258 Of AnimalBodies petrify d. Part III 
asi inch over, and furrow’d 3 the Back fomewhat edged. 
I is found in Germany, Moravia, Silefia, and other Parts.* 
Gcnni° s e & dc ^ Scruple (a) hereof in powder, is an excellent 
LapicT K S udorifief • Spirit of Nitre droped hereon, diffolveth it with 
an Effervefcence. 
The FISHES EYE. Opbthalmites. A parcel of them 
given by Sir Philip Skippon. ’Tis a kind of Pifolythus. 
But by fome of them, the Humors of the Eye, with the 
Tunica live a, and therein the Iris, are not ill reprefented : 
lor which reafon I have plac’d them here. 
SOME other Varieties, from the fame Hand. 
The HERMAPHRODITE. Commonly called Hyfte- 
(b) Lib. 37. rolithos. By Pliny, (h) Diphyes, more properly 5 as repre- 
c - I0, fenting, in fome fort, the Pudenda of both Sexes. Weil 
defcribed by Wormius. ’Tis a black Stone,not much broader 
than Half a Crown 3 very hard, and dilfoluble with no Acid. 
Accounted an Amulet againft Hyfterical Fits. 
Another oi the fame fhape, but ldfer. 
A foft BUTTON-STONE. Echinites albics. Given by 
Sig r Boccone. Ol thefe Stones there is fome variety, with 
feveral Names, but confounded by Authors. They all 
agree, in having fome hkenefs to the (hell of the Button- 
Fiji. This refembles that mod with all Email prickles. 
Ol a white colour. Not very hard, and difloluble, with 
Acids. See an excellent Figure hereof in Calceolarias s 
Mufaeum. 
■ Another of the fame Species and colour. 
THUNDER-STONE or hard Button-Stone. Brontias. 
So called, for that people think they fall fometimes with 
Thunder. Yet different from the Ceraunias. This is 
Raped like a little round Cake. Very hard and indiffolu- 
ble with Acids 5 being a kind of yellowifh and opacous 
Pebble. 
Another, a Idler one of the fame Species. 
A THIRD, alfo very hard ( as all of them are) but Se- 
vFiperfpicuom. 
A FOURTH, which is a whitifh FLINT, ftained with 
blew fpecks. 
A FIFTH, a fmall one, and having a little flinty Stone 
(c) Defigur. growing to the middle of it on both (ides. Thisparticu- 
uo'ibid. 3 ' ^ ai ^- v re ^ cm bhng Gefners Ombrias. (c) Or the Stone lent 
c. 12. ’ him by the Name of Lapis Hyeeniae. (d) A 
