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Show Of the Hiftorie of Plants. ly 1Bete Lis. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. £3 Moly Narciffinisfolis tertinm, The third Narciffe-leaued Moly, #Cuar. 79. 187 + 4 Moly montannm latifolium t. Clufij. ‘The firft broad leaued mountaine Moly, Of diners other ALoles. Efides the Garlickes and Molyes formerly mentioned by our Author, > ppt t 7 ee inthis Edition added,there'are diuers others, which, eT by far i placeto fet fort h. Nowfor that ¢ ey i a i haue thought good in i Ttibe,I i vnto this ging are morethan conuenientlycould be addedto the formerchapters (whichare fufficiently large) I thoughtit not amiffe to allot them place by themfclues. $2 Moly Narciffinisfolisfecundum. The fecond Narciffe-leaued Moly, | ckMarciaeened He Thefirft Narciffe-leaued Me Moly. itrefembles the precedent. There is alfo ava- rietieofthis kinde, with leaues Jonger and nar_ Tower, neither fomuch twined,the {talks weaker, and floures muchilighter coloured. This floures later than the former, to wit, in Tuly and Auguft. All thefe plants grownaturallyin Leitenberg and otherhills neere to Viennain Auftriaywhere they werefirft found and obferued by Carols Clufius. 4_ This hatha ftalkefome two cubits high, which euento the middle is incompaffed with leaues much longer and broader than thofe of G The Defiription, = 2 : His, which in face nigheft reprefents the Molyes defcribed in the laft Chapte, | hatha root made ofmany{cales, like as an Onionin the vpperpart,bur the lowe! part is knotty, and runnesin the ground like as Solomons Seale. the Onion-like part hath many fibres henging thereat; the leauesare like thofe ofthe white Narciffe, verygreene andfhining, amongft which rifeth vpa ftalke ofa cubit high, naked, firme,greene, andcrefted 5 the top comeforth many floures ae offix purplithleaués,with as many chines ontheif fides :afterwhichfollow three fqua re hea s, opening whenthey are ripe, and containing a Toum blacke feed. -2 This other being ofthe fame kinde, and but a vari ctieofthe former , hath fofter and mor a ured leaues,with the floures ofa ligh ter colour, Both thefe floure at the enid of Tune L Ye , socFi : o ca tisTh atheet. fue or fix leauesequally asbroad as thofe ofthe Jatt deferibed, but es ae what bes ined, greene, and fhining, Theft notthan fo long alke is fomefootin length,fmaller that ¢ former. | otlefefife, crefted and bearing in arou nd head many floures, in manner 0 Stowing and shape like thofe ofthe formet, but ofa more elegant purple colour. Infeed and 100! st Garlicke, and very likethofe of the Leeke : on ' the top ofthe fmoothand rufh-like ftalke groweth tuft confifting ofmany darke purpleco!oured bulbs growing clofe together,from amongft which comeforth pretty long ftalkes bearing light purple ftarre-fafhionedfloures, which ‘are fucceeded. by three cornered feed-veflels. The rootis bulbous,large,confifting of manycloues, and haning many white fibres growing forth thereof. Moreouer, there growout certain round bulbes about the roor , almoft like thofe which growin the head, andbeingplantedapart, they produceplants of the famekinde. This is Aliwm, five Moly montanum latifoliun 1 .Clufi. 5. Thishath afmoorh round gteene ftalke fome cubit hich, whereon doe grow moft comQ2z monly |
