Li 
B. 2. 
Of the Hiiloty of Plants, 
515 
The Place, 
The former of thefe grave* in gardens in the Low-countries : in other places vpon ftonc wals 
and tops of houfes in England almoft euery where. 1 as 
the T Sunne herSr ° Weth ab ° Ut mbbiftl “ thC b ° rdc ” offields ' and in oc h er places that lye open to 
TheTime. 
They floure in the Sommc-r moneths. 
The Names. 
he leffer kinde is called m Greeke<w> w ;> . in Latin e,Scdnm, and Semperuivum minus • of the 
Germanes y fe!epn©on&erta«t,and ftlejitl l^aufjixmrtj 2 of the Italians , Semperuino minore ■ of 
the Henchmen prneque-madame : of the Englilh men, Pncke-Madam, Dwarfe Houfe-leeke and 
imal! Sengreene. 5 
The fecond kinde is named in fhops Crajptla minor and theyfyrname it minor , for difference 
betvveene it and the other Crajfula, which is a kinde ot Orpin : it is alfo called Vermicular is : in Ita- 
han PtgnoU, Grancllofa, and Grafella : in low-Dutch,23IaDeC lOOfCIl 2 in Englilh , Wilde Pricke- 
Madam, Great Stone-crop, or Worme-grafle. $ That which is vulgarly knowne and called bv 
the name of Stone-crop ts the Illecebra deferibed in the following chapter, and fuch as grow com- 
monly with vs of thefe finall Houfeleekes mentioned in this chapter are generally named Prickc- 
Madames : but our Author hath confounded them in this and the next chapter • which I would 
not alter, thinking it fufficient to giue you notice thereof. p 
^ The T emperature and Virtues. 
All thefe final 1 Sengreens are of a cooling nature like vnto the great ones, and are <?ood for thofe 
things that the others be. Tire former of thefe is vfed in many places in Mads, in which it hath 
a fine relifh, and a pleafant tafte : it is good for the heart-burne. 
* Chap. 14. -j.. Of diuers other [mall Sengreene s. 
% The Defcription. 
* 1 '"1 Heftalke ofthisfmallwater Sengreene is fomefpanne long, reddifh,fucculeM, and 
.I. c ? n fr e eaL1£ ? are longifh, a little rough, and full of iuyee : the floures grow 
vpon the tops of the ftalkes, confiding of fix purpleorelfe flefh-coloured leaues • which are°fuc- 
ceed ed by as many little cods containing a fmall feed : the root is fmall and threddy,and the whole 
p.a it hath an mfipide or vvatenfh tafte. This was found by Clufuts in fome watcrie places of Ger- 
many about the end of Iunc • and he calls it Sedum minus 3 (hie palnjlre, 
, 2 ^lsfecondfrom fcail fibrous and creeping roots fends vpfundry little ftalkes fet with 
leaues like thofe of the ordinary Pncke-Madam, yet leffe, thicke, and flatter, and ofa more aftrin- 
gent talte : the floures, which are pretty large, grow at the tops of the branches, and confift of fine 
pale yellow lfh k aues.lt growes in diuers places of the Alps,and floures about the end of luly,and 
in Augiiit. This is th e Sedum minus 6 . or Alpimm i. of Cluftus. 
r 3 . his I ? ath flua ! 1 } Itt,e and thi cke leaues, lying bedded, or compafl clofe together, and are 
. an Afh co our inclining to blew : the ftalkes are fome two inches long, (lender, and almoft na- 
_ed ; vpon which grow commonly fome three floures confiding of fine white leaues apiece, with 
iome, yellow threds in the middle. This mightily encreafes, and will mat andcouer the ground 
oi a goo pace together. It floures in Auguft, and growes vpon the craggy places of the Alpes* 
Ct-ufius calls it Sedum minus nonum,feuc Alpinum 3 . 1 ^ 
rhntr J he IeaL 'c S n ,f m is a r e fome ' vhat la rge r and longer, yet thicke, and fomewhat hairy about 
edges ; at firft alfo of an acide tafte, but afterwards bitterifh and hot : it alfo fendeth forth 
roots, and in the : nuddeft of the leaues it puts forth ftalkes fome two inches high, which at the 
tQpasManvmbdcarry fome fix little floures confiding of fine leaues apiece, hauing their hot- 
yeilo.viih colour. It is found in the like places, and floures at the fame time as the for- 
t.rna' Utm makes U HS Sedum mnm I0 ‘ A ¥ mm 4- and in tile Lugd, It is called Iajmemn* 
