SEMPERVIVUM

(Lat.), n. n. Semp-u6r(er)-vi(weVvu3m- (wu4rn). From semper, always, and vivus, living. Fr., joubarbe. Ger., Hauslaub, Hauswurz. Houseleek; a genus of cra ulaeeous plants. The Sempervivce, are the Cra ulacece, and the Sempervivece are a tribe of that order, [a, 35.] S. arboreum. Ger., baumartiges Hauslaub. Tree-houseleek, the dei^iaov rb /aeya of Dioscorides; indigenous to southern Europe, the Orient, and northern Africa. It has the properties of S. tectorum. [a, 35.] S. montanum. Mountain-houseleek; a cathartic species growing in central Europe, [a, 35.] S. sed i for me. Fr., joubarbe tres elevee. A European species, used in poultices, [a, 35.J S. tectorum. Fr., joubarbe des toits, artichaut snuvage (ou des toits). Ger., Donnergriin, Wunderbarkraut. Bullock's-eye, Jupiter's beard (or -eye), home wort, sengreen, common houseleek; a garden plant indigenous to Europe, where the thick, fleshy, mucilaginous leaves, herb a (seu folia) sempervivi, herb a tectorum (seu sempervivi [seu sed i] major is, seu barbae. Jovis), are used in fevers, dysentery, etc., and as an application to burns, insects' stings, ulcers, etc. They are used empirically for warts and corns, and in England for ringworm, [a, 35.] [s. 473]