L 1 B. 2 . 
loofe tufts; but they are white and fome- 
thing lclTer : the leaues about the ftalkes 
are few and little, but long, blunt, and round, 
bigger than vvheaten cornes,fomething lef- 
fc-r than the kernels of the Pine Apples,o- 
thervvife not vnlike j which oftentimes are 
fomething red, ftalkes and all : the roote 
creepeth vpon the fuperficiall orvppermoft 
part of the earth, fending dovvne {lender 
threds. 
3 There is a fmallkinde ofStonecrop, 
which hath little narrow leaues, thicke, 
lharpe pointed, and tender ftalkes, full of 
fattie iuice ; on the top whereof doe grow 
fmall yellowe floures , Starre fafhion. 
The roote is fmall, and running by the 
ground. 
4 There is likewife another Stone- 
crop called Frog Stonecrop , which hath 
little tufts of leaues rifing front {mail and 
and threddie rootes , creeping vpon the 
ground like vnto Kali ox Frog-grarfe; from 
the which tufts of leaues rifetha {lender 
ftalke, fet with a few fuch like leaues, ha- 
iling at the top prettie large yellow floures, 
the fmalnefleot the plant beeing conside- 
red. 
t 5 This is like that which is deferi- 
bed in the iecond place, but that the ftalks 
are lefter, and not fo tall, and the floures of 
this are ftarfafhioned,and of a golden yel- 
low colour. £ 
6 There is another Stonecrop, or 
Prickmadam called oAizoon Scorfioides, 
which is altogether like the great kinde of 
Stonecrop, and differeth in that, thatthis 
kinde of Stonecrop or Prickmadam hath 
his tuftof yellow floures turning again, not 
much vnlike the taile of a Scorpion, refem- 
bling My (fu is Scorpioidis , and the leaues fomewhat thicker, and clofer thruft together. The root is 
fmall and tender. 
7 There is a plant called Scdum Portlandicupx Portland Stonecrop,of the Englifh Ifland called 
Portland, lying in the South coaft, which hath goodly branches and a rough rinde. The leaues 
imitate Laureola, growing among the Tithymales, but thicker, fhorter, more fat and tender. The 
ftalke is of a wooddy lubftance like Laurcola, participating ofthekindes of Crajfula,Semperviuum, 
and the T ithy males, whcreofwcc thjnke it to bee a kinde ; yet not daring to dehuer any vncertainc 
fentence, it {hall be lefle preiudiciall to the truth, to account it as a flirubbe.degenerating from 
bothkindes. 
t Pena and Lolcl , who firft fet this foorth knewe, notveriewell what they fhould fay there- 
of ; nor any frnce them : wherefore I haue onely giuen you their figure put to our Authoursde- 
feription. t 
8 There is a plant which hath receiued his name Sedtim Pctraum , becaufe it doth for the moll 
part grow vpon the rocks, mountains, & fuch like ftonie places, hailing very final leaucs,comming 
forth of the ground in tufts like Pfcudo-CMoly ; that is, our common herbe called Thrift : amongft 
the leaues come forth {lender ftalkes an handfull high, loden with fmall yellow floures like vnto 
the common Prick-Madam : after which come little thicke {harpe pointed cods, which containe 
the feed, which is fmall, flat, and yellowifh. 
