T he (jar den of pleafant Flowers. 
254. 
The Time. 
They flower for the raoft part in the end of May, and fometimes fooncr 
or later, as the ycare falieth out. 
TheNames. 
The firft is called by Matthiolus, Cotyledon altera Ditfcoridu, and Vmbili- 
cut alter, but it is not the true Cotyledon altera of Diofcoridcs ; for Sedum 
vulgare maius , Our common Houfeleeke , by theconfentof thebeft mo- 
derne Writers, is the true Cotyledon altera of Diofcorides, or Umbili- 
cus Venerii alter. I hold it rather to bee a kinde of fmall Houfeleeke, as 
the other two likewife are. Thcfccond is called by fomc Aizoum or Se- 
dum minus ferratum. The third hath his name in his tide. Wee doc call 
them Naucl worts in Englifh rather then Houfeleekes, Euphenix gratia. The 
laft may be called dented Sengrecne with reddifh fpotted flowers, but fome 
of our Englifh Gentlewomen haue called it, T he Princes Fcather,which al- 
though it be but a by-name, may well ferue for this plant to diflinguifh it, 
and whereby to be knownc. 
ThcVertues. 
They are all held to be cold and moift^ like vnto other Houfeleekes. 
Chap. XXX III. 
StldaneSa ^d/pina. Mountaine Soldanella or blew Moonewort. 
T Hisbeautifull plant hath many round and hard leaues, fet vpon long foote- 
ftalkes, a little vneuenly cut about the edges, greene on the vpperfide, and of a 
grayifh greene vndcrneath,and fometime reddidi like the leaues of Sowbread, 
whichbecaufetheydoefomcwhatrefembletheleaues of StldaneSa marina, which is 
the Sea Bindweede, tooke the name thereof: the ftalkes are {lender, fmall, round, and 
reddidi, about a fpan high, bearing foureor fine flowers at the toppe, euery one hang- 
ing downe their heads, like vnto a Bell flower , confiding but of one leafe (as mod of 
the Bindweeds doe) plated into fiue folds, each of them ending in a long point, which 
maketh the flower feem to haue fiue leaues, each whereof is deeply cut in on the edges, 
andhauing a round greene head in themiddle, withaprickeor pointed at the end 
thereof: the flower is ofa faireblew colour, fometimes deeper or paler, or white , as 
nature lideth without any fmellat all : the middle head,after the flower is fallen, rifeth 
to bea long round pod, bearing that prickc it had at the end thereof, wherein iscon- 
tained {mall greenifh feede : the roote hath many fibres {hooting from a long round 
headorrootc. 
The Place. 
This groweth on the Alpes, which are couered with fnow the greateft 
part of the yeare,and will hardly abide tranfplanting. 
The Time. 
In the naturali places it flowreth not vntill the Summer moneths, Iune, 
Iuly, and Augufl, after the fnow is melted from the Hils, but being 
brought into Gardens, it flowreth in the beginning of Aprili, or there- 
abouts. 
The 
