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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 180 Lis. 4 q The Names, Bothofthembewilde Garlicke, and may be calledin Latine, U4lina fylueftria : in Greeke, wigde Sea: The firlt, by Dodonans and Lobell is called Allium {ylueflretennifolium, Ramfons are named ofthe later practioners, Allium rfinum, or Beares Garlicke : Allium latifoli. wm,and Moly Hippocraticum : in Englith, Ramfons, Ramfies, and Buckrams. The Natures The temperatures ofthefewilde Garlickes are referred vnto thofe of the gardens, @ The Vertues. A Wilde Garlicke, or Crow-Gatlicke, as Galeafaith,is ftronger and ofmore force thanthe Bar, den Garlicke: B_. The Jeaues of Ramfons be ftamped and eaten ofdiuers in the Low-countries, with fith fora fauce,euenas we doeate greene-fauce made withforrell. C The fame leaues may very well beeaten in April and May withbutter,offuch as are ofa ftrong conftitution, and labouring men, D The diftifled water drunke breaketh the ftone, and driueth it forth, and prouokethvrine. Cuar.99. Lis. 1. Of the Hittorie of Plants. 181 Garlicke, andis in fhew a Leeke, whereuponit was called Scorodoprafum, as if we (hould fay, Garlicke Leeke ; participating of the Leeke and Garlicke, or rather a degenerate Garlicke growne monftrous. $ ‘Icannot certainely determine whatdifference there maybe betweene the plants expreffed by the'firt figure, whichis our Authors, and the fecond figure whichis taken out ofClu/izs. Now the hiftorie which Clufivs giues vsto the fecond, the fame 1s (out ofhim) giuen by our Author to the firft : fo that by this reafon they ate ofone and the fameplant. To thewhichopinion | rather incline, than affirme the contrarie with Bawhine,who diftinguifhing them,puts the firft amongft the Leckes, vnder the name of Porrum folio latifimo : following 7abernamontanus,who firft gaue this figure, vnder the name ofPorrum Syriacnm. 3. This plantis leffer in all the parts thanthe former ; the root is fet about with longer and flenderer bulbes wrapped in brownith skinnes ; the floures and leaues are like, yet {maller than Garlicke. $ 3 Scorodoprafum minus. The leffer lecke-leaued Garlicke. £ 4 Ophiofcoridon. Vipers Garlike, Of Mountaine Garlicks. + 2 Scorodoprafumprimum Clufij. Clufius his great mountaine Garlicke. 1 Scovodoprafum. Great mountaine Garlicke. Np xhrgeens: te) WP = Ze ————— ATI SSS LAN. 4 Thethird,which Clufis makes his fecondS corodoprafim,hathftalkes fome two cubits high, hauing manyleaues like thofe of Leckes fromthe bottomeof the ftalketo the middle thereof; their {mell is betweene that of Leckes and Garlicke ; the reft ofthe ftalkeis naked, green,finooth, fuftaining at the topahead compofed of many bulbes, couered with awhitith skinne ending in a long greene point,which skinne by the growth of the bulbes being broken, they thew them/felues, being firft ofa purplith,andafterwards of a whitith colour, amongft which are fome floures: The The Defcription. topofthe ftalkeat firft twinesit felfe, fo that it in fomefort reprefents a ferpent; then by little 22 A gteat Mountaine Garlicke hath long and broad. leaueslike thofe of Leekess but much greaterand longer, embracingor clafping abouta great thicke ftalke, HOLL foftandfull ofjuyce, bigger than a mansfinger, and bare toward the top: vpom whichis feta great head bigger than a tennife ball;couered witha skinne after the manner of42 one The skinne whenit commeth to perfe tion breaketh, and difcouereth a great multitude of whitith floures ;whichbeing paft, blacke feeds follow, inclofed ina three cornered huske. The toot is bulbous, of the bignef& ofa greatOnion, Thewhole plant {melleth veryftrong like vnto i. Garlick, it vntwines againe, and beares the head ftraight vp. The root confifts of many cloues much like that of Garlicke. + 5 The broad leaued Mountaine Garlicke, or rather the Mountaine Ramfons,rifeth vp with a talke a cubit high,afinger thicke, yer very weake,full ofa {pongeous fubftanee, neeretothe botofa purplith colour,and greene abouc, bearing at the top a multitude of {mall whitith ; fomewhat gaping,ftar-fathion. Theleaues are three or floure, broadribbedlike the leaues g ;entian, refembling thofe ofRamfons ,but greater. The root is great andlong, con with many {caly coats andhairyftrings. |