thst the leaves hereof have no lpots and are more 
finoo.h. 
20. Orchil paimatamontanamaculatajlorecAndido, 
Spotted mountaine handed white Orchis. 
The leaves of this Orchis arc fome what narrow,and 
fpotted like nnto the female handed Orchis, the ftalke 
and flowers alfo are like unto it,and differcth not but in 
the colour, which is white. 
2 r, Orchis palmata unguftifolU esTlpitsa. 
Small mountaine handed Orchis. 
This (mall Orchis hath very narrow leaves as fmall 
as Crocsu as Matthiolm faith, the ftalke is low and 
fmalfbearing fmall flowers ofa fad purple colour, like 
unco the purple flower gentle, and of a cnoft fragrant 
l'mell while it is frefti and greene. 
The Place and Time. 
Some of thefe Orchies grow in fieldes and medows, 
fome in moorifh grounds and marlhes, and others up¬ 
on hils and inountaines, and flower in the monechs of 
ApriU l <J\{aj 1 and ltd le, fome earlycr and later then o - 
thers. 
The Names. 
Every one of thefe hath one Authour named in the 
margent that hath written of it, and how he hath cal¬ 
led it: as I have done wichiall the reft of this family of the Orchides. 
- -The Venues. 
• Thefe marfh (tones are thought beft to agree unto the Serapiades,and not fo available to Venereous purppfes.be- 
*■ g more heating and drying then the fjneforchidcs ,and therefore may performe the cures that the Serapiaes doth 
in ulcers and the reft. CamerasHu faich of this laft fort that it is very profitable to ftay the bloody f luxe, if the flow¬ 
ers be made into pouthcr and taken in wine,or the frelb flowers fry ed with egges into a Tanfie, and fo eaten,The 
rootesofall the other forts of Orchides being boyled in red wine, and alter they are dryedagaine, made into pou¬ 
thcr and drunke.doth ftay the bloody fluxe in a fpeedy manner. 
Chat. XV. 
Orchis abortiva five Nidus avis, Mifhapen Orchis or Birds neft. 
Here arc two forts ol Birds reft, the one not much differing from the other,but in the colour, the 
firft and moll anciently knowne,ofa yellowilh colour,the other of a purplifo violet. 
r. Orchis abortiva rssff*. Ordinary birds neft. 
The common Birds neft rifeth up with upright fappy weake ftalkes, having afhew ofleaves 
on them, which arc very fhort thin skins rather then leaves, of the fame colour with the ftalkes 
and flowers,that is of a brownifh dead yellow,the flowers (land upon a lpiked head, like unto that 
of Orchis, and of the fame faftn'on, with huske6 of dufty feede following them : the roote is compolcd ofa num¬ 
ber of fibres, that crofle and entangle themfclves one within another very intricately. 
1 . Nidus avis purpurea, 
This purple birds neft groweth fomewhat lower having fome longer skinny leaves on the ftalkes then the for¬ 
mer with flowers on a fpiked btid very like unto the laft for forme, but the whole ftalke leaves, and flowers are 
of a violet pu pie colour, after which follow (mail feede like the other,theroore alfo is like the former. 
Both thefe forts are fometitnes found k our Owne Land, in Woods and low Copies, and are in flower is 
Jtilj and Augsi.fl. 
