Tribe.i. The Theater of Tlants. Chap ,i6. 217 
r. EUeborui albusvulgaru. 
Granary white Ellcbor orNeefeworr, 
3. Elleborine majorfive Calceolas Mart*. The great wilde 
Hellebor, or our Ladyes Slipper. 
The greater of thefe forts ofwilde white Hellebors,rifeth up 
with one two or more ftalkes, a foote and halfc high at the 
moft, bearing broad greene leaves on each fide, one by one, 
fomewhat like thofe of the former white Hellebor, but fmal- 
ler and not fo ribbed, and each comparing the ftalke at the 
lower end ; at the top of the ftalkes ftandeth fometimes but one 
flower,yet fometimes two or three at the mod, one above ano¬ 
ther upon (mail fhortfooteftalkes, with a fmall leafe at the foote 
of every one : each of thefe flowers are of a long ovall forme 
and hollow withall, efi ecially at the upper part, the lower be¬ 
ing round and fwelling like a belly : at the hollow part there are 
fmall peeces like eares or flippets, that at the firft doe cover that 
hollow place, and after ftand apart one from another, all which 
are of a fine pale yellow colour in all that I have feene; yet it 
is reported that fome are found of a browner colour or tending 
to purple *. there are likewife fowre long narrow and darke co¬ 
loured leaves at the fetting on of the flower unto the ftalke, 
wherein as it were the flower at the firft was encloled: the 
whole flower is of a pretty fweet fent: the feede is very fmall, 
and like unto that of the Or chides or Satyrions, and contained in 
like pods; the roote is compofed of a number of firings en- 
terlacing themfelves one within another, lying within the upper 
cruft of the earth, and not fpreading deepe, of a darke brow- 
siiflo colour. A fort thereof hath beene brought from the North 
parts of America, differing onely in being greater both in ftalkes, 
leaves and flowers, which are not yellow but white, with red- 
difh drakes through the bellies of them. 
4 » Elleborine minorfiore albo. The fmall wilde Hellebor 
with a white flower. 
This fmaller Hellebor groweth up in the like manner, and not 
much lower, bearing the like leaves but fmaller, and of a white 
greene colour like thofe of Lilly Co nv ally the top of the ftalke 
hath many more flowers, but letter growing together fpike 
2. Hclleboruialbus vernus airerubcntwusfloribus 
The early white EJIcbor with'datke red flower?. 
