The Place.
All these growe in Germany, Hungarie, Austria, the Alpes, and other such like places, where they cleaue to the rocke it selfe, that hath but a crust of earth on it to nourish them. They will abide in Gardens reasonable well, if they be planted in shadowie places, and not in the sun.
| 1 | Sanicula guttata. Spotted Sanicle. |
| 2 | Cotyledon altera Matthioli. Spotted Nauelwort. |
| 3 | Cotyledon altera minor. Small dented Nauelwort. |
| 4 | Cotyledon altera flore rubro stellato. Small red flowred Nauelwort. |
| 5 | Sedum serratum flore rubente maculato. The Princes Feather. |
| 6 | Soldanella Alpina. Blew Moonwort. |
The Time.
They flower for the most part in the end of May, and sometimes sooner or later, as the yeare falleth out.
The Names.
The first is called by Matthiolus, Cotyledon altera Dioscoridis, and Vmbilicus alter, but it is not the true Cotyledon altera of Dioscorides; for Sedum vulgare maius, Our common Houseleeke, by the consent of the best moderne Writers, is the true Cotyledon altera of Dioscorides, or Vmbilicus Veneris alter. I hold it rather to bee a kinde of small Houseleeke, as the other two likewise are. The second is called by some Aizoum or Sedum minus serratum. The third hath his name in his title. Wee doe call them Nauelworts in English rather then Houseleekes, Euphoniæ gratia. The last may be called dented Sengreene with reddish spotted flowers, but some of our English Gentlewomen haue called it, The Princes Feather, which although it be but a by-name, may well serve for this plant to distinguish it, and whereby to be knowne.