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Show Lhe Gardenof pleafant Flowers. T he Garden of pleafant Flowers. _ na i athecari ees pa fomewhathigher : the flowers are fewer on the toppe, but fomewhatlarger then of the Bee flowers, madeto the refemblance ofa Gnator great long Flie: the rootes are Cuar. XXII. Orchisfiue Satyrinm. Bec flowers. a two roundbulbes,as the otherare. > 6. Orchis Myodes.Flie Orchis, ofallnyte(i) to giuea generalthiftoryfeima A Lthoughitis not my purpofe inthis place, ides. Satyrions and the reftof that kinde ; yer becau planted in a-conuement Prt Peoescleat behold,and,ifthey be pleafu re taken inthem ¥1 fhil} mitich is there that fo ns, Garde imein will abide fomet ect ofnatesbeat profp the vp make to fake, s intrude forne of themforcuriofitie amore ample declaration, to reft the uing w,lea ofafe te entrea only d ty,an varic 1, Satyrinns Bafilicum fine Palma Chrifti mas. The Flie Orchisis like vntothelaft defcribed , bothin leafe and roote, thediffe- rence is inthe flower, whichis neither fo long asthe GnatSatyrion,nor fo great asthe Bee Orchis, but the neatherpart ofthe Flie is blacke, witha lift of afh-colour crofling thebacke, witha fhew oflegges hangingatit : the naturall Flic feemeth fo to bee in loue with it, that you fhall feldome come in the heate of the day, but you fhall finde onefitting clofe thereon, The Place, Thefe growin many places of England, fome in the Woods,asthe Butterflic, andthe two former handed Satyrions: others on dry bankes and Thegreatez male handed Satyrion. leaut "This handed Satyrion hath for the moft part but three faire large ggreene ifel whichr amon from s : fh marke blacki {mall with ed neare vnto the ground, {pott barrenbalkes in Kent, and many otherplaces. : the broader belowethen abouc, where ithath {mall peeces adioynedvitoit peecs g ig ofa faire purple colour, fpotted with deeper purple fpots, and hauin {malleoft bottom the at leafe {mall s,anda flower s ofthe backe the gat like hornes hangin They flowerfor the moft part in the beginning or middle of May, or thereabouts. The Names. buthor fpike vpaftalke, with fome fmaller leaues thereon , bearing at the toppe a , with thebelj body likea made ofis where one euery her, toget fet s, thicke flower flong ba foote-ftalke of cuery flower: the rootesare notround, like the other Orchides, it ng downel fomewhatlong and flat,like a hand,with {mall dinifions belowe, hangi the fingers of a hand, cut fhort off by the knockles , two alwayesgrowing togettnt, with fome {mall fibres or ftrings aboue the heads of thefe rootes , at the bottomed) the ftalke. 2. Satyrinm Bafilicum fine Palma Christi famina. ‘The female handed Satyrion. The Time. Their fcuerall names are expreffed in their titles, fo muchas mayfuffice forthis difcourfe. The Vertues, Allthekindes of Orchis are accounted to procure bodily luft, as well the flowersdiftilled, as the rootes prepared. Therootes boyledin red Wine, and afterwards dryed, are held to bee g fingular good remedie againft the bloedy Flixe. This female Satyrion hath longer and narrower leauesthen the former,and fpotted with more atid greater {pots, compaffing theftalke arthe bottome like the othersths beareth likewife a buthoffowers, like vnto the other,but that each ofthefe haueheis like hoods, whereas the former haue none: in fome they are white with purple {pos andin others ofa reddith purple,with deep or darke coloured {pots:the roots areallt Cuar. XXIII, Dens Caninws, Dogs toothViolet. 3..Orchis Hermaphroditica candida. Thewhite Butterflie Orchis. Therootes ofthis kindetake part with both the forts ofOrchisand Satyrinm, bel neither altogether round,norfully handed, and thereuponit tooke the name, t08 nifie both kindés : the leaues are two in number,feldome more,beingfaire and bred like vnto the leaues of Lillies, without any fpot at all in them:.at the toppt? 0 ftalke ftand many white flowers, not fo thicke fetas the firft orfecond,euery one bey fathioned like vnto'a white Butterflie, with the wings {pread abroad. ua manyis reckoned to bea Satyrivm, both from the formeof roote and leafe, and from the ‘efficacy or vertue correfpondent thereunto. Andalthough it cannot bethe Satyrium Erythroninm ofDiofcotides,as fome would entitle it, for that as I hane fhewedbefore, his Satyrinm tryphiliamis the Tulipa without alldoubt ; yet becaufeit differeth very-notably "and ‘carrieth’ more beauty and refped in his flower thenthey, I fhall entreate thereof in a Chapterbyit felfe, and ferit next: vyntothem, Dens Caninws fore albo. Dogs tooth Violet witha white flower. 4. Orchis Melitias fine apifera. The Bee flower or Bee Orchis. This is a {mall and loweplant forthe moft part, withthree or foure {mall part © Keaues at thebottome: the ftalkeis feldome abouehalfea foote high,with foute orb flowers thereon one aboueanother, hauing round bodies, and fomewhatflatjol@*") ofyellowifh colour, with purple wings abouethem,fo like vnto an honey Bec) might foone deceiue one that neuer had feene fuch a lower before: the rootsal? ) together, roundand white, hauing a certaine muccilagine//é or clammineffe w The white Dogstooth hath for his roote a white bulbe, longand fmall, yet vfually greater then cither of the other tharfollow,s bigger belowe then aboue,: with a fmall peece adioyning tothebottome ofit, from whencerife vpinthe beginning of the Spring, after the Winter -frofts are paft , two leaues for the moft part (whenit will flower, or élfe but onesand neuer three together that euerI faw) clofed together when they firft comevp out of the ground, whichinclofethe flower betweene them : the leaues when they are opened do lay themfelues flat on the ground,or not much aboue them, withoutanytaftealmoft at all, as all orthemoft part of thefe kindes haut 5. Orchis Sphegodes. Gnats Satytion. Vi the kindes of Orchides, may fitly be ioyned another plant, which by ‘ _Theleaues ofthis Orchis are {omewhatlarger then of the Bee flower,thene onl It, one oppofire vato theother, with the ftalke andthe floweronit ftanding betweene them; which leanes are ofa whiti Z fh greene colour, long R and narrow,yet broadermlidle€ |