Li 
B. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
5H 
^ 5 Sedum mains anguJUfolium. 
Great narrow leaned Houfleeke. 
greene in fome places • and in others of a lighter greene : for thofe which we haue defcribed grow 
not in one place, but in diuers and fundry. 
2 Great Sengrecne is found growing of 
it felfe on the tops of Iioufes, old walls, and 
Inch like places rn very many prouinces of 
the Eaft,and of Greece:and alfo in the lilands 
of the Mediterranian fea • as in Crete, which 
now is called Candy, Rhodes,Zant,& others- 
neither is Spaine without it : for (as CatolJ; 
Clnfius witnefleth) itgrowethin many places 
of Port ingale ^ otherwifc it is cherilhed in 
earthen pors. In cold countries, and Inch as lie 
Northward, as in both the Germanics, it nei- 
ther grovveth of it felfe, nor yet lafteth long, 
though it be carefully planted, and diligently 
looked vnto, but through the extremitie of 
the weather, and the ouerinuch cold of winter 
it perifheth. 
*1 The Time. 
The ftalke of the firft doth at length floure 
after the Summer Solftice, which is inlune 
about Saint Barnabtes day, and now and than 
in thernoneth of Auguft • but in April!, that 
is to fay, after the atquinociiall in the fpring, 
which is about amoneth after the fpring is 
begun, there grow out of this among the 
leaucs fmall firings, ivhich are the ground- 
work of the circles, by which being at length 
full growne, it fpreadeth it felfe into very ma- 
ny circles. 
2 Houfleeke that groweth like a tree, doth 
floiire in Portingale at the beginning of the 
yeere prefcntly after the winter Solftice, 
which is December,abonc S. Lucies day. 
% The Names. 
The firft is commonly called lev is Barba, or Iupiters beard, and alfo Scdum mains vulgare : 
the Germanes call it fjmifjUmrtJ, (jS^Of? ©Onbetbaet : they of the Low-countries, ©ott= 
betbaert t the Hollanders, IjHlJ'flaoch : the French-men, the Italians, Sempreuiuo maggi- 
ore: the Spaniards, Siempreuiua,jenta pentera : the Englilli-men, Houfleeke, and Sengreene, and 
Aygrcene:of fome, Iupiters de, Bullocks eic, and Iupiters beard:of the Bohemians, Nctreske. Many 
take ittobeCctylcdonalteru Difocoridis -,but we had rather haue itoneofthe Sengreenes ; for it is 
continually greene, and alwaies flourifheth,and is hardly hurt by the extremity ofwinter. 
The other without doubt is Dtofcorides his /y>:that is, S empemivurn magnum, or Scdum ma- 
ps, great Houfleekgor Sengrcen : Apuleuts calleth it Vilalii, and Semperprium it is alfonamed 
®j The Temperature. 
The great Houfleeks are cold in the third degree : they are alfo dry, but not much, by reafon of 
the watery efience that is in them. 
«[ ThcVertucs. 
They are good againft Saint Anthonies fire,the fliingles,and other creepingvlcers and inflam- 
mations, as Galen faith, that proceed of rheumesand fluxestand as Dtofcorides teacheth*, againft 
the inflammations oi fiery heate in the eyes.-the Ieaues, faith Pliny, being applied, or the juice lard 
on,are a remedy for rheumatike and watering eies. 
They take away the fire in burnings and fealdings; and being applied with Barlymeale dried, 
do take away the paine of the gout. 
Dtofcorides teacheth, that they aregiuen to them that are troubled with a hot laske : that they 
likevvifedriue forth vvormes of the belly if they be drunke with wine. 
The juice put vp in a peflary do ftay the fluxes in women, proceeding of a hotcaufe; the Ieaues 
held in the mouth do quench thirft 'in hot burning feauers. 
The juice mixed with Barly nicale and vineger preuaileth againft S . Anthonies fire, all hot bur- 
ning and fretting vlcers, and againft fealdings, burnings, and all inflammations, and alfo thegOut 
comming of an hot caufe. 
A 
B 
D 
Vu 2 
i he 
