A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland Comprising a Translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen, a Translation from Isaac de La Peyrère's Histoire du Groenland, and God's Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- PART THE FIRST VOYAGE INTO SPITZBERGEN AND GREENLAND
- PART THE SECOND CONTAINING THE DESCRIPTION OF SPITZBERGEN
- PART THE THIRD
- CHAP. I Of the Plants of Spitzbergen
- CHAP. II Of a Plant with Aloe-Leaves
- CHAP. III Of small House-Leek
- CHAPTER IV Of Crow's-Foot
- CHAP. V Of Scurvy-grass
- CHAP. VI Of an Herb like Stone-Crap
- CHAPTER VII Of a Snake-weed
- CHAP. VIII Of an Herb like unto Mouse-ear
- CHAP. IX Of a plant like unto Periwinkle
- CHAP. X Of an Herb like a Strawberry
- CHAP. XI Of the Rock Plant
- PART THE FOURTH OF THE ANIMALS OF SPITZBERGEN
- LIST OF THE ANIMALS OF SPITZBERGEN
- DESCRIPTION OF GREENLAND
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAP. VI - Of an Herb like Stone-Crap
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- PART THE FIRST VOYAGE INTO SPITZBERGEN AND GREENLAND
- PART THE SECOND CONTAINING THE DESCRIPTION OF SPITZBERGEN
- PART THE THIRD
- CHAP. I Of the Plants of Spitzbergen
- CHAP. II Of a Plant with Aloe-Leaves
- CHAP. III Of small House-Leek
- CHAPTER IV Of Crow's-Foot
- CHAP. V Of Scurvy-grass
- CHAP. VI Of an Herb like Stone-Crap
- CHAPTER VII Of a Snake-weed
- CHAP. VIII Of an Herb like unto Mouse-ear
- CHAP. IX Of a plant like unto Periwinkle
- CHAP. X Of an Herb like a Strawberry
- CHAP. XI Of the Rock Plant
- PART THE FOURTH OF THE ANIMALS OF SPITZBERGEN
- LIST OF THE ANIMALS OF SPITZBERGEN
- DESCRIPTION OF GREENLAND
- INDEX
- Plate section
Summary
This plant is doubtless a kind of stone-crap, but the leaves are rough or hairy, not so thick nor so juicy as ours are, neither doth it burn or bite like unto ours.
Before the flower fully appears, it looks like unto that of esula; but when it is quite blown and opened, it is of a purple colour, and hath sometimes five, sometimes six, and sometimes I have seen nine leaves; the stamina of the flower I did not tell, neither did I ever see the seeds thereof. The root thereof is very small, and one plant grows close to the other. We found this herb on the low lands of the English Haven, afterwards we found abundance of it amongst the mosses on the 26th of June.
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- A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and GreenlandComprising a Translation from F. Martens' Voyage to Spitzbergen, a Translation from Isaac de La Peyrère's Histoire du Groenland, and God's Power and Providence in the Preservation of Eight Men, pp. 50 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1855