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Old the Hiliorie of Plants. I

loofe tufts, but they are white 8: {omthing leﬂ'er : the leaues about the llalkes are fell and little,but long,b1unt,and round,bigg¢‘f than wheaten comes, {omething leffer than the kernels of Pine apples, otherwife not vnlike ,wl.1ich oftentimes are {omthing Y6 {talks and all: the root creepeth vpoﬂ the {uperﬁciall or vppermoll: part of the earth, fending downe ﬂender threds.

This isa {mall kinde ofStoneCf0l’~ which hath little narrow leaues,thick fl1f”P pointed and tender (talks {ul of fatty jfllcci on the top wherof grow {mal yellow ﬁ0_“5.5 ﬁanfafhion. The root is fmall,and runmﬁg by the ground.

2’; *7 .§e5ir:722 Pi’)?‘l[(l?%[Zi3I>H71. Portlaiid Sea—green.

4. here is likewife another StoncCl9P called tog Stonecro ,which hath little tufts of leaues tiling llbm {mall and thred' dy roots creepingvpon the ground like t0 Kali or Iliro ‘f h h' hull“

g-gra e. rom t e w ic

of leaues rifetha {lender ﬂalke fet with 3 I

few fuch like 1eaues,hauing at the top pf?" ty large yellow ﬂoures,the {malne {Fe Ofthc . Iant being conlidered. . 1 8 Sejﬁm lmm'W° P i This is like that which is delC“‘ Small lock? 3’3“g“’e“‘i- bed in ilie fecond place,but that the ilal»l<.¢5 are lelfer, and not fo tall, and the floures 9 this are llanfafhioned and of a golden Yd’ low colour. 3.‘ ,

8 There is another Stonecrop or P1151?" madam called Aiigan Scorpioides , which 15 altogether like the great kinde of SIGN“? crop,and differeth in that, that this kind of Stonecrop or Prickmadam hath his tum’ yellow ﬂoures turning againe,not much V“' like the taile of a fcorpion, refembling M5’ oﬁtzkfcorpiogdes , and the leaues foinew thicker and clofcr thruﬁ togetherzthe 100 is {mall and tender. —

7 There is a plant called Sedum Par”‘,‘?1; rlz'mm,or Portland Stoncrop,of the Et1%l‘ Iﬂand called Portland, lying in the 50” coalhhauing goodly branches,and a r0“,g rinde.The leaues imitate L4ure0l;z,gY0“”n amonglt the Tithyrnales,but thickerslhm; i ter,morefat and tender. The llzalke is 0f. wooddy fubftance like Ifaureiilzz, participating of the kindes of Craﬁula, Sempervivmn, and the T.” thYm31€5aWheTe0f WP fhlnke It to be a kinde : yet not daring to deliuer any vncertaine lfcntencci . {hall be lelfe prejudiciall to the truth, to account it as a {hrub degenerating from both 1; indes- $ Perm and L0£vel,wh0 ﬁrltfet this forth, knew not very well what they {hould fay there‘? 5 not any lince them : wherefore I haue onely giuen you their figure put to our Aurhours defC"P' tion. ill b 8 There is a plant which hath receiued his name Sednmpetmmz, becaufe in doth for the ‘Hoff part grow vpon the iockes, mountaines, and {uch like {tony places, hauing very {mall leaues cong ming forth of the ground in tufts like Pﬁeudo-Moly_,that is,our common herb called Thrift : amok the leaues come fOItl‘l ﬁend“ 3311?: 3“ ha“df_““ hlgh, loden with {mall yellow lloures like V0“) ‘ common Prick-madam : after which come little thick {harp pointed cods,which contain the “"3 ’ which is l°mall,ﬂat,a~ncl yellowllh-T "TM ﬁl

E

k_ L732. or ti{§Hiaorre of Plants}.

’ q_]' The Place,

mghe former ofthefe groweth in gardens in the Low-Countries : in other places vpon {lone wals .1_‘.°AP5_0fhou{es in England almoft euerie where. _

Sun hi (“her growes about rubbilh in the borders of ﬁ‘elds,and in other places that lie open to the

. _ In Tbe Time. me? lloure in the Summer moneths.

(J The Names.

