192 The Garden of pleajant Flowers. 



CHAP. XXII. 



Orchis fiue Satyrium. Bee flowers. 



ALthough it is not my purpofe in this place, to giue a generall hiftory of all the 

 forts of Orchides, Satyrions, and the reft of that kinde ; yet becaufe many of 

 them are very pleafant to behold, and, if they be planted in a conuenient place, 

 will abide fome time in Gardens, fo that there is much pleafure taken in them : I fhall 

 intrude fome of them for curiolities fake, to make vp the profpect of natures beautifull 

 variety, and only entreate of a few, leauing the reft to a more ample declaration. 



i. Satyrium Bajilicum Jiue Pa/ma Chrifti mas, 

 The greater male handed Satyr ion. 



This handed Satyrion hath for the moft part but three faire large greene leaues, 

 neare vnto the ground, fpotted with fmall blackiih markes : from among which rifeth 

 vp a ftalke, with fome fmaller leaues thereon, bearing at the toppe a bufh or fpike of 

 flowers, thicke fet together, euery one whereof is made like a body, with the belly 



I broader belowe then aboue, where it hath fmall peeces adioyned vnto it : the flower 

 is of a faire purple colour, fpotted with deeper purple fpots, and hauing fmall peeces 

 like homes hanging at the backes of the flowers, and a fmall leafe at the bottome of the 

 foote-ftalke of euery flower : the rootes are not round, like the other Orchides, but 

 fomewhat long and flat, like a hand, with fmall diuifions belowe, hanging downe like 



>the fingers of a hand, cut fhort off by the knockles, two alwayes growing together, 

 with fome fmall fibres or firings aboue the heads of thefe rootes, at the bottome of 

 the ftalke. 



2. Satyrium Bajilicum Jiue Pa/ma Chrifti famina. 

 The female handed Satyrion. 



This female Satyrion hath longer and narrower leaues then the former, and fpotted 

 with more and greater fpots, comparfing the ftalke at the bottome like the other : this 

 beareth likewife a bufh of flowers, like vnto the other, but that each of thefe haue heads 

 like hoods, whereas the former haue none : in fome they are white with purple fpots, 

 and in others of a reddifh purple, with deepe or darke coloured fpots : the roots are alike. 



3. Orchis Hermaphroditica Candida. The white Butterflie Orchis. 



The rootes of this kinde take part with both the forts of Orchis and Satyrium, being 

 neither altogether round, nor fully handed, and thereupon it tooke the name, to fig- 

 nifie both kindes : the leaues are two in number, feldome more, being faire and broad, 

 like vnto the leaues of Lillies, without any fpot at all in them : at the toppe of the 

 ftalke ftand many white flowers, not fo thicke fet as the firft or fecond, euery one being 

 fafhioned like vnto a white Butterflie, with the wings fpread abroad. 



4. Orchis Melitias Jiue apifera. The Bee flower or Bee Orchis. 



This is a fmall and lowe plant for the moft part, with three or foure fmall narrow 

 leaues at the bottome : the ftalke is feldome aboue halfe a foote high, with foure or fiue 

 flowers thereon one aboue another, hauing round bodies, and fomewhat flat, of a kind 

 of yellowifh colour, with purple wings aboue them, fo like vnto an honey Bee, that it 

 might foone deceiue one that neuer had feene fuch a flower before : the roots are two 

 together, round and white, hauing a certaine muccilaginejje or clamminerTe within 

 them, without any tafte almoft at all, as all or the moft part of thefe kindes haue. 



5. Orchis Sphegodes. Gnats Satyrion. 



The leaues of this Orchis are fomewhat larger then of the Bee flower, the ftalke alfo 



fomewhat 



