258 Of Animal Bodies petrify d. Part IIL 
an inch over, and furrow 'd 5 the Back fomewhat edged 
Tis found in Germany, Moravia, Silefia, and other Parts. 
00 Boet. de A Scruple (a) hereof in powder , is an excellent 
LapTd. S Sudor ijick. Spirit of Nitre droped hereon, diffolveth it with 
an Effervefcence. 
The FISHES EYE. Ophthalmites. A parcel of them 
given by Sir Philip Skippon. Tis a kind of Pifolythus. 
But by fome of them, the Humors of the Eye, with the 
Tunica Vvea, and therein the Iris, are not ill reprefented : 
for which reafon I have plac d them here. 
SOME other Varieties, from the fame Hand. 
The HERMAPHRODITE. Commonly called Hyfte- 
(b) Lib. 37. rolithos. By Pliny, (b) Diphyes, more properly $ as repre- 
c - IO - fenting, in fome fort, the Pudenda of both Sexes. Well 
dcfcribed by Wormius. Tis a black Stone,not much broader 
than Half a Crown 3 very hard, and diffoluble with no Acid. 
Accounted an Amulet againft Hyfterical Fits. 
Another of the fame lhape, but leffer. 
A foft BUTTON-STONE. Echinites albws. Given by 
Sig r Boccone. Of thefe Stones there is fome variety, with 
feveral Names, but confounded by Authors. They all 
agree, in having fome hkenefs to the (hell of the Button- 
Fifb. This refembles that molt with all fmall prickles. 
Of a white colour. Not very hard, and diffoluble, with 
Acids. See an excellent Figure hereof in Calceolarias 
Mufaum. 
Another of the fame Species and colour. 
THUNDER-STONE or hard Button-Stone. Brontias. 
So called, for that people think they fall fometimes with 
Thunder. Yet different from the Ceraunias. This is 
fhaped like a little round Cake. Very hard and indiffolu- 
ble with Ac ids 5 being a kind of yellowifti and opacous 
Pebble. 
Another, a lefler one of the fame Species. 
A THIRD, alfo very hard ( as all of them are) but Se- 
miperfpicuous. 
A FOURTH, which is a whitifh FLINT, ftained with 
blew fpecks. 
A FIFTH, a fmall one, and having a little flinty Stone 
( C ) De figur. growing to the middle of it on both fides. This particu- 
afm?' * ar ty refcmDlin S Gefners Ombrias. (c) Or the Stone fent 
c 12. * him by the Name of Lapk Hyanirt. (d) A 
