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Of the Fiiftorie of Hants, 
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^ the Kindts. 
T Here be diuers kindes of Fox-ftones, differing very much in fhape of their Jeaues, as alfo in 
floures : feme haue floures wherein is to be fecne the fhape of fundry forts ofiiuing creatures- 
fome the drape and proportion of flies, in other gnats, fome humble bees, others like vnto honey 
Bees i, fome like Butter-flies, and others like Wafpes that be dead ; fome yellow of colour,others 
white; fome purplemixed with red, others ofabrpwne ouer-worne colour:the which feuerally 
todiftrnguidi,asvvcllthofeherefet downe,as alfo thofe that offer themfelues dayly to our view 
and confideration, would require a particular volume; for there is not any plant which doth offer 
filch varietie vnto vs as thefe kindes of Stones, except the T ulipa’s, which go beyond all account : 
for that the moft lingular Simpleft that euer was in thefe later ages ^Carolus Clnfim (who for his 
Angular induftrie and knowledge herein is worthy triple honour) hath fpent at the leaf! flue and 
thirty yeares, fowing the feeds of Tulipa’s from yeare to yeare, and to this day he could neuer at- 
tainc to theendorcertaintieoftheir feuerall kmdes of colours. The greateftriafonwhereof that 
I can yeeld is this ; that if you take the feeds of a Tulipa that bare white floures, and fow them in 
fome pan or tub with earth, you fhallreceiue from that feed plants of infinite colours : contrari- 
wife, if you fow the feeds of a plant that beareth floures of variable colours, the moft of 
thofe plants will be nothing like the plant from whence the feed was taken. It (hall be fufficient 
therefore to fet downe moft of the varieties, and comprehend them in this chapter. 
The Dcfcription. 
x T) Vtter-fly Orchis,or Satyrion, beareth next the root two very broad leanes like thofe of 
j) the Lilly, feldome three : the floures be white of colour , refembling the fhape of a 
Butter-fly : the ftalke is a foot high ; the root is two ftones like the other kindes of 
ftones or Cullions, but fomewhat fharper pointed. • - - — — ' 
jif 3 T efiiculus V ulp'tnus z.Jphcgodes. 
Humble Bee Orchis. 
4 Tcflictilus Vulpinus major fphegodes. 
Wafpe Orchis. 
2 Wafpe Satyrion commeth forth of the ground, bearing two,fomtimes three Ieaues like the 
former, b ut much fmaller. The ftalke groweth to the height of an hand, whereon are placed very 
orderly final 1 floures like in fhape to Gnats, and of the fame colour. The root is like the former. 
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