The Description.
1 Our Ladies Shoo or Slipper hath a thicke knobbed root, with certain markes or notes upon the same, such as the roots of Solomons Seale have, but much lesser, creeping within the upper crust of the earth; from which riseth up a stiffe and hairy stalke a foot high, set by certaine spaces with faire broad leaves, ribbed with the like sinues or nerves as those of the Plantain. At the top of the stalke groweth one single floure, seldome two, fashioned on the one side like an egge; on the other side it is open, empty, and hollow, and of the form of a shoo or slipper, whereof it tooke his name; of a yellow colour on the outside, and of a shining deep yellow on the inside. The middle part is compassed about with foure leaves of a bright purple colour, often of a light red or obscure crimson, and sometimes yellow as in the middle part, which in shape is like an egge as aforesaid.
The Place.
Ladies Slipper groweth upon the mountains of Germany, Hungary, and Poland. I have a plant thereof in my garden, which I received from Mr Garret Apothecarie, my very good friend.
The Nature and Vertues.
Touching the faculties, of our Ladies shoo we have nothing to write, it beeing not sufficiently known to the old writers, no nor to the new.