CHAP. DCXXIV. 
Of Saxifrage White and Golden : 
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BREAK-STONE. 
I. r ~T'HE Names. Thefe were, as far as I can 
X find, unknown to the Greeks. The La- 
tines call them Saxifrage alba and we in Englifh 
While Saxifrages. 
II. The Kinds. We fhall defcribe the three 
following Varieties. i. Saxifraga alba Vulgaris 
Saxifraga alba Chelidonides Lobehj Saxifraga 
rolundifolia Baubini , Saxifraga radice tuberoja 
Clufij • Our Common White Saxifrage. 2. Saxi- 
fraga alba bulbofa altera , (Jf bulbifera Montana 
Column a, Saxifraga adfolia bulbos gerens Baubini , 
Mountain White Saxifrage. 3. Saxifraga aurea 
Gerardi , Saxifraga Lichenis facie (ft Natalitijs 
Lobe/ij ■, Hepatica Palufris Bejleri -, Chryf of ple- 
num Tabernxmontani , Our Golden Saxifrage. 
The Dejcriptions. 
III. The firft, Or our Common White Saxi- 
frage. It has a few fmall reddifh Ker nelly Roots , 
covered with fome Skins , lying among many fmall 
blackifh fibres , which fend forth feveral round 
faint, or yellowifh green Leaves , of a grayifh co- 
lor underneath , lying above the Ground , uneven- 
ly indented about the Edges , and fomething hairy, 
every one growing upon a fmall foot Stalk -, from 
whence rijes up a round brown if h hairy green 
Stalk, two or three feet high , with a few fuch 
Saxifrage White . 
like- round leaves thereon, as grow below, but 
f mailer-, and branched at the Top, whereon ft and 
pretty large White flowers , confifting of five 
Loaves a piece , with Jome Yellow Threads in the 
middle, fianding in long crefied brownifh green 
husks. After the flowers are pafi, fome time, 
arifcs a round hard head, by-forked at tlje Tops, 
in which is contained fmall blackifh Seed, which 
u fually fall away without any Seed at all. That 
which is commonly called White Saxifrage Seed, 
are the Kernels or Grains of the Roots, which 
are always ufed for the fame. 
IV. Gerard dejcribes the aforegoing Plant after 
this manner. It has a Root comp all of a 1 C umber 
of black Strings , where unto are f aft ned very many 
fmall reddifh grains, or round Roots, as big as 
Pepper corns , which are ufed in Medicine, and 
are called Semen Saxifraga- alba, or White Saxi- 
frage Seed, from this Root fpring up round 
leaves fpread upon the Ground, and fome what 
jagged about the Edges, not much unlike the 
Leaves of Ground Ivy, but fofter and fmaller, 
and of a more faint yellowifh green. Among 
which rifes up a round hairy Stalk a Cubit high, 
bearing at the Top fmall white flowers, a! mo ft 
like Stock Gilliflowers. The Seed follows the 
flower which is fmall, and contained in little 
Husks. 
V. The fecond, or Mountain White Saxifrage. 
The Roots of this, although they are round, red, 
and bulbous like the other , yet are they twice 
as great, and made as it were of Scales or Cloves, 
laid one upon another, like the Root of a Lilly 5 
in all other things , almoft in every part it is 
like the former -, the Leaves are round and hairy, 
but fomething leffer , with brownifh foot Stalks. 
The Stalks are greater, having leaves thereon, 
as in the firfi-, but at every joint with the 
leaf comes forth a fmall Bulb , Tuber, or Kernel 
Saxifrage White Mountain. 
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