4. Moly caule & folijs triangularibus. The three cornered Moly.
This three square Moly hath foure or fiue long, and somewhat broad pale greene leaues, flat on the vpper side, and with a ridge downe the backe of the leafe, which maketh it seeme three square: the stalke which riseth vp a foote and a halfe high or better, is three square or three cornered also, bearing at the toppe out of a skinnie huske diuers white flowers, somewhat large and long, almost bell-fashion, with stripes of greene downe the middle of euery leafe, and a few chiues tipt with yellow in the middle about the head, wherein when it is ripe, is inclosed small blacke seede: the roote is white on the outside, and very like the yellow Moly; both roote, leafe, and flower hath a smacke, but not very strong of Garlicke.
| 1 | Moly Homericum vel potius Theophrasti. The greatest Moly of Homer. |
| 2 | Moly Indicum siue Caucason. The Indian Moly. |
| 3 | Moly Pannonicum bulbiferum. The bulbed Moly of Hungary. |
| 4 | Moly Serpentinum. Serpents Moly. |
| 5 | Moly purpureum Neapolitanum. The purplish Moly of Naples. |
| 6 | Moly caule & folijs triangularibus. The three cornered Moly. |
| 7 | Moly latifolium flore luteo. The yellow Moly. |
| 8 | Moly Dioscorideum Hispanicum. The Spanish Moly of Dioscorides. |
| 9 | Moly Zibettinum vel Moschatinum. The sweete smelling Moly of Mompelier. |
| 10 | Moly serotinum Coniferum. The late Pine apple Moly. |
5. Moly Narcissinis folijs. Daffodill leafed Moly.
This Moly hath many long, narrow, and flat greene leaues, very like vnto the leaues of a Daffodill, from whence it tooke his name (or rather of the early greater Leucoium bulbosum, or bulbed Violet before described, ioyned next vnto the Daffodils, because it is so like them) among which riseth vp two or three stalkes sometimes, each of a foot and a halfe high, bearing at the toppe, inclosed in a skinny hose, as all the Molyes haue, a number of small purplish flowers, which doe not long abide, but quickly fade: the seede is blacke as others are; the roote is sometimes knobbed, and more often bulbed, hauing in the knobs some markes of the old stalkes to be seene in them, and smelleth somewhat like Garlicke, whereby it may be knowne.
6. Moly montanum latifolium luteo flore. The yellow Moly.
The yellow Moly hath but one long and broad leafe when it doth not beare flower, but when it will beare flower, it hath two long and broad leaues, yet one alwaies longer and broader then the other, which are both of the same colour, and neare the bignesse of a reasonable Tulipa leafe: betweene these leaues groweth a slender stalke, bearing at the toppe a tuft or vmbell of yellow flowers out of a skinnie hose, which parteth three wayes, made of six leaues a peece, laid open like a Starre, with a greenish backe or outside, and with some yellow threeds in the middle: the seede is blacke, like vnto others: the roote is whitish, two for the most part ioyned together, which encreaseth quickly, and smelleth very strong of Garlicke, as both flowers and leaues doe also.
7. Moly Pyrenæum purpureum. The purple mountaine Moly.
This purple Moly hath two or three leaues, somewhat like the former yellow Moly, but not so broad, nor so white: the stalke hath not so many flowers thereon, but more sparingly, and of an vnpleasant purple colour: the roote is whitish, smelling somewhat strongly of Garlicke, but quickly perisheth with the extremity of our cold Winters, which it will not abide vnlesse it be defended.