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Chap. no. Of T)ogs ft ones . 
ThcKindcs. 
S Tones or Tefticles, as Diefcorides faith, are of two forts, one named Cynoforchis or Dogs ftones 
the other Orchis Serapias^ or Serapias his ftones. Butbecaufe there be many and fundrv other 
forts differing one from another, I fee not how they may be contained vnder thefe two kinds 
onely : therefore lhaue thought good to diuide them as follovveth. The firft kind vvehaue named 
Cynoforchis, or Dogs ftones : the &cond.,Tejlictilus CMorionisftr Fooles ftones : the third Traoorchis 
or Goats ftones : the fourth, Orchis Serapias, or Serapia's ftones : the fifth Teftuulus odor ulus or 
lweet fmelling ftones, or zHtoxCordits ^T cJHchIus P urnilio,o\ Dwarfe ftones. 
f 1 Cynoforchis minor. 
Great Dogs ftones. 
f 2 Cynoforchis mayor altera. 
White Dogs ftones. 
If The Defcription. 
1 f !°" eS hat , h foure > and f oraetimes fine, great broad thicke leaues/omtvhat 
V_J like thofe of the garden Lilly, but fmaller. The ftalke ri'feth vp a foot or more in 
„ 1 a height . at the top whereof doth grow a thicke tuft of carnation or horfe-flefh colon 
infiha >nr ft thlCk ^ C thmft together, made of many fmall floures'fpotted witli ptrpkfoots 
Tn t0 h °° d 0r llelmet - And from the hollow place there hangeth forth a cermin 
> T §!3 cdc hh le or taflel ,m fhape like to the skmne of a Dog,or fome fuch other foure footed beaft 
Tl^roots be round like vnto the ftones ofa Dog, or two o!iues,one hanging fomevSt fHortel 
moft is the er K wheieQf the higheft or vppermoft is the fmaller, but fuller and harder. The lower- 
e e ’§ lte ft 3 and moft wrinkled or fhriueled, nor good for any thine. 
thofoofthefi^^indl 110 ^ 5 ’^!! 1 fmooth,Iong broad ltaues,but Jeffer and narrower than 
the fame rounrl ahr, cj- r .‘hke is a lpan long, fet with fine orfix leaues clafping or embracing 
he lame round about. His fpikre floure is foort, thicke, b,ifov,compa£tor many fmall whitifti 
purple 
