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I B. 2. 



Of the Hifloric of Plants. 





517 



J 5 ScdumfetTdumBufleuri folio. 



Long leaued rock Sengreen, 







Vermicular is , fine illecebra miner acris. 



Wall Peppcr,or Stonc.crop. 



5 For chefe fourc Jaft defcribed we are be- 

 holden to Clufius y and for this fifth to Pom, who 

 thusdefcribes it : it hath one thicke and lar^e 

 root with few or no fibres, but fome knots bun- 

 ching out here and there : it is couered with a 

 thicke barke, and is of a black ifli red colour on 

 the out fide : the leaues are many,long and nar- 

 row, lying fpred vpon the ground : the ftalke 

 growes fome foot highland is round and naked, 

 and at the top carries floures confiding offeuen 

 fliarpe pointed pale yellow leaues • which are 

 fucceededby feeds like thofe of Buf/lcurnm, and 

 of a ftrong fmel : it floures about the middle of 

 Iuly , and the feed is ripe about the middle of 

 Auguft. ?ona, who firft obferued this growing 

 vpon mount Baldus in Italy, fets it forth by the 



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folio. Bduhmc 



folio, and Bufleuron anguftifolium ^Alpnum. 



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^f The Nature and Venues. 



The three firft defcribed without doubt are 

 cold,and partake in vertues with the other final 

 Sengreens : but the two la ft arc rather of an hoc 

 and attenuating faculty. None of them are com* 

 monlyknownorvfedinphyficke. $ 



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HAP, I4.5. 



Of Stonecrop, called Wall ^Pepper. 



^ TheDefcriftion. 



THis is a low and little herbe, the ftalkcs be 

 flender & (bort^the leaues about thefe ftand 

 very tbick,and fmall in growth>ful bodied.fharp 

 pointed , and full of juice : The floures ftand at 

 thetop,and are maruellous little ^ of colour yel- 

 low,and of a fharpe biting tafte : the root is no- 

 thing but firings 



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It groweth euery where inftonyarid dry pla- 

 ces,and in chinks and crannies of old walls, and 

 on the tops of honfes: it is alwaies greene, and 

 therefore it is very fitly placed amongft the Sen- 



greenes 



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It floureth in the Summer moneths. 



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% The Names. 



Diofcorides 



fempervivum Diojcmdis 



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andofthcRomans///(?^r4.f//^airowitne(rcth, 

 that the Latines name it Illecebra : yet there is an 

 other tiJ&x*^* : and another "^^'.the Germans 



call this herb ^atirpfeffej,& &at?m twMe t 

 the Frenchmen, Vawd'otfcau :• the Low-£>" r ™ 5 . 



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