Salmons Herbal . Lib. I. 
Navel-Wort Ivy heav'd. 
X. Jobnfon upon Gerard, Defcribes the laft 
Plant thus. It has a Root which is J mall , creeping 
and threaddy. The "Branches of this Riant are 
many, tong, fender , and creeping, upon which grow 
without arty certain order , many little, fmooth, 
thick Leaves , fajhioned like thofe ef Ivy, and faft- 
ned to fool Stalks of about an Inch long : and together 
with thefe Stalks, come forth other Stalks of the 
fame length , that bear Spur-fafhioned F lowers, of 
the Jhape, and bignefs of thofe of the Female FIu- 
ellen : their outjide is purple , their tnfi.de blew , 
with a Spot of yellow in the opening. 
XI. The eighth, or Sea Navel-wort. This is 
generally called by divers Authors Androface 
Navel-wort Sea. 
Mdtthioli , becaufe he firft fet it forth, being 
fent to hira from Pifa in Italy ^ but it no ways 
agrees with the Androface Diofcoridis. This 
is a Sen Excrefcence , formed Ufa fmall round 
Sawcers , hollowifh in the middle , like unto a Na- 
ve /, and born up by fmall , fmooth loot Stalks , 
about two Inches long , every one by its felf fpring- 
ing from feme Stone , Rock , or Shell in the Sea , 
or Salt Lake's , being of a pale greenifh AJh co- 
lor , while jl growing under Water , but afterwards 
grow as white almoft as Coral, or the like , wl 
of a Stony Subfiance. 
XII. Gerard Defcribes it thus. Sea Navel-wort 
has many round thick Leaves , like unto little Saw - 
cers. Jet upon fmall and tender Stalks , bright , 
fhining , and fmooth , of two Inches long j for the 
mojl part upon the furrowed Shels of Cockles , or 
the like : every fmall Stem , bearing upon its end or 
point , one little Buckler and no more , refembling 
a Navel. The Stalk and Leaf are fet together in 
the middle of the Leaf upon which it was called . , 
Umbilicus Marinus, or Sea Navel-wort. The 
Leaves and Stalks of this Riant , while]} yet in 
the Water , are of a pale AJh color j but taken jorth^ 
they prcfently groio white and hard , as Sea Mofs 
called Corallina, and are of a Saltijl) fajle. 
XIII. The P laces. The firft grows very plehti- 
fully in many parts of England , but efpecially in all 
the Weft of this Land, upon Stone andnMud Walls, 
upon Rocks alfo, and in Stony - places upon the 
Ground, atthebonoms of old Trees, andfometimes 
on the Bodies of them which are decayed and rotten. 
It has been found to grow plentifully in North- 
hampton , almoft upon every Stone Wall about the 
Town-, as alfo at Briflof Bath. Wells , and other 
Places , upon Stone Walls. The fecond , third , 
fourth, and fifth, upon the Ryrendtan Hills and 
Alps of Switzerland , on Rocks, Mountains and 
Stony places in Germany , Hungaria , Aujlria , and 
other Countries, where they grow upon the Rocks, 
and among the very Stones , where there is icarcely 
any Earth for the Roots to fix in , or to nourifh 
them : but with us they all grow in Gardens very 
well, if they be Planted in fhadowy places, and 
not in the Sun. The fixth or Water Navel-wort 
grows and creeps upon the furface of the Earth in 
Swamps and other moift places ^ it grows on 
the Boggs upon Hamjled-Heath , and on many fuch 
moift and rotten Grounds in other places. The 
feventh, or Ivy Leav’d Navel-wort , grows naturally 
in divers places of England Wild, as at Hatfield in 
Hartford-fhire , and in other places which are fhady, 
in which it delights to grow j as alfo uponThatcht 
Houfes in the North parts, as it is laid, and moft 
abundantly in Lancafhire -, it alfo grows in many 
Gardens throughout the Kingdom , and if it is 
planted near any Wall, it will run up the fame to 
a confiderable height. The laft will not grow but 
in the Sea, as the name thereof imports. 
XIV. The Times. The firft Flowers fooner than 
any of the others, as at the beginning of May ^ and 
the Seed ripening quickly after, Iheds it felf, fo 
that about the end of May ufually, the Leaves 
and Stalks are withered and gone, untill Sept ember. t 
that the Leaves Spring up again, and fo abide all 
Winter. The fecond , third , fourth, and fifth 
Flower about the beginning of June , and through 
the whole Month, and fometimes in July ^ accor- 
ding as the Seafons fall out * and their Seed is ripe 
in Auguf . Thofe Heads which bear Stalks, uluaL 
ly perilhing together, and the others which bear 
not, abiding all the extremity of Winter. The 
fixth Flowers in the beginning of Summer , and its 
Seed ripens not long after, the Plant it felf being 
green all Winter. The feventh feldom Flowers till 
