22 <5 Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lib. i. 
top of the ftalke grovveth a faire bufh of very red floures, among the which floures do grow many 
fmall fharpe pointed leaues. The feed I could neuer obferue, being a thing like duft that flxeth in 
th^"^^. other Marilh handed Satyrion differeth little from the precedent, but in the leaues 
and floures for that the leaues are fmaller and narrower, and the floures are faire white, gaping 
wide open in the hollowneffe whereof appeare certaine things obfcurely hidden, refembling lit- 
tle helmets’, which fetteth forth the difference. 
5 This third handed Satyrion hath roots fafhioned like an hand, with fome firings faftned to 
the vpper part of them 5 from which rifeth vp a faire ftiffe ftalke armed with large leaues, very no- 
tably dafhtwithblackifhfpots, clipping or embracing the ftalke round about : at the top of the 
ftalke ftandeth a faire tuft of purple floures, with many greene leaues mingled amongft the fame, 
which maketh the bufh or tuft much greater. The feed is nothing elfe but as it were duft like the 
other of his kinde : £ and it is contained in fuch twined veffels asyoufeeexpreftapartby the 
fide of the figure ^ which veffels are not peculiar to this, but common to mod part of the other 
Satyrions. ^ 
4 The creeping rooted Orchis or Satyrion without tefticles, hath many long roots difperfing 
them felues, or creeping far abroad in the ground, contrarie to all the reft of the Orchides: which 
Roots arc of the bignefte of ftrawes,in fiibftance like thofeof Sopewort ; from the which imme- 
diately doth rife foure or fine broad fmooth leaues like vnro the fmall Plantaine, from the which 
fhooreth vp a fmall and tender ftalke, at the top whereof groweth a pleafant fpikie eare of a 
whitifh colour, fpottedon the infide with little fpeckes of a bloudie colour. The feed alfo 
is very fmall. 
t 5 This from handed roots like others of this kinde fends vp a large ftalke, fometimes at- 
taining to theheight oftwocubits ; theleaues are much liketo thole of the marifh Satyrions- 
the floures are ofan elegant purple, with little hoods like the top of an helmet (whence Gcmm.i 
termed 
