508 Of theHiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
vp The Defcription. 
1 yjEarbe Alloehath leaues like thofe of fea Onion, very long,broad,fmootb, thick, ben- 
jH.ding backewards, notched in the edges, fet with certaine little blunt prickles, full of 
tough andclammie iuice like the leaues of Houfleeke. The ilalke,as Du/fiondes faith, is like to the 
ftalkeof Atfodill : the floure is whitifh, the feed like that of A tfod ill- the root is Angle, of the fa- 
fhion of a thicke pile thruft into the ground. The whole hetbe is extreme bitter, fo is the iuice al- 
fo that is gathered thereof. 
t 2 There is another herbe Aloe that groweth likevvife in diners prouinces of America ; the 
leaues are two cubits long,alfo thicker, broader, greater,and lharper pointed than the former, and 
it hath on the edges far hardar prickles. The ftalke is three cubits high, and a finger thicke, the 
which in long cups beares violet coloured floures. t 
«j The Place. 
This plant groweth very plentifully in India, and in Arabia, Coelofyria,& Egypt, from whence 
the iuice put intoskins is brought into Europe. It groweth alfo, as Diefcorides writetlyn Afia,on 
the fea coafts,and in Andros, but not verie fit for iuice to be drawne out. It is likewife found in A - 
pulia,and in diners places of Granadoand Andalufia,in Spaine,butnot far from the fea : the iuice 
ofthisisalfo vnprofitable. 
The Time. 
The hetbe is alwaies greene, and likewife fendeth forth branches , though it rema ine out of the 
earth, efpecially if the root be couercd with lome,and now and then watered : for fo being hanged 
on the feelings andvpper pods of dining roomes, it doth not onely continue a longtime greene, 
but it alfo groweth and bringerh forth new leaues : for it muft haue a warme place in winter time, 
by reafon it pineth away if it be frozen. 
iftThe Names. 
The herbe is called in Greeke in Latine,and in (hops alfo ,Aloe and fo is likewife the iuice. 
The plant alfo is named •* but they are baftard words: it is called , be- 
caufe it liueth not onely in the earth, but alfo out of the earth. It is named in French, Paroquet : 
in Spaniih^^w, and Terua bauofa : in Englifh, Aloes • herbe allies, Sea Houfeleeke, Sea Ai- 
grene. 
The hearbe is called of the latter Herbarifts oftentimes Sempcrviunm^nd Semperviutim Mari, 
mm. becaufe itlafteth long after the manner of Houfe-leeke. It feemerh alfo that Columella in 
his tenth booke nameth it Sedum , where he fetteth downe remedies againft the canker-wormes in 
trees. 
Profuit & plant is latices infundere antaros 
Marrubijjmtltoqae Sedi contwgerefucco. 
In Englifh thus : 
Liquours of Horehound pfofit much b’ing pour’d on trees : 
The fame effedl Sea Houfleeke works as well as thefe. 
Tor he reciteth the iuice of Sedum or Houfeleeke among the bitter iuices, and there is none of 
the Houfleekes bitter but this. 
T he T 'emperatunL 
that is to fay, the iuice which is vfed in PhyfifTe, is good for many things. It is hot, and 
that in the firftorfeconddegree,butdriein the third, extreme bitter.yet without biting. It is alfo 
of anemplaifticke or clammie qualitie, and fomething binding, externally applied. 
The Vertues. 
A Itpurgeththebelly,andiswithallawholefome and conuenient medicine for the ftomacke,it 
any atall bee wholefome. For as Patdus A eg met a writeth, when all purging medicines are hurtfuli 
to the ftomacke. Aloes onely is comfortable. And it purgeth more etfedlually if it be not walhed; 
and if it be, it then ftrengtheneth the ftomacke the more. 
t> It bringeth forth choler, but efpecially it purgeth fuch excrements as be in the ftomacke, the 
firft veines,andin theneereft paflages. For it is of the number of thofe medicines, which the Gre- 
cians call the voiding away oftheOrdure ; andof fuch whole purging force pafleth not 
far beyond the ftomacke. Furthermore Aloes is anenemie to all kindcs ot putrefadtions^and defen- 
ded! the body from all manner of corruption. It alfo preferueth dead caikafes from putrifying; 
