286 2& U/e/uI Family HerhaL 



The Least Housleek, or Wall 



Pepper. 



SEDUM MINIMUM ACRE. 



Common Plant on old Walls, of kin to the 

 preceding, but very different both in Face 

 and Virtues. The Root is little,' from this grow 

 Abundance of Stalks, they are round, weak, and 

 unable to fupport themfelves ; they fpread every 



way about ; and are fix Inches in Length. The 

 greateft Part of every Stalk is covered with Leaves, 

 fo that it appears a green Subftance, of the Thicks 

 jiefs of ones little Finser, thefe Leaves are Ihort 



nnd thick, they are of a fine green Colour, and 

 are broad at the Bafe, and fharp at the Point. 

 The Flowers are little, and of a bright Yellow j 

 they grow in great Numbers, from the Tops oi 

 thefe Branches, and are of the Shape of thofe of 

 common Houfleek, and rounded by fuch Sttd- 

 VeiTels. 



The Juice of this kind of Houlleek, is excel- 

 lent againft the Scurvy and all other Difeafes a- 

 rifing from what is called Foulnefs of the Blood. 

 It is faid that a continued Courfe of it will cure 

 the Kings Evil : but we want Experience to flip- 

 port this. 



The H Y p o c I ST. 

 HYPOCISTUS. 



A Very fmgular Plant, Native of the Grecian 

 ^ Iflands, and of fome of the warmer Parts of 

 Europe^ It is live Inches high, and of a fmgular 

 Figure. It does not grow in the Earth at large 

 as other Plants, but to the Root of fome Species 

 of Ciftus ; as Mifletoe grows to the Branches of 



Trees. The Stalk is thick and fieihy, and is often 



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