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PUtee, — It fifrows upon old stone- walls and buildings. 



Tim&, — It flowers in summer. 



Oovemment and Virtue*. — The leaves and stalks are 

 used, bein^ mach of the nature of the Sempervivum TectO" 

 rum, and. Tike that, cooling, and good for all kinds of in* 

 flammations. It is also under Jupiter. 



HOUSELEEK (STONE-CROP.)— (^«<iwm Minut 

 HoemcUodes.) 



Detcrip. — This Sedum in manner of growing is much like 

 the last, the chief difference is, that the leaves are slender- 

 er, sharp-pointed, flattish in the iuside, and seeming onlj 

 ■tuck on the stalks, the lower parts of them turning up a 

 little. The flowers grow in umbels, being yellow, of six 

 sharp-pointed leaves, with as mauj stamina and apices in 

 the middle. The seeds grow in horned pods, as the other, 

 and the root much alike ; it grows upon old walls, and on 

 the tops of houses, and is much more frequent than the last, 

 flowering at the same time, and may very well supply its 

 place, being cooling, and serviceable in many respects. 



Oovemrrumt and Virtues, — The flouseleek is cooling and 

 astringent, though not often given inwardly, yet is recom- 

 mended by some to quench thirst in fevers, mixed with 

 posset-drink ; as also for heat and sharpness of urine. 

 Three ounces of the juice of this and Penicaria Maculata 

 boiled to the consistence of a julep, are recommended to 

 allay the heat of inflammations. 



HOUSELEEK (WALL PEPPER)— (^^crfum Acre.) 



iJescrip. — Wall-Pepper, or Small Stone-crop, has its 

 stalks four or five inches long, wholly covered with thick, 

 fat, triangular, blunt leaves, and on their tops a few star- 

 like, five-leaved, yellow flowers, with several stamina in 

 the middle. The root is small and fibrous. 



place. — It grows upon walls, and the tops of low houses. 



Time.— \i flowers in May and June. It has a very hot 

 biting taste, from which it is often called Pepper- wort 



Oovemment and Virtues. — This is sometimes sold for 

 Sedum Afmu4, but its qualities are directly opposite to the 

 other Sedumt, and mure apt to raise inflammations than 

 cure them, it ought not to oe put into the Unguent Popur 

 leon^ nor into any other medicine for it It is good for 

 •cnrry, both inwardly in decoctions, and outwardly bath- 

 ed as a fomentation. It is al»o commeDded for king'a-eviL 



