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Show Lisa. OftheHiftorieof Plants. a “> Thisis Cynoforchispaluftris altera Leptaphylla,of Lobell , Tefticulus Galericulatus, OfTabcrnatnon- ah Lobell and Gemma termethis, Cynofirchispaluftris altera Lophodes, vel nephelodes. 5 This is Orchis minor radice repente, of Camerarius. This by Lobell and Gemmaiscalled Cynoforchis macrocaulos, fine Conopfiea, @| The Temperature and Vertues, Lis. 1 Of the Hiftorie of Plants, Itis reported, That it groweth in the Northparts of England,neere v jillage called called avillage borough. I foundit growing in the middle ofa Wood in Kent two from Grauefend, neere vnto a worfhipfull Gentlemanshoufe called Mafter William Swan,of Howcke Greene, The wood belongeth to one MatterIohn Sidley : which plant I did neuerfee elfewhere ; and becaufeit is very rare, 1am the more willing to giue youall the markes in the wood for the better finding it, be- 4 Thereislittle vfe of thefe in phyficke, onely they are referred vnto the handed Satyrions, whereoftheyare kindes ; notwititanding Dalefcampizs hath written in his great Volume,that the Marifh Orchis is of greater force than anyof the Dogs {tones in procuring of. lu, caufe it doth grow butin onepiece of the Wood: that is to fay, The groundis coueredall ouer in the fameplace neere about it with the herbe Sanycle, and alfo with the kinde of Orchis called Hermaphroditica, or Butter-fly Satyrion, , @ The Time, Ly Camerarius of Noremberg, who wasthefirft that defcribedthis kinde of creeping Or chis, hath fet it forth with a bare defcription onely ; and Tamlikewife conftrained todo the like,becauleas yet I haue had no triall thereof. Ir floureth and flourifheth in June and Auguft. The dufty or mealy feed (if it maybe called feed) falleth in the end of Auguf ; but in my iudgement it is an vnprofitable e or barren duft , and not any feed atall. The firlt ofthefe was the third in the former Chapter in liew whereof I giue youthe Dracuntias of Label, whofe gure was herein the feeondplace, G The Names, Cuar.it8. Of Birdsneft. 1 Satyriumh gbortinum,fine Nidus anis. q The Defeription, Birds neft. | Pa ae i) | wh, ‘Rul Ke ya Irds Neft hath many tangling roots platted or crofled one ouer another 5 very intricately, which refembletha Crowes neft made offtickes ; from which rifeth vpa thickefoft grofle ftalk ofa brownecolour,et withfmall fhort leaues ofthe colour of a dry 0ken leafe that hathlien vnder the,tree al! the winter long. Onthe top of the ftalke groweth fpi- H || I | {7 oN kie eare or tuft offloures, in fhapelike vnto Maimed Satyrion, whereof doubtlefe it is a kinde. The wholeplant,as well fticks, leanes,andfloures, are ofa parched browne colour. + Ireceiued out of Hampthire from my of ten remembredfriend Maftet Goodyer this following defcription ofa Nidys ands found by himthe twenty ninthof Iune,1 621. G Nidus avisflore & caule violacenpurpuveo colores an Pfeudoleimodoron Gluf, Hift. Rar. plat. P%-270. This rifeth yp with a ftalke about nine inches high,witha few {malnarrow fharpe pointedfhost skinnyleaues,fet withoutorder, verylittle or n0thing at all wrapping or inclofing rheftalke ; hauing a fpike of floures like thofe of orobancht, without tailes or Jeaues growing amongftthem: which fallen, there fuccced” {mall feed-veflels. The lowerpart of the ftalke within the gtound is i notround like ovobanche, but flender or long, and ofa yellowith white colour, with many {mall brittle roots growing vnderneath confufedly , wrapt orfolded together like thofe of the common Nidus avis. The whole plantas it appeareth aboue ground, bothftalkes, leaues, and floures, is ofa violet ordeepe purple colour. This I found wilde urthebotder ofa field called Marbornie, neere Habridge in Haliborne,a mile froma townecalle Alton in Hampfhite, being the land ofone William Balden. In this place alfo graweth wilde the thiftle called Coronafratrum, Ioh. Goodyer, : an The Place. es This baftard or vnkindely Satyrionis very feldomefeenein thefe Southerly-parts of Englen“. Itis called Satyrium abortirum : of fome, Nidus aus : in French Nid @’ oifeaw : inEn glith, Birds neft, or Goofe-neft : in Low-Dutch, Wogels nett; in High-Dutch, Dargen drehen 9 | The Temperature andVertues. Tris not vfed in Phyficke that I can finde in any authoritie either of the antient or later YWri- ters,butis efteemed as a degenerate kinde of Orchis, and therefore not vied. |