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Show 218 Lise a Of the Hittorie of Plants, Lis. Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 99 {mall white floures {pike fafhion, ofa pleafant {weer {mel,'The roots are two finall tones it thapé like the other. 2 Triple Orchis hath commonlythree, yet fometimes foure bulbes or tuberousroots, fome- whatlong,fecwithmanyfmallfibres or fhort threads ; from the which roots rife‘immediately manyflatandplaine leaues,tibbedwith nerues along ft themlike thofe of Plantaine :among the mae ~. i ae which come forth naked ftalkes, fall and tender, whereupon are placed certaine {mall white floures,trace fafhion, not fo fiveetas the former in {mell and fau6ur. $ The topofthe ftalke whereon the flouresdo grow,is commonlyasif it were twifted or writhen about. + 3 Friefeland Lady traces hath wo fmall roundftones or bulbes, of the bigneffe of the peafe that we call Rouncifalls , from the whichrite vp a fewhairy leaues, leffer thanthofe ofthetriple ftones,ribbed as the fmall leafed Plantaine :among the which commethforth a{mall naked ftalk, fet round aboutwithlittle yellowfloures, not trace fafhionasthe former. 4 Liege Ladytraces hath forhis roots two greater ftones, and two fmaller; from the which Effex. Likewifeneere vato Muche Dunmowin Effex, where they were fhewed me bya =m od ae Gentleman Matter Lames Twaights, excellently well feene in the knowledge ofplants: ¢ Ireceiued fomeroots ofthe fecond from my kinde friend M. Thomas Wallis of VWellmin« fter, the which he gathered at Dartford .in Kent, vpon-a piece of ground commonly called the Brimth : but I could not long get them to grow ina garden, neither doany ofthe other Satyrions c loue to be pent vp in fuch ftraight bounds, 30Orchis Frifta hited. Friefeland Lady-traces. 4 OrchisL codienfis. Liege Lady-traces, come vp twoandfometimes more leaues, furrowed or made hollow in the midit like to a trough, from théwhich rifethvp a flender nakedftalke,fet with fuch floures as the laft defcribed , fauing that they be ofan auerworneyellowcolour. 2 Triorchis. 1 Tefticulusodoratus. Triple Lady Traces. Lady Traces. | The Time, Thefekindes of tones dofloure from Auguft to the end of September. | The Names, Thefirftis called in Latiner¢/ticulus Odoratus : in Englith, Sweet fmelling Tefticles or ftones, not of thefiveetnefle of the roots, burofthe floures. Itis called alfo orchis /piralis, or Astumnilis, for that this (as alfo thatwhichis fet forch in the next place) hath the topofthe ftalke as it were twifted or twinedfpirefafhion, and for that it commeth to flouring in Autumie : ofour Englith womentheybecalled Lady-traces ; but eucry countrey hatha feuerall name; for fome call them Sweet Ballocks,fiweet Cods, fweet Cullions, and Stander-graffe. In Dutch, nabembratit, and : 5 Stondelevaut : In French, Satyrion. z ihe fecond fort is called Triorchis,andalfo Tetrorchis : in Englith, Triple Lady-traces,or white @ The Place. Tchis. Thefe kindes of Stones or Cullions do growin dry paftures and heaths,and likewife vpon chal- Kie hills,the which I haue found growingplentifullyin fundry places,as inthefield by Iflingto” heere London,wherethere is abowlingplace vndera few old fhrubby Okes. They grow likewie vponthe heath at Barne-elmes, neere vnto the head ofa conduit that fendeth waterto the hou 4 belongingto the late Sir Francis Walfingham. They growinthefield next vnto a Village calle Thiftleworth,as you go from Branford to her Maiefties honfe at Richmond; alfo vpona common Heathby a Village neere London called Stepney,by therelation of a learned merchant of Lon don, named M., Iames Cole, exceedingly well experienced in the knowledgeof Simples. +s The yellowkindes growin barren paftures and borders offields about. Ouenden and C i : Thethird is called orchis Frifia : in Englith Friefeland Orchis. ; 7 helaft ofthefe kindes of Tcfticles or Stonesis called of fome in Latine, orchis Leodienfis,and Orchis Luteaas alfo Bafilica minor Serapias,and Triorchis #ginete: In Englith,Yellow Lady-traces. : @ The Temperature. : me Thefekindes of fiveet Cullions are of nature and temperature like the Dogs ftones, although notvied in Phyficke in times paft ; notwithftanding later Writers haue attributed fome vertues vito themas followeth. ais q] The Vertues. llandfappyroots of Lady-traces eaten or boyledin milke,anddrunke, prouoke venery, A dftrengthenthe body, and be goodfor fuchas be fallen intoa Confumption or Feuer Bue Chap, |