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Show TLheatrum SEotanicam. Guar 14. 1356 Taree 15. ; . 8. Orchisradice repente. Small creeping or Baftard Orchis. Theroote of this Orchis, ifit be one,areunlikeall the re{t,being many long and full of firings, growing thické The Theater ofPlants. Cwari4, 1357 4. Ovchis Palmata pratesfis maxima Conop/aa-divla, The greate® banded and hooded Orchis, oO Orcbit palmatafeming five Palma Chriftifanina matulato folio. The female handed Orchis. ‘together, and enterlacing themfelves one amonglt another, yet have they at the upper part thereofnext under the leaves as Camerarius faith, {ome fhew of {mall bulbes {ometimes to be feene, the leaves that rife from thence are thicke and fomewhat broadlike Plantane,of adarke greene colour, the ftalke is flender furnifhed at the toppe with divers white fowets {potted with blood red fpots. Why Gerard fhould calkthis Palma Chriffi, I fee no reafon, when as it commeth neerer to an Helleborine then Orchis. The Place and Time, : in Thefe kindes of Orchies crow in dry grounds,heaths,znd wate untilled places, and the like, manyof them our Land, and others in other places, and doeall or for the moft part not loweruntill Augx/? or September, ; The Names. Thefe alfo as the former have their Authours names fetdownein the margent, and howtheycalled them. * The Vertuese i _ Itisrecorded by fome, that the foates ofthefe kindes of Orchides are marveilous¢ffectnall above any other to Incite Venery. Cuaps XIV. Orchts Palmata, Wanded Orchis, Aving fhewed you all the kindes of bulbous Orchidesiitthe Chapters goingbefore, there-dothyée remajne the other kind¢ of handed:Orchies to be entreared. of, which althoneh they be many, yee I think meetéxo comprehend themallin this one Chapter,wathourparting of them. re Oxchispalmeta majoginasfive Palma Chrifti mas, palma Chriffi mas levifolia oof : The great male handed Orchis. This male Orchig hath divers large broad and long {mooth greenc leaves lying onthe ground, ameng which rifeth up a round ftalke,with fomefuch leaves onit, but leffer upto the roppe,where grow alarge head er purple Howers,{potted with a deeper purple colour, each flower having a heels of the fame colour behind it: the rootésare flat and broad, rwo joyned togetherat the head;like unto handes,parted at the bottomeinto fhort peeces z.as if the fingers were cut fhort off by the knockless with fome fibres at the head thereof alfo,one ofthem being firmit, andthe other loofe or {pongy, asin the former Orchides, whichrife and Prodro decay in the like mariner. 2, Orchis palmata major pratenfis anguftifolia. The great male handed Orchis with narrow leaves. The rootesof this are double handedlike the former, parted into three parts below: the leaves are long and t, Orchis palmata major mas five Palma Chyifti mas The great male handed Orchis. 2. Orchispalmata major pratenfis auguffifolia. The great male handed Orchis with narrow leaves. x through which the flalke rifech, as througha pipe, tobe cubit high, whereonis feta {piked head of a pale purple colour,with a {purre behinde,and a {mallleafe fet with every flower at the bottome. 3, Orchis palmataformina five Palma Chriftitaminamaculatofolio. The female handed Orchis. : The leaves hereofare long and narrow, {potted diverfly with blacke (pots, the ftalke hath likewife fome nar- molina rower leaves thereonjand a {piked head of hooded flowers, {ome reddith,either deeper or paler, or blufh; or elfe Chrifl white,the lowelt ofehem will be{ported, yec {ome will have none,the rootes ar¢ handedlikethe other, 4. Orchis palmsata pratenfis maxima Conopfea ditta, The greateft handed and hooded Orchis. fam.Lok, : This rifech wichaftalke two cubits high, having fndry long and natrow leavesfet thereon, compaffing it al- conopfed moft at the bortome, the howers whcreof are hooded like the laft; but of a dainty pale purplecolour, and {weet Zebeio, Withalljand flower late: : 5. Ovchys palmate minorflorernbro, Small handed Orchis with red flowers. : This (mall Orchis bach a flender {talke,with a few long an¢ narrow leaves fer thereon, {maller above then thof€ serapias tninor Lob. below,having a (piked head of{hivfing red Howers: the roore is {mall and handed like che relt. 6. Orchig palmata anguftifolia minor. The leflerhanded Orchis with narrowleaves. very long Orchis fe, The rdote ofchisfort isshanded but leffe. and the lower divifions of themare longer, the leaves are and narrow,the talkte@rowetha footehieh, and the flowers tlierednateofa pale purple colour, sndthe whole 7 Tass ie ‘ gy {pike fhorter.then others, n, Orchis pabmataanguptifolia minor cdoratiffima, The fweete {mall handed Orchis. Weg This (mall fort hath Footes like the'reft, the leaves are much.narrower and dong almoft asgraffe, the ftalkeisa prio, hand high, with very {mall leaves tp to the roppe, bearing’théreon a{mall {pike of pale purple flowers,very {weet each having a hood anda lip hanging dawne,divided atthe bottome.into foure parts with a hecle behind: "8. Orchispalmata caryepnyllata. Handed Orchis fmelling like Cloves or Gilloflowers; The leaves of chis fortare long and narrowstheftalké lender with fundeythort leaves thereon, the {piked head of flowers is purpleseach refembling firiall fly es,and {welling as (weete asa Gilloflower, after which come greats» heads of {mall feede, the roote ishanded, but hachthe lower divifiens mnch longer, running downe inco; the Pips graund. % ! . 9. Orchis palmatabatrachites vel Myodes. Handed Orchisrefembling frogs or flyes. ; -esthat grow on the {talke are fomewhat fhort and bfozdcompaffing, it at the bottome, the flowers Lob. sve are {mall with wings as it were above.and a long {mall body hanging downe and } frogge ds well as a flye,the roote hath fhorter divifighsin one'part,and longer in anocher. 10, Orchis Caftrata, Gelded Orchis. ~<_ This hath al( long narrowleaves, fet-ona (lenderftalke,and {maller up to the:toppe, whereftandeth a bending headof white flowers {potted,cach refembling a flye,the lower part of whofe hanging body is more pointed : the op, roote ismade of rwo long pecces like legs, ending in {mall pointes,and hath neit! er handsnor ftones, ; Zz22z 3 Fx. Orchis |