Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
B. i. 
C h a p. 1 1 1. Of Fool.es Stones. 
The Vcfcriftion. 
i rn He male Foole ftones hath fiue,fometimes fix long broad and fmooth leaues, not vn- 
| like totbofe of the Lilly, fauing that they are dafht and fpotted in fundry places 
with blacke fpots and ftreakes. The floures grow at the top, tuft or fpike falhion, 
fomewhat like the former, but thruft more thicke together, in fhape like to a fooles hood, or cocks 
combe, wide open, or gaping before, and as it vverecreftedaboue, with certaine eares {landing vp 
by euery fide, and a fmall taile or fpur hanging downe, the backefide declining to a violet colour, 
ofa pleafant fauour or fmell. 
t i Cjnofirchti Mono mat. 
The male Foole ftones. 
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a Cynoforcbis Morio faemina. 
The female Foole ftones. 
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i The Female Fooles ftones haue alfo fmooth narrow leaues, ribbed with nerues like thofe 
of Plantaine. The floures be likewife gaping, and like the former, as it were open hoods, with a 
little home or heele hanging behinde euerie one of them, and fmall greene leaues forted or mixed 
among them,refembling cockes combes, with little cares, not ftanding ftraight vp, but lying flat 
vpon the hooded floure, in fuch fort, that they cannot at the hidden view be perceiued.The roots 
are a paijre of fmall ftones like the former. The floures of this fort doe vane infinitely in colour, 
according to the foile or countrey where they do grow : fome br ing forth their floures ot a deepe 
violet colour, fome as white as fnow ; fome of a flefh colour, and fome garmfhed with lpots of di- 
uers colours,which are not poffible tobediftinguifhed. 
± 3 This hath narrow fpotted leaues, with a ftalke fome foot or more high, at the top wher- 
of 2;rovveth a tuft of purple floures in fhape much like thofe of the laft deferibed, each floure con- 
lifting of a little hood, two fmall wings or fide leaues, and a broad lippe or leafe hanging 
downe * * f The 
