232 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers, 



CHAP. XXXII. 



Cotyledon altera Matthioli. Spotted Nauelwort. 



THis fpotted Nauelwort, as many doe call it, hath many thicke fmall leaues, 

 not fo broad as long, of a whitifh greene colour, lying on the ground in circles, 

 after the manner of the heads of Houfeleeke, and dented about the edges ; from 

 the middle whereof fometimes (for it doth not flower euery yeare in many places) ari- 

 feth vp a ftalke, fcarce a foote high, befet with fuch like leaues as are belowe, but fome- 

 what longer : from the middle of the ftalke vp to the top it brancheth forth diuerfly, 

 with a leafe at euery ioynt, bearing three or foure flowers on euery branch, confifting 

 of flue white leaues, fpotted with fmall red fpots, like vnto the fpotted Sanicle, but 

 with fewer and greater fpots, hauing a yellowifh circle or eye in the bottome of euery 

 flower, and many whitifh threads with yellowifh tips in it: the feede is fmall and 

 blacke, contained in fmall round heads : the roote is fmall, long, and threadie, fhooting 

 out fuch heads of leaues, which abide all the Winter, thofe that beare flower periming. 



Cotyledon altera minor. Small dented Nauelwort. 



There is another like vnto that before defcribed in moft things, the differences be 

 thefe : It hath fhorter leaues then the former, and dented about the edges in the like 

 manner : the flowers hereof are white, but greater, made of fix leaues, and most vfu- 

 ally without any fpots at all in them, fome are feene to haue fpots alfo : the heads or 

 feede veflels are more cornered then the former. 



Cotyledon altera fare rubro ftellato. Small red flowred Nauelwort. 



This hath alfo many heads of leaues, but more open, which are longer, greener, and 

 fharper pointed then eyther of the former, fomewhat reddifh alfo, and not dented a- 

 bout the edges, but yet a little rough in handling : the ftalke arifeth from among the 

 leaues, being fomewhat reddifh, and the leaues thereon are reddifh pointed, diuided 

 at the toppe into many branches, with diuers flowers thereon, made of twelue fmall 

 long leaues, ftanding like a ftarre, of a reddifh purple colour, with many threads there- 

 in, fet about the middle head, which is diuided at the toppe into many fmall ends, like 

 pods or homes, containing therein very fmall feede : the roote is fmall like the former. 



Sedum ferratum fare rubente maculato. The Princes Feather. 



This kinde of Sengreene is compofed of heads of larger, broader, and thinner 

 leaues then any of the former, of a fadder greene colour, fomewhat vneuenly enden- 

 ted about the edges, and not fo clofe fet together, but fpreading forth into feuerall 

 heads like as the former forts doe, although not fo plentifully ; from the middle of 

 diuers of which heads rife vp brownifh or reddifh ftalkes, fet with fmaller leaues there- 

 on to the middle thereof, and then brancheth forth into feuerall fprigs, fet with diuers 

 fmall reddifh flowers confifting of fiue leaues a peece, the innerfide of which are of a 

 pale red, fomewhat whitifh, fpotted with many fmall bloud red fpots, as fmall almoft 

 as pins points, with fome fmall threads in the middle, ftanding about a fmall greene 

 head, which turneth into the feede vefTell, parted foure wayes at the head, wherein 

 is contained fmall blackifh feede: the rootes are fmall threads, which fpread vnder 

 the ground, and fhoote vp feuerall heads round about it. 



The Place. 



All thefe growe in Germany, Hungarie, Auftria, the Alpes, and other 

 fuch like places, where they cleaue to the rocke it felfe, that hath but a cruft 

 of earth on it to nourifh them. They will abide in Gardens reaf enable well, 

 if they be planted in fhadowie places, and not in the fun. 



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