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Show 5i4 Ofthe Hiftory of Plants. Lis,2, Lec. Ofthe Hiftory of Plants: loofe tufts ; buc they are white and fon. + 7 Sedum Portlandicum, Portland Sengreenc. thing leffer: the leaues about the fkalkes are fewandlittle,butJong bluntand round, bigger than wheaten cotnes,fomethinglef ferthan the kernels ofthe Pine Apples.o. therwife not vnlike ; whichoftentimes ate fomething red, ftalkes andall: the rome creepeth vponthe fuperficiall Or vppettnol part of the earth, fending downe flender threds, 3. There isa {mall kinde of Stonectop, which hath: little narrow leaues, thicte tharpe pointed, and. tender ftalkes, fullof fattie inice ; on the topwhereofdoe gry {mall yellowe floures , Starre fathion The roote is {mall, and.-running..by the ground, 4 There is likewife -anothet Store. crop called Frog Stonecrop’, which bah + 8 Sedum petyeum. Smallrocke Sengreene. little tufts of leaues rifing from finalland and threddie rootes , creeping vpontle ground like vnto Ka/or Frog-grafle, fon the which tufts of leaues rifetha flenter ftalke, fet with a fewfuch like leaues, he The Place; The former ofthefe growethin gardens in the Low-countries : in other places vponftonewals and tops of houfes in England almoft euery where. Theother growethabout rnbbith in the borders offields, and in other places that lye open to the Sunne. G The Time, They floure in the Sommer moneths. q The Names. The leffer kinde is called in Greeke setZosr pup: in Latine, Sedum, and Semperuivum thinus : of the Germanes, ¥lepn Wonderbact,and Kleyn Paulstourts 3 of the Italians , Sempersino minore : of the Frenchmen,Tricque-madame : ofthe Englith men, Pricke-Madam, Dwarfe Houfe-leeke , and {mall Sengreene. The fecond kinde is named in thops Craffila miner ; and they fyrnameit minor, for difference betweeneit and the other Craffula, whichi3.a kinde of Orpin: it is alfo called ermicularis + in Itae lian, Pignola, Grancllofa, and Grafella : in low-Dutch, Slader looters ¢ in Englith , Wilde Pricke- Madam,Great Stone-crop, or Worme-graffe. + That whichis vulgarly knowneand called by the nameof Stone-crop is the Iecebra deferibed in the fol lowing chapter, and fuch as grow com- monly withvs of thefe {mall Houfeleekes mentioned inthis chapter are generally named PricieMadames :but our Author hath confounded themin this and the next chapter ; which I would notalter, thinkingit fufficient to giue younotice thereof, + q| The Temperature and Versyes. uing at the top prettielarge yellowflours Il thefe fmall Sengreens are ofa cooling naturelike vnto the great ones,and are goodfor thofe the {malneffe ofthe plant beeing cot a red. + 5 This islike thatwhich is eli things that the others be. The former of thefeis vfed in many placesin fallads, in which it hath @ fine relifh,anda pleafanttafte it is good for the heart-burne. bedin the fecondplace, but thatthe als are leffer, and norforall, and the flours of this are {tar fafhioned,andofa golden el low colour.+ * Cuar. 144. There is another Stonectop, 6 Prickmadam called céisoon Sconpiitt, whichis altogetherlike the great kiniea Stonectop,and differeth in that, thattils kinde of Stonecrop or Prickmadam bath his tuftof yellowfloures turningagaunet much valikethe taile of a Scorpionye bling Myofitis Scorpioides, and the leaues fomewhat thicker, and clofer thruft together. Thera" {mall and tender. ‘. 7 Thereisa plant called Sedum Portlandicit,or Portland Stonecrop,ofthe Englith Ifland cit Portland, lying in the Southcoaft, which hath goodly branches and aroughrinde. The leas imitate Laureola, growing among the Tithymales,butthicker,fhorter, more fat and tendet. o ftalkeis of a wooddy fubftance like Laurcola, participating ofthe kindes ofCraffiula,Sempro™ and the Tichymales,whereofweethinkeit to bee a kinde; yer not daring to deliuer any vaca” fentence,it fhall be leffe preiudiciall to the truth,toaccount itasa fhrubbe,degenerating bothkindes, ; Utes $ Pena and Lobel, who firft {et this foorth knewe, not verie well what they fhou!d fay me of; Nor any fince them: wherefore I haue onely giuen youtheirfigure put to our Authous* feription. ¢ $ Thereisa plant whichhath receiuedhis nameSedum Petreum, becaufe it doth fort part Stowvponthe rocks,mountains, & fuchlike ftonie places,hauing very {malleaues,c° forth of the groundin tufts like Pféudo-cMoly ; that is, our common herbe called the leaues come forth flender ftalkes an handfull high, loden withfmall the common Prick-Madam: afterwhich comelittle thicke pointe tharpe poi € fharpe the feed, whichis fmall, flat, and yellowith. } Of diners otherfmall Sengreenes. q The Defiription, I He flalke of his {mall water Sengreene is fome {panne long, reddith,fucculent,and weake: tlic leaues are.longith, alittle rough, and full ofinyce: the floares grow on the tops of the ftalkes, confifting of fix purple or elfé fleth-coloured leaues ; which are fuced by as manylittle cods cx yntaining a fimall feed : the root is {mall and threddy,and the whole anthathan infipide orwaterifhtatte. This was found by Clufivs in fome waterieplaces of Ger- 2 about the end of Tune; and hecalls it Sedum minus 3 fine palnftre. This {econd from {mall fibrous andcreeping roors fends vp fundry little ftalkes fer with ues like thofe of the ordinary Pricke-Madam, yet leffe, thicke, andflatter,and ofa moreaftrinnttafte:t bures, which are pretty large, grow at the tops le yellowith leaues.It growes in diuets places ofthe Alps,andofrhe branches, andconfit of fiue floures about the endof uly,and 1 Auguit, This isthe Sedumminus 6. or Alpinum 1, of Clufius. This hath fall little andthicke leave s, lying bedded, or compact clofe together, and are -olour inclining to blew w Commo he : the ftalkes are {ometwo inches long, flender,and almoft namethree floures confifting offiue white leaues apiece, with This mightily enereafes,and will mat and couer the ground "s in Auguft, and growes vponthe craggy places ofthe Alpes. ue Alpinum3. hat larger and longet,yet thicke, and fomewhat hairy about afte, but afterwards bitterith and hor: it alfo fendeth forth ¢ ‘eaues it puts forth ftalkes fome twoinches high, whichat the ne fix little floures confifting offiue leaues apiece, having their botcolour. Itis found inthelike places, and floures at the fame time as the for Sit his Sedum minus to, Alpinum 4. and in the Hift, Lugd. Itis called lafime mon $ For |
