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Show 516 Of the Hiftorie ¢of f Plants. £1 Sedum minus paluftre. Small water Sengreene, ; “J a $ 2 Sedum Alpini Aff}. he Alps Small Senggreene ofthe Lies 2. , Of the Hiftorieof Plants. + 5 Sedumpetraum Bupleurifilio. Long leaued Rocke Sengreene, 5For thefe foute'lat deferibedw weare be. holdento Clufiws ; and for this fifth to Pore who thusdeferibes it ; It hath one thickeand large root with fewor no fibres,but fomknots bunching out here and there: it is couered witha thicke barke,and is of a blackith red colour on the outfide : the leaues are many, long and narrow,lying{pred vpon the ground, theftalke grows fome foot high,an 1 is round dures confi- andnaked,and at the top carr ftingof 7 fharpe pointed pale yellow leaues; Ww. hich ate fucceedec I byfeedslike thofe of Bnpleurum,andofa ftrong {mell. rdloures about themiddle ofIuly, andthefeed is ripe about the middle of Augut. Posa, who firlt obferued this growing vpon Mount Baldus in Italy, fetsit forth by the name < by the name of jath Baplenrifolio. Bas foie Alpina Graminco folio,a Supleuren lium« Alpinum. @| The Temper andV ertues, The three fit defcribed without doubt are cold,and partakein vertues with the other fmall Sengreenes ; but the twolaft are rather of an hot and attenuatingfacultie. None of them are commonly knowneor vfed in Phy; ficke. Vermicularis fiue Iecebra minor acris, Wall-Pepper,or Stone-crop. } Sedum Alpinam r. Clufij(White Sengreene of the Alpes. $ 4 Sedum Alpinum4 Inf.Ts Hairy dines of theAlp CS HAP: 14.5. - Of Stone-crop,called Wall-pepper. | The Defcription. His is a low and little herbe:the ftalks T'be flender and fhort: the leaues about thefe ftand verythicke,and fmall in growth, full bodied , fharpe poi nted, andfullofiuyce: the floures ftand on the toy are maruellous little, of colour ye low dofa fhatp bis ting tafte : the root is nothing but ftrings. @) The It grow eth euery where in ftony and dry places, and in chink sand crannies ofFold wals, and on the tops of houfes : it is alwaies green, and therefore it is very fitly placed among th¢ Sengreene a TheTime. Ic floureth in the Sommer moneths. @ The Names, This is Tertium fimperviv um Diofcoridis or Diofcorides his third Sengreenewhich he faith 18 Caalledof the Grecians«ai Segan dese, AA alpen ¢ d F of l 1c Romanes, MMecebra. Pliny alfo witneffeth, thar the Latines name it Mecebra. Yet there isanother aj.sua, and another mips the Germanes call this herbe apaurptetfer, ee and Hatsen trebles the French men, |