ill The (jar den of pleajant Flowers. 
C H A Pi XXX II. 
Catyledtn titer a Mattbioli. Spotted NaudWort. 
T His fpotted Nauelwott , as many doe call it, hath many thicke fmallleaucs, 
not fo broad as long, of a whitilh greene colour dying on the ground in circles, 
afterthe manner of the heads of Houfelecke, anddented about the edges ; from 
the middle whereof fometimes (for it doth not flower euery yeare in many placcs)ari- 
feth vp a ftallec, fcarcc a foote high,befet with fuch like leaues as are belowe,but 1 ome- 
whatlonger: from the middleof theftalkevptothetop itbrancheth forth diuerlly, 
witli a leafe at euery ioynt, bearing three or foure flowers on euery branch , confiding 
offiue 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 bottomc of euery 
flower, and many whitifh threads with yellowifh tips in it : the feede is fmall and 
blackc, contained in fmall round heads : the roote is fmall, long, and thrcadie, (hooting 
out fuch heads of leaues, which abide all the Winter, thofe that beare flower perifhing, 
cotyledan then miner. Small dented N auelwort. 
There is another like vnto that before deferibed in mod things , the differences be 
thefe: It hath (horter leaues then the former, anddented about the edges in the like 
manner : the flowers hereof arc white, but greater , made of fix leaues , and mod vfu- 
ally without any fpots at all in them, forac arc fccne to haue fpots alfo: the heads or 
feede vcffels arc more cornered then the former. 
Cttjlcdaa titer* fine rabrt fledatt. Small red flowred Nauelwort. 
This hath alfo many heads of leaues, but more open, which arc longer, greener, and 
fharper pointed then eyther of the former, foraewhat reddifhalfo, and not dented a- 
boi, he edges, bur yet a little rough in handling: the ftalkearifcth from among the 
lea. waiving fomewhat reddifb, and the kaues thereon are reddifh pointed, diuided 
ar the .ope into many branches, with diuers flowers thereon, made of tweluefmall 
long leaues, Itandmgl ike a (larre, of a reddifh purple colour, with many threads there- 
in, (et about the middle head, which is diuidedatthe toppe into many fmall ends, like 
pods or homes, containmgrherein very fmall feede : the root is fmall like the former. 
Sedum [erratam flare rabente maculate. The Princes Feather. 
Thiskindeof Sengreene iscompofed of heads of larger, broader, and thinner 
k aues then any of the former, of a fadder greene colour , fomewhat vneuenly enden- 
ted about the edges, and notfo clofe fet together, but fpreading forth into fcuerall 
heads like as the former forts doe , although not fo plentifully • from the middleof 
diuers of which heads rife vp brownifh or reddidi ftalkes,fet with fmaller leaues there- 
on to the middle thereof, and then brancheth forth into feuerall fprigs,fct with diuers 
fmall reddidi flowers confiding of fiuc leaues a peece , the innerfide of which are of a 
pale red, fomewhat whiti(h,fpotted with many fmall bloud red fpots, as fmall almoft 
as pins points, with fome fmall threads in the middle, (landing about a fmall greene 
head, which turncth into the feede veffell, parted foure wayes at the head , wherein 
is contained fmall blackifh feede : the rootes are fmall threads, which fpread vndcr 
the ground, and fhoote vp feuerall heads round about it. 
The Place. 
All thefe growe in Germany, Hungarie,Aufti ia , the Alpes, and other 
fuch like places, wherethey cleaue to the rockc ic felfe, that hath but a cruft 
of earth on itto nouridi them. They will abide in Gardens reafonable well, 
if they be planted in (hadowie places, and not in the fun. 
The 
