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Show 142 THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE HISTORIE ‘OF PLANTS. % The time. They{pring vpn Aprilland May. Theit feede is ripein Augutt. % The place. Englanc 1. I founde it in grea The Crow Garlicke groweth in fertill paftures in all parts of Lond n by gron ofIllin e backfid the on , Mantels edthe fieldcall inthe plentie Ramfons doe grow in the woods and borders of fields vnder hedges among the buthes| foundit in the next field vnto Boobies barne,vnder that hedge that bordereth vpon the lane,anddl fo vponthe left hand vndera hedge adioining toa lane that leadeth to Hampfteede , both plans %& The names. neere London. Both of them be wilde Garlicks,andare called in Latin alia /ylueitria: in Grecke exessee: ot Sniks but che Crow Garlickis calledof Diofcoridesierecxsestor,that is to faic —daguinum allium, Garlick,and offome Cerwinum allinmHarts Garlick,ot Stags Garlick. Ramfons arenamedofthelater practitionersAllium Vr fim, ot Beares Garlick: Align Lit folium,and Moly Hippocraticum : in Englifh Ramfons jRamfies,and Buckrams, %& The mature. ‘The temperaturesofthefe wilde Garlicks are referred vnto thofe of the garden, % The vertues. A Wilde Garlick or Crow Garlick as Galen faith, is ftronger and of more force then thegard Garlicke. B The leaves ofRamfons be ftamped andeatenofdiuers in the low countries with fith fora faus, cuenas we do eate greene fauce madewithforrell. C The fame leanes may very well be eatenin April and Maie with butter, of fich as are ofato conttitution,and laboring men. D_ Thediftilled water drunke breaketh the ftone,and driuethit foorth and prouoketh vring, 3, Scorodoprafian. Greatmountaine Garlick, 4 Allium Alpinum latifolinmfen wvittorishh Brode leaued mountaine Garlick, 143 %& The deftription. 3 Thegreatmountaine Garlicke hath long andbrodeléeauesilike thofe ofLeckes,but much grea. terand longer,embracing or clafping about a great thicke ftalke, foft and full of iuice,bigger thena mansfinger , and bare toward the top: vpon whichis feta great head, bigger then a teanife ball, couered witha skin after the manerofan Onion, ‘Theskin whenit commethto perfection, break- eth,anddifclofeth a great multitude ofwhitifh flowers whichbeing paft,blacke feedes follow inclo{ed ina three cornered huske. The roote is bulbus ofthe bignes ofa great Onion.) The whole plant fmellech very {trong like Garlick,andis in fhew aLécke , whereupon it was called Scorodopralum, as if we fhould faie,Garlick Leeke,participating of the Leeke and Garlick, or rathera degenerate Garlick growen montftrous. 4 Thebrode leaued mountaine Garlicke,or rather the mountaine Ramfons, rifeth vp witha ftalk ofa cubite high,a finger thicke,yet very weake,full of {pungious fubftanceneere to the bottom ofa purplifh colour,and greene aboue,bearing at thetopam ultitude of{mall whitith flowers, fomwhat gaping,{tar fafhion.The leaues are three or fower,brode ribbed like the leaues ofgreat Gentian, refemblinig thofe of Ramfons, but greater, The roote is great and long, couered with many fealey, cotes, andhairie ftrings. %& Theplace. The great mountain Garlick groweth about Conftatinople as faithc/u/iws.I receiued a plant ofit from M.Tho Edwards apothecarie in Excefter, who foundit growing in the weft parts ofEngland. Vittorialis groweth in the mountaines of Germanie,asfaith Carolus Clufiws, and is yeta flranger in England for any thing that ldoknow. Of Moly,or the Sorcerers Garlick, 5 Chap.go. % The kindes. ot Here be diuers forts of Moly written of by {imdrie ofthe ancients, which fhall be defcribed in (4 ; chis prefent chapter, i Moly Dioftorideum. Dioftorides his Moly. 2 Moly Serpentinum. Serpents Moly. |