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about two foot longe, sometimes parted or devided into manie 

 parts, sometimes into verie fewe, sett witli many small weake 

 prickles in fashion like the leaves of Cardims viarnm, amongest 

 which riseth uppe one stalke somewhat wollie champhered or 

 straked and devided into branches, whereon growe leaves like 

 the former but much shorter and smaller, on the topps of the 

 branches growe round buttons or hedds, not so bigge as an olive 

 sett full of small scales with verie short innocent pricks, forth of 

 which growe abundance of small purple cheives, and no borderinge 

 flowers like those of Cardims acajilis Septentrionalium but lesser, 

 which past the seed followeth inclosed in downe like other thistles. 

 The rootes are bulbus after the manner of Asphodelus, the old 

 ones yerelie dieinge, and yonge succeedinge, as doe the roots of 

 Oenanthe apii folio. — MS. f. 124. 



[It is a great pity that no locality is given for this plant. If 

 Goodyer found it growing wild this would be the earliest record for 

 Britain. The plant is now confined to the county of Wiltshire, whence 

 it was recorded for the first time in 181 3. Smith.] 



Car Una lanata L. 

 Acarna flore rubro. 11 Augusti 1621 



The stalk is round upright, straked full of white pith within, 

 about 5 foot high devided into many branches espetiallie neare the 

 root ; under which growe longe broad leaves deepely notched by 

 the sides, and sett with very sharpe pricks, very full of milk white 

 strakes, smooth above somewhat hairie on the vaines or sinewes 

 underneath : on the topps of the stalks and branches growe 3, 4 or 

 5 small hedds not farr apart, not fullie an ynch thick full of gentle 

 short crooked pricks by the sides, with purple cheives at the toppe 

 closely compact together, ech havinge growinge close underneath 

 him 3, 4 or more prickly leaves with reddish vaynes, the seed is 

 great e, broad at the toppe, blackish without, with a white kernell 

 within wrapped or inclosed in white downe, of a bitter tast, and is 

 more then twise as bigge, as the seed of Cardmis marie. 



This plant at the first sight is in stalks leaves and purple flowers, 

 verie like to our ladies thistle & is hard to be distinguished from it 

 but by the number of the flowers growinge neare together, and the 

 prickley leaves growinge close underneath them. |1 Mr. William 

 Coys receaved the seeds hereof from L'obell by the foresaid name. 

 Mr. Coys imparted of his seeds unto me, Anno 1630. — MS. f. 105. 



Notobasis syriaca Cass. 

 Silibum minus flore nutante Boelii. 11 Augusti 1631 



This Thistle is in stalkes and leaves much smaller than our Ladies 



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