if r. l b e 5. T he Theater of ^Plants. Chap.15, 505 
Bftalke, yet oftentimes divers ftalkes are found, that bearefoure leaves and the like inanumberof other plants 
- which were endlefl'e as well as needelefle to lepeate) fome alfo reckon up two (peeks or forts hereof, a grea¬ 
ter and a leffer (but none of them mention the P aluSlre whereof I fliallfpeakein the next place ) both in’that 
irwhich beareth but two, as alio in that which beareth three leaves • and Clufius in his Cure pnjloriores mentioned! 
1 one very ftnall lort, that theCapuchinc frier Gregortus dc Reggio found, all which I account to be but the varia¬ 
tion of the foyleand aire, and therefore 1 do not herediflinguilh them into fo many feverall forts as they do: the 
Bflowers at the toppe of the ftalkes are many fmall long whicifh greene fhapelefle bodies, as it were, fomewhac 
Ifikc unto fome of the Orchid'i or Satyrions which palle away, having fmall heads with dult in them after¬ 
wards. 
a. Bifolium pc.luslre. Marfh Bifoile. 
T The Marfri Bifoile hath fcarfe beene obferved by any, or at lead: hath deceived many that fuppofed it not tob£ 
[1 differing from the former, although differing in the fitc, yet the difference is manifelf, firft in the fmallneffe, be- 
I ing much leffer, and having fometimes three leaves alfo : fecondly in the greenefle, the other being more hoary 
white : thirdly in the fpike of flowers, which although ofthe fame fafhion and colour or very neare, yet Idle by 
farre : fourthly, in the rootes which in this doe runne or creepe in the ground : and laftly, the place Which is not 
the Woods, but Moores, Bogges, and wet Marifh grounds. 
The ‘Place. 
The firft L ufually an inhabitant of Wood-Copfes an d the like, asbetweene Highgate and Hampfleede, and in 
many other places of this land : theother not onely in the low wet grounds betweene Hatfield and St. Alboncs, 
I but in divers places of Remney marjh. 
The Time. 
They are in flower ufually untill the later end of May at the fooneft, and fo continue untill the middle or end 
of June, and then wholy will be withered and gone in Inly. 
The Names. 
The firft is generally thought to be the Ophris (quod aUcjuiftsperciliim redduntJ of Pliny, which he faith in his 
26. Booke, and i;. Chapter, is an herbe like unto the dented or toothed Pot-herbe with two leaves; hut what 
that dented Pot-herbe is, is not well knowne.and therefore it is but fuppofed as I faid, that this herbe with two 
leaves fbould be it; but becaufe we know no ocher herbe, that hath but two leaves itcarrieth the moreprobabi- 
litie. Cor dm and CjefinerinhortisGermanie, have thought it to be Alyfima or Damafomum, others to b e Gramm 
Parrtafji •.Brunfelfim would make it a kinde of perfoliata, becaufe the two leaves doc fo compafle the flalke at 
tbebotromr, as if it were but one leafe,and that the flalke went thorough them, and others have tho pht it to be 
a kinde of Hcllcborine, becaufe the flowers are fomewhat like unto it: Dodmttts calleth it Tfestdo orchis, five Bi~ 
folium,m&Tragus maketh it his tenth Satyrittm, calling it Bifohum, by which name it is now generally railed 
and knowne of all Herbarifts, the ocher hath not beetle by any before remembred : the French call it Double 
Fueille, the Germans Zweyblat, the ‘Dutch tweeblat, and we Twayblade, or herbe Bifole. 
The Zlertu.es. 
It is not much aftringent in tafte, but rather clammie or glutinous, and fomewhat fweete, whereby it may be 
judged to be hot and drie, it is much and often nfed by many and to good purpofe for wounds, both greene and 
old, and for to confolidate or knit ruptures. Pliny faith Ophris is good to make the haire of the eye browes biacke, 
but this hath not beene tried by any in our dayes, to have any fuch effoR that 1 kno w. 
Chap. XV. 
Aionophyllonfive Vnifolium. One blade. 
His fmall plant never beareth more than oneleafe, 
but onely when it rifeth up with his flalke, which 
(MiaSt thereon beareth an other, and feldome more, which 
are of ablewifh greene colour, therein very like 
unto the leafe of a Imall Lilly Convally, but fomewhat broa¬ 
der at thebottome, and pointed with many ribbes Or veines 
therein like Plantane; at the toppeof theflalke grow many 
mall white flowers (tarre fafhion, fmelling fomewhat fweete-, 
tfter which come fmall reddifh berries when they are ripe -• 
:'ne roste is fmall of the bigneffe ofa Rufh lying and creeping 
rnder the upper cruft of the earth, fhooting forth in divers 
olaces. 
The Place. 
It groweth in moift fhadowieandgraffie places of woods, 
ii many places of the Realme. 
The Time. 
It flowreth about May, and the berries be ripe in June, and 
hen quickly perifheth untill the next yeare, it fpringeth from 
he fame roote againe. 
The Names. 
It may be called in Greeke jjxxsr, after the Latincs Vni- 
dium, for it is not mentioned by any ancient Greeke Author, 
or yet by any ancient Lacine, as is thought, unlefle as Dale- 
utmpiut upon Diofeondes fuppofeth, it may be the Cyctamimee 
rtia of Pliny inhis aj, Booke and vp. Chapter, which hee 
ld°09pbyffon fee y n ifoli:int. 
One Wade. 
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