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3 The Humble Bee Orchis hath a few fmall vveake and Ihort leaues, which grow fcatterino-lv 
about the ftalke: the floures grow at the top among the fmall leaues, rcfembllng m drape the 
humble Bee. The root conlifteth oftwoftonc-s or bulbcs,vvith fome few threds annexed there 
unto. uc ‘ 
4 The' yVafpeSatyriongrowcth out of the ground, bailing ftalkes fmall and tender The 
kaues are like the former but fomewhat greater , declining to abrovvne or darke colour.' The 
floures be fmall, of the colour of a dry Oken leafe,in diape refembling the great Bee called in E n 
glilh an Hornet or drone Bee. The root is like the other. 
5 The leaues of Bee Satyrion are longer than the lad before mentioned , narrower turnino- 
themfelues againft the Sun as it were round. The ftalke is round, tender, and very frafo k At the 
top grow the floures, refembling the drape of the dead carkalfe of a Bee. The ftones°or bulbes of 
the roots be fmaller and rounder than the laft defcribed. 
6 The Fly Satyrion is in his leaues like the other, failing that they be not of fo dark a colour • 
the floures be fmaller and more plentifully growing about the ftalke, in ftrapelike vuto flies ofa 
greemfti colour. 1 > 
f J Orchis CMelitti.is. 
Bee Orchis. 
f 6 Orchis Myodcs. 
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7 Yellow Orchis rifeth out of the ground with browne leaues, fmaller than the laft before 
mentioned : the ftalk is tender and crooked. The floures grow at the top yellow of colour,in diape 
refemblrng the yellow flies bred in the dung of Kinc after raine. 
i T j he „ „ U y. e i low Satyrion hath leaues fpread vpon the ground,-at the firft comming vp- 
thefleMer ftalke rifeth vp in themidft,ofhalfeahand high. The floures grow fcatteringly to- 
ward the top, rcfembling the flies laft before mentioned, darke or rufty of colour. The ftonesor 
bulbes are very round. 
.9 Biids Orchis hath many large ribbed leaues, fpread vpon the ground like vntothofe of Plan- 
tame • among the which rife vp tender ftalkes couered euen to the tuft of the floures with the like 
eaues, but lefler, in fuch fort that the ftalkes cannot be fecne for the leaues". The floures grow at 
the top, not fo thicke let or thvuft together as the others, purple of colour, like in fhape vnto little 
Birds, with their wings fpread abroad ready to fly. The roots be like the former. 
io Spotted Birds Satyrion hath leaues like vnto the former, fitting chat they be dallied or 
S 3 fpotred 
