The (j Arden of vleajant Flowers. 
middle then at; both ends, growing lefie by degrees each way,fpotted and itriped all 
ouer the Igaues with whjte lines and fpots : the ftalke rifeth vp halfe a foote high or 
more, bearing at the toppe one flower and no more, hanging downe the head, larger 
then any of the other ofthiskinde that follow, made or confiding of fixwhitclong 
and narrow leaues, turning themfelues vp againe, after it hath felt the comfort of the 
Sunne, that they doe almoft touch the ftalke againe , very like vnto the flowers of Cy- 
tlamen or Sowebread : it hath in thp middle of the flower fix white chiues , tipt with 
darke purple pendents, and a white three forked ftile in the middle of them : the flower 
hath no fenratall, but commendable onely for the beauty and forme thereof.-, after 
the flower is paft, eommeth in fhe place a round head feeming three fquare, contai- 
ning therein fmallandycllqwiihfeedc. 
Dens Ctnirtm flore parpurafeente. Dogs tooth with a pale purple flower. 
This other Dogs tooth is like vnto the former, but leflerin all parts, the lcafe 
whereofis not fo long, but broad and (hort, fpottedwirh darker lines and fpots : the 
flower is like the other, but fmaller, and ofa delayed purple colour, very palefome- 
times, and fometimes a little deeper, turning it felfeas the other, with a circle round 
about the vmbonc or middle, the chiues hereofare not white,but declining to purple: 
the roote is white,and like vnto the former, but lefler,as is faid before. 
Dens Ctninw flore rnbro. Dogs tooth with a red flower. 
This is in all things like vnto the laft, both for forme and bignefle of flower and 
Jeafe : the chiefe difference confifteth in this , thatthe leaues hereof are ofa yellowifh 
mealy greene colour, fpottedand ftreakedwith redder fpots and ftripes, and the 
flower of a deeper reddiffi purple colour, and the chiues alfo more purplifh rhea the 
laft, in all other things it is alike. 
. ;o- The Place. 
The forts of Dens Caninus doe growe indiuers places ; fo!he in Italy on 
the Euganean Hils,othetsonthe Apenine,and fome about Gratz,the chiefe 
Citle of Stiria, and alfo about Bay onne,and in other places. 
The Time. 
They flower in March raoftvfually, and many times in Aprill, accor- 
ding to the fcafonableneffe of the y care. 
ThcNames. 
Clufius did call it firft Dentali, and Lebel, and from him fome others Sa- 
tyrtum, and Erytbronium , but I haue faid enough hereof in the beginning of 
the Chapter. It is moft commonly called Dens Caninus, and we m En®lifti 
either Dogs tooth, or Dogs tooth Violet. Gefner called it HermotUftylm, 
and Matthiolas fjenitbermeialiylin. 
TheVertues. 
The roote hereof is held to bee of more efficacy for vencreousefie&s 
then any of the Orchides and Satyrions. 
They of Stiria vfe the rootes forthe falling ficknefle. 
Wee hauehad from Virginia a roote fent vnto vs, thatwee might Well 
Judge, by the forme and colour thereof being dry, to be either the roote of 
this, or of an Orchis, which the naturali people hold not onely to be lingu- 
lar to procure lull, but hold it as a fccret, loth to reueale it. 
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