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may be referred. Caspar Bauhin maketli mention of an 

 herb in his Prodromns of his Amphitheater of plants in 

 the 5th book and 15th chapter, which he calls Limonium 

 Maritimtim, which he describeth with small, roundish, and 

 thick leaves, like house-leek, between which spread small 

 stalks with pale red flowers ; but the root doth not agree with 

 our plant, for his is long, red and parted at top, whereas this 

 root consists in many small fibers, and is not red. 



CHAP. III. 



Of snudl House-Leek. 



The leaves of this are indented and very like those of our 

 dasies, for which I should have taken it also, had it not been 

 for the flow^er, only the leaves are thicker and more juicy, 

 like those of house-leek, or as we call it, those of the lesser 

 house-leek : the leaves grow round about the root, betwixt 

 them is a small stalk of the length of your little finger, which 

 is round and hairy, and generally without leaves, save only 

 where it divides into another stalk, at which place is a small 

 leaf. 



The flowers grow in scaly heads (like unto the flowers of 

 Stcschas), are of a brown colour, and have fine pointed leaves, 

 as I think with five small chines within, like unto the flowers 

 of wall-pepper or stone-croj). I found only the flowers, for 

 the seed was not yet ripe. The root is somewhat thick and 

 strait, with many strong and thick fibers from the sides of 

 it ; it may be referred to the house-leeks, and called small 

 indented or crenated house-leek, with scaly heads. 



This plant I found in the Danish harbour or bay on the 

 18th oi JaJij. 



^ Api»;ircutly the Saxifraga nivalis. 



