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Saxifrage. albapctrxa. White Rot lit Saxifrage. 
time growing to be the feede veffell.hath divers fmall feede 
contained within it; the cade of the leaves are fweecifh at 
the firll, but a little fharpe afterwards. 
The Place . 
It groweth on Mount Baidas, not farre from Verona, in 
the territory of the Venetians . 
The Time. 
This flowreth in the naturall places in the end of lane, 
and the feede is ripe l’oone after,and perifheth wholly after¬ 
wards. The Thames. 
It is called by T'ona who fet forth the defeription of 
Mount TSalAut, and what plants doe grow in every part 
thereof,by the name of S axifragta alba petrssa • but Bauhinus 
according to his ufuall manner, in all things almoft that may 
be altered, doth vary the name twife, calling it firtl in his 
Pbytopinax, Alfine Tridablytites Alpina- but afterwards in 
his Tirnix changing his former minde, calleth it S edum tri. 
dally lites Alpinummajm album, and none of them both in 
my opinion anfwerable to fo famous anHerbarifls judge¬ 
ment; as to referre them to fuch plants, as yeeldfo fmall 
likeneffe : for unto the Alfines, (whereuntol faid he re¬ 
ferred it at the firll, but difdaimeth itafterwards) although 
it may feeme to have fome refemblance, in the white flow¬ 
ers, yet the leaves and other parts thereof, withftandeth that 
companion ;and unto any kindc or fort alSednm, it hath in 
my judgement farre lefle correfpondencie, which flieweth 
a llrong conceit in him beyond compare, to make his later 
opinion worfe than the former, which as is j'udged in mod, 
fhould be more confiderate and exaft: but furely I thinke 
it doth fo ncare'y refemble, as I faid before, the former 
white Saxifrage, both in forme and qualitie, that it is mod fitly to he referred unto it, and unto no other plant fd 
likely ; the chiefe differences confiding in the forme of the branches,leaves and rootes, as you may plainely per¬ 
ceive both by the difeription and figure. The Vmines . 
It hath no doubt the fame properties that the former hath, both the name arguing it, and the likeneffe of face 
in growing not reclaiming,and thetafte efpecially,whereby the qualitie is chiefely difeerned anfwering thereunr 
to,and although there is not any authorities extant to warrant this my conceit, yet thofe foreremembred conditi¬ 
ons therein, may plead a ftrong perfwafion of veritie, and untill it be contradifted by fufficient triad and experi¬ 
ence to beotherwife, I hold it may paffe for currant as a Saxifrage. 
Chap. III. Stxifragaamea. GoldenSxifrage 
S axifraea aarea. Golden Saxifrage. 
TlOlden Saxifrage is a fmall low herbe having ma¬ 
ll ny round leaves lyingon the ground bluntly en- 
j dented about the edges fomewhat like the for- 
Ijmer common Saxifrage, but not hairy, fome- 
* what thicker alfo and ofa darker greene colour, 
among which rife up divers (lender and weake ftalkes,little 
above a hand bredth high,with fuch like leaves on them as 
grow below up to the toppes, where among the leaves come 
forth very fmall gold yellow flowers not eaflly obferved, 
and falling away fo quickly, that they are fo feldome feer.e 
with them, and after they are pad, there appeare in their 
places fmall round heads, wherein is contained fmall 
round reddiflr feede : the roote is compofed of a number of 
fmall firings or fibres: the whole plane is almoft infipide 
or without tafte, but nothing hot that it may be j’udged to be 
tfte&uall to diffolve or expel! the (lone. 
The Place. 
It al wayes groweth in moift places by Well fides, or other 
(landing and fometimes running waters, and fometimes al¬ 
fo in moorifh grounds, as about Tidmbam in the Forreft of 
‘Deane, at AJhford, and I den in Kent, at Chepjlow in EJfcx, 
and in divers other places. 
The Time. 
It flowreth in ATay and fometimes in A prill, butabideth 
greene all the reft of the yeare, and perifheth not like the 
lad. 
The Names. 
It is called S axifraga aurea of moll Writers, from die 
fortue 
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