332 The Garden of p leaf ant Flowers. 



on the vpperlide, and hoary vnderneath, broad at the bottome, fomewhat long poin- 

 ted, and vneuenly notched about the edges, with fome foft hairie prickles, not hurting 

 the handler, euery one ftanding vpon a fhort foote-ftalke ; thofe that growe about the 

 middle ftalke are like the former, but fmaller and narrower, and thofe next the toppe 

 fmalleft, where it diuideth it felfe into fmall branches, bearing long and fcaly heads, 

 out of which breake many reddifh purple threads : the feede is whitiih and hard, al- 

 moft as great as the feede of the greater Centory : the roote is blackifh, fpreading vn- 

 der the ground, with many fmall fibres faftened vnto it, and abideth a great while. 



5. Car Una humilis. The lowe Carline Thirtle. 



This lowe Thiftle hath many iagged leaues, of a whitifh greene colour, armed with 

 fmall (harp white prickles round about the edges, lying round about the root vpon the 

 ground, in the middle whereof rifeth vp a large head, without any ftalke vnder it, com- 

 pafTed about with many fmall and long prickly leaues, from among which the flower 

 fheweth it felfe, compofed of many thin, long, whitifh, hard mining leaues, ftanding 

 about the middle, which is flat and yellow, made of many thrums or threads like fmall 

 flowers, wherein lye fmall long feede, of a whitifh or filuer colour : the roote is fome- 

 what aromaticall, blackifh on the outlide, fmall and long, growing downewards into 

 the ground. There is another of this kinde that beareth a higher ftalke, and a redder 

 flower, but there is a manifeft difference betweene them. 



6. Garduus Spheerocephalus Jiue Globofus maior. The greater Globe Thiftle. 



The greateft of thefe beautifull Thirties, hath at the firft many large and long leaues 

 lying on the ground, very much cut in and diuided in many places, euen to the middle 

 ribbe, fet with fmall fharpe (but not very ftrong) thornes or prickles at euery corner of 

 the edges, greene on the vpperlide, and whitifh vnderneath : from the middle of thefe 

 leaues rifeth vp a round ftirFe ftalke, three foote and a halfe high, or more, fet without 

 order with fuch like leaues, bearing at the toppe of euery branch a round hard great 

 head, confifting of a number of fharpe bearded huskes, compacl or fet clofe together, 

 of a blewifh greene colour, out of euery one of which huskes ftart fmall whitifh blew 

 flowers, with white threads in the middle of them, and riling aboue them, fo that the 

 heads when they are in full flower, make a fine fhew, much delighting the fpeclators : 

 after the flowers are paft, the feede encreafeth in euery one, or the moft part of the 

 bearded huskes, which doe ftill hold their round forme, vntill that being ripe it ope- 

 neth it felfe, and the huskes eafily fall away one from another, containing within 

 them a long whitifh kernell : the roote is great and long, blackifh on the outfide, and 

 dyeth euery yeare when it hath borne feede. 



j. Garduus Globofus minor. The lerTer Globe Thiftle. 



The leffer kinde hath long narrow leaues, whiter then the former, but cut in and 

 gafhed on the edges very much with fome fmall prickes on them ; the ftalke is not 

 halfe fo long, nor the heads halfe fo great, but as round, and with as blew flowers as the 

 greater : this feldome giueth ripe feede, but recompenfeth that fault, in that the roote 

 perifheth not as the former, but abideth many yeares. 



8. Carduus Eriocephalus Jiue fomentofus. The Friers Crowne. 



This woolly Thiftle hath many large and long leaues lying on the ground, cut in on 

 both fides into many diuifions, which are likewife fomewhat vnequally cut in or di- 

 uided againe, hauing fharpe white prickles at euery corner of the diuifions, of a dead 

 or fad greene colour on the vpperfide, and fomewhat woolly withall, and grayifh vn- 

 derneath : the ftalke is ftrong and tall, foure or fiue foote high at the leaft, branching 

 out into diuers parts, euery where befet with fuch like leaues as growe below ; at the 

 toppe of euery branch there breaketh out a great whitifh round prickly head, flattifh at 

 the toppe, fo thicke fet with wooll, that the prickles feeme but fmall fpots or haires, 



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