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Show 730 Cuar.s5, DPheatrum Botanicum. Peis & forth the forts of Cotyledon or Kidney Worts, but having entreated of many of them in my former Booke, I will Tripesd. Cuap. 5 Tbe Theater of Plants, 3. Sempervivura majus i aralee Aocueaaa 5+ Sedom rabrum tomentofim. Htcteleee -9r polly: Netted here chewyou the reft thatremaine, 1. SedumtMajm legitimam. The true great Houfelecke. The true great Houfeleeke growethgreat to the forme of a fhrubhe or woddyplant, of the heightof two or three foore or more, fometimesin the nturall places which are the warme countries, whofe ftemmeor truncke belowis of the bigneffe of foure fingers; and the other branches ofones thumme, of a grayifh colour on the ouitfide {pot ted as it were round about, bnt they ate the markes of the old leaves that are fallen, the like whereof MUZE,” Z SMV AN. WA A? R22 See Wz VANS e may be feencin the ftalke ofthe WoodSpurge, {preading limber {maller branches on all fides, and leaves atthe ends of them, ftanding ina compaffe like the heades of commonhoufelecke but nothing fo clofe, every leafe for- med fomewhatlike a tongue, finall at the bottome and broader toward the end whereitis broadeft,finely dented about the edges, and asit were a little hollow like a Spoone, thicke and full ofjnice, and of a pale greene colour, fromthe toppes of fome ofthe branches thrnfteth fortha long ftalke divided into. many twigges, with fome few {mall leaves on them,and at the endsof them diversftarrelike flowers, confifting of many {mall leaves ofa pale yellowifh colour, with fundry {mall threeds inthe middle of them, the greater flalke becommethdrie and {mooth as the heads, with fmall blacke feede in them, grow ripe and utterly perifhing after feedetime s bue the other heads ofgreene leaves abide frefh all the yeare, which fend for the flowers the next /yeare ‘after, and may be taken before hand from the maine;{tocke to be planted, and will take roote being put intathe ground, Matthiolus hath fet forth the figure hereof in another manner with more {tore of branches and leaves, burit is the fame plant growing peradventure in a-warmer and more temperate climate. 2, Sedum majus marinum Anglicum, Great Englifs fea Houfelecke: This kind of Houfeleekeis like the former whofe ftemme is wooddy, but neither fo high nor with fo many branches, the icaves alfo, although fomewhat like unto them,yet not fo thickeor fappie,in the reft not much differing from the former, 3. Sedum majus vulgare. Our common great Honfeleeke. Our common Houfelecke fendeth forth on all fides divers heads of pale greene thické fat broad leaves pointed at the ends, lying circlewife one clofe unto another upon'the ground from the middle of fome of the heads of leaves, rifethup a fireight ftalke two foote high,all covered withfmaller and longer greene leaves than thofe below, whichoften drie and fall away before the toppe thereof hath perfited the flowers whith grow on long branches bending their ends downewards, with fingle leafe'at the foote of every one of them, and confit of many leaves ftarre-fafhion, ofa darke reddifh colout, after which come heads with {mall blackith feede in them : the roete is {malland ftringie, creeping all about; ‘and from fmall ftrings multiplieth into many heads of leaves round about, taking up thereby a good compafic. 4. Sedum majus altersmflore eAtlante, An other {mallér Houfeleeke like the common. This Houfeleeké growethin like manner as the common doth, with fach heads of thicke and pointed leaves compaffing one another, but they are denteda little about the edges, and are much fmallet than they, ftanding 1. Sedum majus legitinmum, Thetrue gteat Houltleeke, ‘ 4. Sedum majus Marinum Anglican’ Great Engiijh {ea Houleleeke, is . > anzaffifolium. 6. Scdim majus Grearnarroy leafed Houfeleeks. era. am. s arbore/cens @ fruticofaalt Vermiewlari 8. b Pp . ~ * $ (mall Leavcs,and Shrubby Prickm adam, with Tree Houleleeke sa) yw Se IN WAN GY4 |