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Show gy Ofthe Hiftorie of Plants. 204 List. yw. Of the Hiftorie of Plants, The third kindeis inall things like the former; faue in the leaues,which are narrowenand i th oe ofthe floure, whichis altogether white, or confifting ofa colour mixtof purple and wh< Vv .5pi fith there is no other difference,it fhall {uffiee tohaue faid thus much forthe defcription. q The Place. Ga vad. yon Cuar. 110, . lentifully at thefoot ofcertain hills inthe greene and moift grounds ofeyanStyria notfar from Gratz, as alfo in Modena and BononiainItaly, and likewife in fome of thechoice gardensof eins ! | | The Kindes. Tones or Tefticles, as Dioftorides faith,are oftwo forts,one named Cynoforchis,or Dogsftones; the other Orchis Serapias, or Serapias his ftones. Butbec aufe therebe many and fundry other forts differing one from another, I fee not how they may be contained vnder thefe twokinds Theyfloure in Aprill,and fometimes fooner,as in the middle ofMarch. 2 Dens ; caninusflore albo anguffioribusfolijs, (BiSe Bo Dogshatoe tooth. White Dogstooth, Of Dogsftones. onely : therefore I haue thought good to diuide them as follow eth. The firft kind we haue named isor Foolesftones ; the third,7ragorchis, or Goatsftones : the fourth, orchis Serapias, ot Serapia’s ftones: {weetfinelling ftones,or after Cords» Tefticulus Pumilio, or Dwarf thefifth , Tefticulas odoratus, of e ftones. Cynoforchis, or Dogs ftones : the fecond, Te/ticulus Morion t 1 Cynoforchis maior. Great Dogsftones, J 2 Cynoferchis major altera, White Dogsftones, | The Names. This plantisealledin Latine, Dens caninus; and fome haute iudged it Satyrium Erythroninm. Matthiolus calls it Pfeudohermodactylus. Themen ofthe countrey where it growethca llit <pehoR+ touts and the Phyfitians about Styriacallit Destali. The fecoud mayfor diftinétionsfa ke be termed Dens caninysflore albo, anguftioribus‘folys ; that is,Dogs tooth with the white floure and nat; row leaues, ; @ The Nature, Thefe are ofavery hot temperament,windie,and ofan by the vertues, . if excrementitious nature,as may appeale G The Vertues, 6 The Women that dwell about the placewhere thefe gtew,and do grow, haue great proat put the dried mealeor poudetoft in their childrens pottage, againft the wormeswith ofthe bellyBeing drunke with Wineit hath been proued maruelloufly to affwage the Collicke paffionTt ftrengthnethand nourifheth'the bodyin great meafure,and being drunke with water it cl" reth childrenofthe falling fickneffe, Chap. The Defcription. z Reat Dogsftones hath foure, and fometimes fiue,g reat broad thicke leaues,fomwhat G like thofe ofthe garden Lilly, but finalle r. The ftalke rifeth vp a foot or more in height, at the top whereofdoth growathick e tuft ofcarnationor horfe-fleth colous ted floures, thick andclofe thruft together, made of many fmall floures fjpotted with purple fpots, in fhapelike to an open hood or helmet. Andfr omthe bollowplace there hangethfortha certai tageed chiue or taffell, in fhape like n to the skinne ofa Dog, orfome fuchother foure footed beaft. 1¢ roots be round likevnto the ftones than the other,whereofthe higheR orvppofa Dog,or twooliues, one hanging fomewhat fhorter ermottis the fmaller, but fuller andharder. mokis the Steateftlighteft, and moft The lowere wrinkled or e Whitith Dogsftones bath likewife {moot fhriueled, not good for any thing. h,long broad Icaues,but leffer and narrower than thofe of the firftkinde. The ftalke isa long, fet with fiue or fix leaues clafping or embracing thefame roundabout, His {pikie floure{pan is fhort, thicke, buthy, compaé of many {malt whitith purple |