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ground. The stalk grows out of the middle of these leaves, 

 which is a great deal lower than in our country, with a few 

 leaves underneatli the sprouts. The flowers are of four 

 white leaves, they grow many on the same stalk one above 

 the other ; when one flower fades, another cometh in its 

 room when the flower is past ; tlie seed appears in a longish 

 box, as you may see in the figure ; when, on the contrary, 

 in ours the seed is found in a round one. The root is white, 

 somewhat thick and streight, with some small fibers below. 



A great quantity of this plant is found on the rocks, where 

 they are not much exposed to the east and north winds ; I 

 found it most in the South, E)2fjlish, and Danish havens, the 

 earth was quite covered with it in the Danish. 



It was the first herb I found in Spitzhergen, when we 

 landed the first time ; it was so small I could hardly discern 

 it to be scurvy-grass, but afterwards we found it in its full 

 perfection, and it seeded in the month of July. It is ob- 

 servable, that the leaves of this herb have but little sharpness 

 at Spitzhcrgen, and therefore is much weaker than the scurvy- 

 srrass of our countries, so that we eat it instead of salad at 

 Spitzbergcn, which we could not do our scurvy-grass. My 

 figure is like that cut given in the 3rd book, ootli chap., of 

 the German Herhal of Matthiolus. 



CHAF. VI. 



Of an Ilerh like Stone-Crap. 



This plant is doubtless a kind of stone-crap, but the leaves 

 are rough or hairy, not so thick nor so juicy as ours are, 

 neither doth it burn or bite like unto ours, 



Ijcfore the fiower fully appears, it looks like unto that of 

 f.sula. ; but when it is quite blown and opened, it is of a 



