit 
happen, and perfuade themfelues that by this 
rneanes they will recouer their fight. Thole that worke in the mines in Germany affirme, That 
they find this root very powerfull in defending them from thealfaults of impure fpirits or diuels, 
which often in fuch places are troublefome vnto them. Ctuf. X 
Chap. 100 . Of <£\f[olj } or the Sorcerers Garlicke, 
The Defcription. 
1 He firft kinde of Moly hath for his root a 1 ittle whitifh bulbe fomewhat long, not vn- 
like to the root of the vnfet Leeke, which fendeth forth leaues like the blades of 
cornc or grade : among which doth rife vp a flcnder weake ftalke,fat and full of iuyee, 
at the top whereof commeth forth of a skinny filrne a bundle ofmilke-white floures, not vnlike to 
thofe of Ramfons. The whole plant hath the frnell and tafte of Garlicke, whereof no doubt it is a 
kinde. 
2 Serpents Moly hath likewife a frnall bulbous root with forne fibres faftned to the bottom, 
front which rife vp weake graifie leaues of a fliining greenecolour,crookedly winding and turning 
themfelues toward the point like the taileofa Serpent, wbercofit tooke his name: the ftalke is 
tough, thicke, and full of iuyee, at rhe top whereof ftandeth a clufter of frnall red bulbes,like vnto 
the fmalleft clone of Garlicke, before they be pilled from their skinne. And among thofe bulbes 
there do thru ft forth frnall and weake foot-ftalkes, cuery one bearing at the end one frnall white 
floure tending to a purple colour: which being paft, the bulbes do fall downe vpon the ground, 
where they without helpe do take hold and root, and thereby greatly encreafe, as alfoby the infi- 
nitebulbes that the rootdoth call off : all the whole plant doth fmelland tafteof Garlick, where- 
of it is alfo a kinde. 
3 Homers Moly hath very thicke leaues, broad toward the bottome, {harps at the point, and 
hollowed 