A ‘ 1 he leffer kinde is called in Gyeeke u'¢»r'§’aaI War: in Latine, Sedum, and Semperizivum mini»: : of the

ermaness ihleyn lannnetbact, and iklepn igaufgmuctg :of the Italians, Sem ervivo minare : of

g::CETee1lChm€n,Trir7qrtc-madame .- of the Engli{h,Prick-madam,dwarfe Houflee e, and fmall Sen- ‘ D

fogltllllfdgtfllfctild kind is named in {hops Craﬂiila minor .- and they doe fyrnatne it (Minor,

mm! _ ‘ ﬂCe_ between it and the other Cm] tl[zt,Wl'llCl1 isia kind of or:/25;. : it‘ is alfo called Ver-

Prickem : in Italian,Pignol4,Cmnc/loﬁz,and Graft/la .- in low-Dutch,$ﬁ‘laD¢|:loofm : in Engltlh,wilcl ch mad3m:Great Stone-crop,or Worm-gra{Te. 1 That which is vulgatly known and called

Joule Uatne of Stonecrop is the I lleceém defcribed in‘ the following chapter,& fuch as grow com-

dam with vs of thefe {mall Houlleeks mentioned in this chapter are generally named Pi-ickmag

ter ti‘ bl}! our Author hath confounded them in this andthe next chapter ;which I would not al- , inking it fullicient to glue you notice thereof.

1] The Temperature a»dVmue:'.

“DA” thefe fmall S

83 that the othe

engreens are of a cooling nature like to the great ones, and are good for thofe ﬁne tellilh

is be. The former of thefe is vfcd in many places in fallads, in which it hath a sand :1 pldafant taﬁe,and is good for the heart— buriie.

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C H A ii. 144: 1: Ofdiuers at/aerﬁnall Sengreener. qr ‘Ilia Dtfcriptirm.

I"-le italkcof this fmallwater Sengreene is form: i‘ an long, teddifh, ﬁiicculennand’ weake -, the leaues are longi{h,a little rough,and ul of juice : tile floures grow vp’, are rue on the tops of the £’talks,conﬁfting ofﬁx purple or elfe ilelh-colored leau'es,which' whole Cpeded byas many little cods containing a {mall feed : the root is {mall and threddy,& the P ant hath an inlipide or waterilh talte. This was found by C/ttﬁm in {ome waterie places

cf .. getmalll’ about the end of Iune,and he calls it Scdrmz mime ;.ﬁuepalu]Zre. '

lea“ 18 fecond from fmall fibrous and creeping roots {ends vp {undry little fiallcesfetwith

taﬂceftlilce thofe of the ordinary Prick—madam,yet lelfe,thick,and ﬁatter,a'n'd of a more ailringent ye110;,iﬂ‘: ﬂ°“"°5: Which are pretty large, grow at the tops of the branches, and conﬁll ofﬁue pale

, R leeues. It growes in diuers places of the Alps,and ﬁoures about the end of Iuly, and in

- This is the Sczﬁim minm 6. or ullpiﬂziﬁz i. of Cluﬁm. of in AThis hath {mall 1' ' ked ﬂl-Colour inclinin

.» vpon wh. h g to blew : the Pt-alkes are {ome twoinches long, flentler, and almoll na—, f ..> ' 1c

ome yellow the STOW commonly fome three ﬂoures conliﬁiiig of ﬁue white leaucs apiece, _W1't13"f

ds in the middle.This mightily encreafes and will mat and coucr the ground for °§h¢t.It ﬂeures in Augu’l‘t,and erowes vpoh the craggy places of the A;lps.C/riﬂes" I _m nanumi,/Erie Alpirmm 3. D ‘

eaues of

3 fpace tog

, wt am) b this are lbmwhat larger and" longer,yet thick, and fomwhat hair)’ aboiit their

andin the midi’: of r fan acide talle, but afterwards bittetifh and hot: it al{o"{end5, fotth fh00tS.,

vmbel Ieaues it puts forth (talkes {ome two inches high, which at the COP as in am’ '

lOwifh Colour I _ tle floiires conﬁlting of fine leaues apiece, hauing their bottomes. Ola }/elf egh. it his Sm,‘ t ‘S.f°““d In the like places,and ﬂoures at the fame time as the foriner.Claﬁm mac

. rm: mmm IO. Alpimmx 4.-. and in the H;ﬁ,Lugd. it is called Iafmc' momaimi. Y ,

5 ‘OX’

ittle and thicke leaues, lying bedded, or compaét clofe together, and are