Lib* 2 . 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
$ 5 Seclum petraum Bupleurifoho. 
Long leaned Rocke Sengreene. . 
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V ernticularis Jtue llleccbra minor acr if . 
Wall-Pepper, or Scone-crop. 
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, 5 F°r thefe fourc la ft de (bribed we are be 
holden to clufus ; and for this fifth to Pona 
who thus defcnbes it : It hath one thicke and 
large root with few or no fibres,but foni knots 
bunching out here and there: it is couered 
witha thicke barke, and is ofa blackiih red 
colour on the outfide : the leaues are many 
long and narrow, lying fpred vpon the ground! 
the ftalke grows fome foot high, and is round 
and naked, and at the top carries floures confi- 
ning of 7 lharpe pointed pale yellow leaues • 
Which are fucceeded by feeds like thofe ofs«! 
fleurum, and ofa ftrong fmell. It floures about 
the middle of Inly, and the feed is ripe about 
the middle of Auguft. Pont, who firft obfer- 
ued this growing vpon Mount Baldus in Ita- 
ly, fees it forth by the name of Sedum petraunt 
Bnplcurifolio. Bauhme hath it by the name of 
Pcrfoliata Alpina Gramineo folio, and. Bnpleurert 
tngufHfolium Alpinum. 
If TheT emper W Per toes. 
The three fir fi; deferibed without doubt a 
are cold, and partake in vertues with the other 
fmall Sengreenes ; but the two lad are rather 
of an hot and' attenuating facultie. None of 
them are commonly knowne orvfed in Phy- 
ficke. 
Chap; i . 
Of Stoned-crops ailed IVall'pepper, 
*[ The Defcriplion, 
T His is a low and little herbe: the ftalks 
be flender and fhort: the leaues about 
thefe (land very thicke, and fmall in growth, 
full bodied, fharpe pointed, and fullofiuyce : 
the floures fiand on the top, and are maruel- 
lous little, of colour yellow, and ofa fharp bi- 
ting tafte : the root is nothing but firings. 
•JI The Place. 
It groweth euety where in fiony and dry 
places, and in chinks and crannies of old wals, 
and on the tops of houfes : it is alwaies green, 
and therefore it is very fitly placed among the 
Sengreenes. 
ThcTimc. 
It floureth in the Sommer monechs. 
The Names. 
This is Tertium fimpervivum Diofcoridis, ot 
Diofcorides his third Sengreene, which he faith 
is called of the Grecians . | and i 
and of the Romanes, Illecehra. Pliny alfbvvic- 
nefleth, that theLatines name itl/lecehra.N&t 
there is another » ojw-.and another 
the Germanes call this herbe <jy)aurpffff£C; 
and feat jctltteuble S the French men, Pain 4' 
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