'j' jibe 6 . The Theater of Plants, Chap. 8 , 739 
know wlioie each t ^ ienl “ |C >^ ft“ ew y° u their Authors: The firft is the ninth Sedum minus of Chi- 
r°'i the fecond his tenth, whereof Gefnerin hortu maketh mention: Bautinas thinketh it is the lajme montanaoi 
' Lii’edunenlis : the third is Clufiut his eleventh Seium minus : the fourth hath not beetle exhibited by any before, 
■ L ‘ h jif l- tlie'twelfth Seium minus of Clufius , and called Scitum petraum mmtamtm by Label, Lugdnnenfis fet- 
jy 1 ^ j forth for Phyllon Arrhemgonon r Dalecbampii],bnx.'ao\.h Label andClrejius taxe him for it: and Ge/ncraltb mifli- 
’ keth their judgement that would make any of thefe fmall Seda to be Phyllon of Diofcorides : Columna alfo miflik- 
keth that this mould be accounted a Sed/»»,becaufe the forme of the flowers and feede veflells doe differ from all 
the other forts of Sedtim, which although they be both great inducements and efpeciaily the feede veflells being 
as I have Chewed in many places of this worke a precife note to know unto what gems the jpecies of any herbe 
mar beft belong, yet in regard the manner of growing of thefe Houfeleekes is fo differing from all other herbes, 
s and that this in°the heads of leaves is fo like unto them, I doe not fee but that it may better bee referred to aSf- 
dum then to a Leucoium as Columna doth,who calleth it Leucoium luteumeA^ides montarmm, making it a Wall¬ 
flower ■ and indeede C 7 »Ji>« obferving the difference,giveth a note thereof, and faith that it agreeih not in all 
parts unto the fmall Houfeleekes, and therefore leaveth it to other mens judgements, to call it by fome fitter 
name if they can: the fixt is the Sedum minus tertium of Label, Dedonaus cal'eth it Sedum [erratum as Bauhinus 
thinketh as alfo to be the Sedum Alpinism cpnartumafColumna,kut calleth it himfelfe S ednm alpinism Saxifrage 
albepre Sve grandifoliam, thefcventhistheSedumminus fextamotClrspus : the eighth is called Aizoon tnonta- 
num. by Lugduntnfis, and by 'Bauhinus Sedum Alpinum rubro magnofltre :the ninth and tenth are remembred onely 
by Baulinas and I from him : the eleventh hath not beene fet forth by any Author that I know before: the 
twelfth is called by 'Bauhinus Sedumfraxatilevariegatoflore, but is not that S edam fiofculis partim candidis partim 
purpureh that Gefner in hartis Germania maketh mention of, for that I (hallflicw you by and by to be a Cotyle¬ 
don with filch flowers, which are all greater Plants then any of thefe Seda minima, the lafr alfo hath not beene rc- 
membred by any before. Bautinas maketh mention of fome mote forts of thefe fmall Seda, which I thinke ate 
comprehended under lome of the other forts,and therefore not fit to be double repeated. 
The Vert ties. 
All or moft of thefe fmall Houfeleekes being in talk drying and aftringent, and fome of them a little bitter 
withall doe teftifie that they will well ferve to helpe defluxions and today Iaskes and fluxes of blood or humors 
as powerfully as any of the other forts,but are not fo cooling : but becaufe I have no author that hath fet downe 
the properties ofany of them in Phyficke, cither for inward or outward diteafes, this the refore may bee diffid¬ 
ent tor our nation (that are not likely to have much experience of any of them in our land) to have faid thus 
much. 
Chap. VIII- 
,Sedum Uciniatls folijt. Small Houfelcekc with divided leaves. 
Cannot be brought to be of ‘BAuhinw j udgement,to make many forts of this kinde of Houfeleeke.for 
in my mindc he f orcibly draweth in other herbes to beare this title, which cannot fitly agree there- 
unto.as by the defeription of them in the precedent difeourfe, both in the lecond Chapter of the 
fourth Claftis,and in the 40. Chapter of the fift Claflis of thisbooke, and in other places you may 
more plainely perceive. 
1. Sedum Alfinnm laciniatis Ajugafolijs. Small Mountaine Houfeleeke with Jagged leaves. 
1 cannot finde any more plants fitly in my minde to beare this title but this and another, and therefore I muft 
give you the deferiptions of thefe onely and leave Bauhinus or any one 
that will undertake to be his champion herein, to maintaine his other 
iorts as he can. 1 his firft fhooteth forth on all fides many fmall heads 
of leaves from fmall firings like to the Houfeleekes, each leafe where¬ 
of is long and narrow, cut in deepely into three divifions, one on each 
fide and the end longed, fomewhat like the leaves of the fweete 
Groundpine, but fmaller and greener, not having any hoarinefle on 
them, adringent and drying alfo in tade as much as any of the other; 
the fealkes are reddifh, very (lender and not two inches high (faith C/u- 
fius ,but they were higher with us) bearing every one of them one fmall 
flower but fomewhat large with us J made of five leaves a peece, of a 
pale greene colour (fo faith Clu fins) but that which wee had from Mr. 
Hesket out of Lancafbire bore pale whitifh flowers with fome yellow 
threds comparing a middle round umbone: the roote is fmall but 
ipr cad eth much. 
2 . Sedum Monfpelienfe & Pyrtntzum laciniatum. 
The French jagged mountaine Houfeleeke. 
This other jagged Houfeleeke hath likewife divers heads of very 
fmall greene leaves, each whereof is deepely cut into two, or more 
ulually into three parts, andfeldome into more, from among which 
rife one or two fmall dalkcs three or foure inches high, with fome 
few leaves let thereon,parted very often into fome branches, at the 
tops whereof band foure or five flowers of five leaves a peece, of a pale 
colour, with divers threds in the middle; the roote is blacke and fmall, 
creeping about. 
The TUce. 
The fird faith C lufius eroweth on the Mountaine called S mb erg or SnowhUl among the ft ones>but on the Moun- 
. — - taines 
1 . Sedum /Upimoi laciniatis Ajugiz folijs, 
Small Mountaine Houfeleeke with 
jagged leaves. 
