1354- Chap.i^. 
Tbeatrum Botanicum, 
Trii 
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written of it,with the names how he calleth it,for it were too tedious to write all the feverall titles that feverall 
Authours have given to thefc forts of Orchides. 
The Virtues. 
The properties of thefe SerapUes are recorded in particular by Uiofcorides and Galen, t 0 be not fo effeftuall for 
Yenery but are of force to difcuile fweilings, and to deanfe foule vlcers and fiftulaes, that is,hollow vlcecs, and 
the vice’™ of the mouth,and inflammations alfo.and ftayeth thofethat are eating or fretting.it dryeth much when 
the ro ate is drycd,and flaycth the flu x °f l ^ e belly thereby* 
Chap* XIII. 
Crchis jive Tejiiculm odorants. Sweete Cullions. 
QmntM Ordo. T he fifth Ranke, 
Hi. fifth and lall Ranke of round rooted Orchides mufl comprehend a few fmaIlones,that fmell fweete 
fome whereof have but one,fome two round rootes,others three,and fome more,as(hallbc fhewed. j 
Orchis ptifida odorata, The fweetcMuske Orchis. 
This fweete Orchis hath ufuallybut three frnall and narrow greene leaves,the ftalke is of anhand- 
■iuht. havine a lone narrow fpike of pale greene flowers, ending in three points, and fmelling like 
__— , ,,,, , yvy ,., y .., — unis mi*., auu ii.iiuyv g'v.ns nrfvcsjiot Udine is oi an nana- 
breadthes height, having a long narrow fpike of pale greene flowers, ending in three points, and fmelling like 
Muske, this hath but one lmall round roote of the bignefTe of apeafe, above which it hath long firings running 
forth.by which new plants are encreafed. 
a,5. Triorchis alba odorata major (sT minor. 
The greater and Idler fweete Lady Trace's, 
t hath long firings running 
a. Triorcbis alhaodorata major. The greater Sweete lady traces. 
The great I.ady traces hath ftindiy very fad greene fhinirg leaves like unto the lefler P]amane,but (harper poin- 
Trmebis ted,which rife u ; > in September alter the fialke with flowers is withered which doe abide greene all Winter, and 
alba [pi- peril'll in Ala),the {lender fialke which crookethand windeth it felfe a little,rifeth up in Attgujt flored fora great 
rrtis Lob. i cns -th with many frnall white andlweete flowers, cempafling it round and hangingdowne round about it: the 
rootes grow fomctime three, and femetimes fours together, being round and longer then in any ofthe former 
Orchides, with divers fhort fibres fet round about them, contrary to the order obferved in all the reft. 
3. Triorchts alba odorata minor. The leffer fweete Lady traces. 
rn V The Idler traces hath much (mailer leaves lying next the ground, but ofthe lame falhion like unto a very frnall 
a’itain ,r.i Plantanc,the fialke Is little above an handbreadth high, with fome (mail fhew of little pecces ofleaves, thereon to 
nor Lob the flowers which ate white dafht over with a tbinne blufh, Handing in thin long fpikes,compafIing the ftalke and 
arc very lwcctc : the rootes grow by couples,and 
are frnall fome what long as well as round, 
4. Orchis lutea Leodienjis. 
Lady traces of Liege. 
The leaves of this are fomewhat more like unto 
0r '•’“"'"abroad leafed Plantane.yet fmaller andnarrow- 
"d'enfa er,three or foureatthebottomeof the ftalk which 
ulobfi. hath none on it, and hath yellowifii flowers like 
the others at the top,one above another, the roots 
grow three, and fometimesfoure together. 
5 . Orchis Vrifia littoralis. 
V riejland Orchis or Lady faces. 
This hath but two frnall round bulbes for the 
Inf a lob roote ,from whence fptinguptwoor three (mail, 
fomewhat long and hairy leaves, yet fnorter then 
ofthe Ribwort Plantane.the ftalke is above a fpan 
high,bearing frnall yellowilh greene flowers like 
unto the former, and fee in the fame order.In the 
fame table with this Orchis you have the next 7 >i- 
orchis, as Lohcl hath given it us, from Comelim 
CJemnuia 
6 .Triarchy lutea altera Gemmf folioglabro. 
Yellow Traces with fmooth leaves. 
Triarchy Ttl ; $ bath lonser i eaves an d Imoother then the 
Om.L b. lad,and (hikes and flowers very like, yellow aU 
0 bfer. fo and l’weer,the roote is competed of three frnall 
round bu bes. 
•j . Cham tor chi* latifolia Zelandica, 
The dwar fe Orchis of Zealand. 
This final Orchishath two,and fometimesthree 
round bulbes for the rootes, covered with whi- 
Otcus 
Lillifol 
Lob a t 
pendice 
cr [O'te 
¥ feud o~ 
orcljji Cl. 
rifli coatcsor skinnes, being greenifh within*and 
fweetilhin tafte, the lower of them being lanke 
as in others, it hath two fairebuc frnall Lilly like 
leaves, about two inches long riling from them, 
fome three or fotire inches high: this peradven- 
iure may be the Pfendoorchis Clnfij. 
S. O rchil 
