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$ 8 Sedum petrdum* 



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loofe tufts but they are white & fonuhiS 



Icfler : the leaues about the ftalkes are few 

 and little.but lone.hlunranrl t^^a in- 



comes 



the kernels of Pine apples, otherwifenot 

 vnhke ; which oftentimes are fomthins re<\ 



root 



fending downe (lender threds. 



earth, 



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_ Thrs is a fmall kinde of Sronecroo 

 which hath little narrow leaues,thick (haS 

 pointed and tender ftalks ful of fatty mice 

 on the top wherof grow fmal yellow flours 

 ftar-faftuon. The root is fmall,and running 

 by the ground. ° 



There is likewife another Stonecrop 



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hath 



tufts of leaues riling from fmall and tbred- 

 d y roots, creeping vpon the ground lite to 

 Kali or Frog-grafle : from the which tufts 

 of leaues rifeth a flender ftalke fet with a 

 few fuch like leaues,hauing at the top p«t. 

 ty large yellow floures,the fmalnefTe of the 

 plant being confidered. 



$ y This is like that which is defcri. 



bed 



are leffer, and not fo tall, and the flourcs of 



this are ftar-fafhioned and of a golden yd. 

 low colour, t 



8 There is another Stonecrop or Prick- 

 madam called Ai^oon Scorfioidcs , which it 

 altogether like the great kinde of Stone- 

 crop,and differeth in that, that this kind of 

 Stonecrop or Prickmadam hath his tuftol 

 yellow floures turning againe,not muchvn- 

 like the taile of a fcorpion, refembling My 

 ojitjt fierfiotdes , and the leaues fomewhat 

 thicker and clofer thruft togethenthe root 

 is fmall and tender. 



7 There is a plant called Sedum Tottl*»- 

 focumpx Portland Stoncrop,of theEnghm 

 Ifland called Portland, lying in the South 

 coaft,hauing goodly branchas,and a rough 

 rinde.The leaues imitate Laureokffom 

 amongft the Tithymales, but thicker,fhor- 

 ter,more fat and tender. The ftalke is oi J 



g of the kindes ofCrafiul, 



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tnymales,whereof we thmke rt to be a kinde : yet not daring to deliuer any vncertaine fentence, tf 

 lnau Delete prejudicial! to the truth, to account it as a fhrub degenerating from both kindes. 



T Pwuand £*k/,who firft fet this forth, knew not very well what they fhould fay tbereot ^ 

 Son?? C '' Wherefore l haue oneI y E iuen y°« *cir figure put to our Authours defenp- 



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Sedum f 



nuF^l^u r ° ckes > mo ™taines, and fuch lik- 



Sues ct P Sn nd ^ tU | tS like ^-^hat is )0 ut common hefb called Thrift ^3 

 ™ D Cora , e fo " h fle "dcr ftalk,an handfull high, loden with fmall yellow floures like vntoj 



common Priek-martam .**..^.~u .it __ .. ., p.* „ w™ 1 "*""*" r llu ; . . «f.^: n rhc ^ 



h come little thick lharp pointed cods,which contain t^ 



which is fmall,flat,and yellowifh. 



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