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Show 442 Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. ead Sree Lis. 2 Das2 bed, but fmallerand narrower, Thegtalke rifeth vp to the height oftwo fpans;at the top whereof growfaire fhining purple coloured floures, confiftiug of fix little leaues,within oramong which Ofthe HiftoryPlans.=—sS*~=«w Cuapr, 112. lieth hid things like {mall helmets. The plantin proportionis like the othetof this kinde, ‘The Fhe rootis fmall,and creepethin the ground. Ofour Ladies Shipper q TheD efcription. 1 Helleborine. Wilde white Hellebore, 3 Helleborine anguftifoliai6, Clufj. ; Narrowleafed wilde Neefewoort, I VrLadies Shooor Slipper hatha thicke knobbed root, with certaine marks or notes QC) vponthefame, fuch as the roots of SolomonsSeale haue, but muchleffer , creeping withinthe vpper cruft ofthe earth: from whichrifeth vpaftiffe and hairy ftalke a foot high, fet by certaine {paces withfaire broad leaues, ribbed withthe like f{inewes or nerues as thofe ofthe Plantaine. At the top ofthe ftalke growethonefingle floure, feldome two,fafhioned on the onefide like an egge ; on the otherfideit is open,empty, and hollow, and ofthe forme of a {hoo orflipper, whereofit tooke his name ; ofa yellow colour on the outfide; and of a fhining deepe yellowonthe infide. The middle part is compafled aboutwithfoure leaues.ofa bright purple colour; often ofalight red or obfcure crimfon, and fometimes yellow as in the middle part, whichin fhapeis like an egge, as aforefaid. # 2 This other differs not ftom the former, vnleffe in the colour ofthe floure 3; which in this haththe foure long leaues white, and the hollowleafe orflipper ofa purple colour.’ 1 Calceolus Marie. £ 2 Calceolys Mari«alter, OurLadies Slipper. The other Ladies Slipper. ' @ ThePlue, They bee found in dankifh and thadowieplaces ; the firft was found growing in the woodsby Digges well paftures,halfea mile from Welwen in Hartfordfhire:it growethi od fiue a from London, neere vato a bridge called Lockbridge: by Nottingham neere inhoods well, where myfriend M'.Steven Bredwell a learned Phyfition found the fame: in thewoodsby Dut tmowe Effex. in Effex : by Southfleet inKent; in a little groue of Iuniper, and in a wood by Clare 4 © The Time, Theyfloure in May and Iune,andperfeé their feed in Auguft. q The Names, , j The likeneffe that it hath with white Hellebor,doth thewit may not vnproperly bee yee Helleborine,or wildewhite Hellebor,which is alfo called of Diofcorides and Pliny vromxieor Eppa’ But from whence that name cameit isnot apparant:it is alfo named wer q| The Temperature. They ate thought to be hor and drie ofnatute. ; @ The Vertues. The faculties of thefe wilde Hellebors are referred vato the white Neefewoort, whereofBe th) are kindes. ; ; It is reportedthat the decodtion of wilde Hellebor drunken,openeth the uer, and he!pethany imperfe@ions ofthe fame. ftoppings of che : Cuat § Ladies $}ipys thereof in my © The Place. »weth vpon the mountains of Germany, Hungary,and Poland,I hauea plant hiclrI reeeiued from M*. Garret Apothecary, my very good friend, ae It is alfo reported to growin the North parts of this kingdome ; andI {awit in floure with Ni; Trade(cam the laft Sommer. + - @ The Time. It foureth about the midft6flune, @ The Names, Itis co nmonly called Calceolus D. ¢ Marie,and Mavianus : of fome, calceolus Sacerdotis:of fome, an Sut vnproperly: in Eng lith, Our Ladies thoo or flipper : in the Germane Dehueth, Papen Cegeu + andof fome, tongue,qo fatten Dammafoninm nothum, «| The |