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Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 
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wherein confifteth the difference betvveene thefe le.uies and thofe of Moly, which are not 
fo.In the middle of the leaues rifeth vp a bunch of fmooth greenilh bulbes fet vpon a tenuet foot- 
ftalke, in fhape and bigneffe like to a great garden Worme, which being ripe and planted in the 
earth,doalfo grow vnto a fcire plant like vnto their mother. ... ... . r c 
± rhcle two lall mentioned (according to Bnuhinc , and I thinke the truth) are but figures ot 
one and the fame plant ; the later whereof is the better, and more agreeing to the growing of the 
1 1 To thefe may be fitly added two other Molyes: the firft of thefe, which is the yellow Mo- 
Iv, hath roots whitilh and round, commonly two of them growing together ; the eauesvvhich it 
fends forth are longand broad, and fomwhat referable thofe ofthe T ulip,and vfually arc but two 
in number-, betweene which rifes vp a ftalke fome foot high, baring at the top an vmbell of faire 
yellow ftar-like floures tipt on their lower fidcs with a little gr^ene. The whole plant lmelleth of 
Garlicke. i • 
7 This little Moly hath a root about the bigneffe of an Hafell nut, white, with fome fibres 
hanging thereat • the ftalke is of an handfull or little more in height, the top thereof is adorned 
with aifvmbel often or twelue white floures, each ofwhich confifts of fix leaues, not {harpe poin- 
ted but turned round, and pretty large, confidering the bigneffe of the plant .This plant hath alfo 
vfually but twoleaues, and thofe like thofe of Leekes, but far leffe. $ 
The Place. 
t Thefe plants grow in the garden of M . lohn Parkinfon Apothecarie, and with W.Iohn Trade - 
r C ant and fome others, ftudious in the knowledge of plants. 
' The Time. 
They fpring forth of the ground in Februarie, and bring forth their floures, fruit, and feed in the 
end of Auguft. 
The Names. 
.<- Somehanederiued the name 'JWolf from thefe Greekewords,M»x»«>wi.A: that is,todriue 
an-ay difeafes. It may probably be argued to belong to a certaine bulbous plant, and that a kind^ 
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