A Collection of Documents on Spitzbergen and Greenland 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. III - Of small House-Leek
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2011
- 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
The leaves of this are indented and very like those of our dasies, for which I should have taken it also, had it not been for the flower, only the leaves are thicker and more juicy, like those of house-leek, or as we call it, those of the lesser house-leek: the leaves grow round about the root, betwixt them is a small stalk of the length of your little finger, which is round and hairy, and generally without leaves, save only where it divides into another stalk, at which place is a small leaf.
The flowers grow in scaly heads (like unto the flowers of Stæchas), are of a brown colour, and have fine pointed leaves, as I think with five small chines within, like unto the flowers of wall-pepper or stone-crop. I found only the flowers, for the seed was not yet ripe. The root is somewhat thick and strait, with many strong and thick fibers from the sides of it; it may be referred to the house-leeks, and called small indented or crenated house-leek, with scaly heads.
This plant I found in the Danish harbour or bay on the 18th of July.
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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. 47Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1855