Lib. 2. 



Of the Hiftofic of Plants 



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Of wilde Lettuce. 



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1 The firft and rareft of thefe hath long and broad Ieaues,not cut in,but onely fnipt about the 

 edges,and thofe leaues are they that are on the lower part of the ftalke almoft to the middle cher- 

 ofthencone leaues from thence to the top,which are deeply diuided with large gaflies : the ftalk, 

 if it grow ingoodgrounds,exceedstheheightofaman (for I bane feene it grow in a garden to 

 the height of eight or nine foot) it is large, round, and fmooth, and towards the top diuided into 

 many branches which beare yellow floures fomewhat like to the garden Lettuce,after which alfo 

 fuccced blackifli feeds like to other plants of this kinde.The whole plant is full of a clammy mil- 

 ky juicc,which hath a very ftrong and grieuous fraell of Of turn. 



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The greater wilde Lettuce fmelling of Opium. The wilde Lettuce with the diuided leafe;' 















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cfa^W.!^ ? nd y cut a ! )0 . ut the ed # s ' but not alt °g«her fo large as thofe of the 



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feof the fame fmelT« & 7 a 3 t -V 5 ^^^.^J^^i^d this alfo hatha milkie 

 th^sbath a 1 thdeaue "hi n5 derc r nbed ' f f ? wblcb lt d j ffer j ° De,y ™ 5 he ma g™ude,and that 

 3 Thi in ft 1! d Ie,and ? oc fotne whoIe and fofne d «J»ded/»s the former? 



**.<* CaS^ oi ; res ^ l ceds is ! ik ?, to the i a( 5 defcrib , ed > bwt the ieau « *« m»ch dii - 



" fc «^ miKfJ^fiff - ? 1 ? 1 in i lke r a ft heleai ? S of r S »«^or Dandelion. Thisalfo 

 "VKkwSti^^fcZ*^**? f ° ^ OD § a , r ^of o;/« w as the two former,chough 

 f * v f*>n i^backfid^f 1^ ? k 2t?\" ^5"™? a htcle Prickly, and fo alfo is the middle 

 which d, e T U er V t ^r Icafe > both in *" ™ d the former. All thefe 



u «y yeare,aad fo they come vp againe of the fcattered feed 



The firft ©f thtkt . , . U 7^ P/*y. 



weie was found in Hampshire by M r . Gndur & the feeds h«> «>f fenc ro M'.P*r*'»fi* 



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