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eteded by a pear-fhaped Fruit, which 

 is lurry on the Outfde, and divided 

 into tvjo Cells ; in each of which are 

 contained, for the mojl part, two 

 oblong Seeds. 



The Species are ; 



1. Circe a Lutetiana. Lob. Icon. 

 Inchanter's Nightlhade. 



2. Circe a minima. Col. The 

 fmalleft Inchanter's Nightfhade. 



The firft of thefe Plants is very 

 common in moift lhady Places, and 

 under Hedges, in mod Parts of Eng- 

 land ; but the fecond hath not been 

 found wild with us, tho' it grows 

 in Plenty in the Woods near the 

 Hague, where I gathered it, and 

 brought it into England, where it 

 continues to retain its Difference 

 from the common Sort, notwith- 

 ttanding fome People have fuppofed 

 it to be the fame. They are both 

 great Runners in a Garden ; for 

 which Reafonthey mould be planted, 

 by thofe who would keep them for 

 Variety, in fome abject fhady Part 

 of the Garden, where few other 

 things will grow. 



CIRSIUM, Soft or Gentle-thiftle j 

 and by fome Melancholy-thiftle. 

 The Characlers are ; 



It hath Leaves and Flowers very 

 likbfhofe oftheThifle ; but the Spines 

 upon the Leaves are fofter, and the 

 Cup of the Flower is dejlitute of 

 Spines. 



The Species are ; 



l • Cirsium Anglicum . Ger. The 

 Bnglijh Soft or Gentle-thiftle. 



2. Cirsium Bricannkum, Clujii 

 repens. J. B. The great Engtijb 

 Soft, Gentle, or Melancholy-thiftle. 



3. Cirsium maximum, afpodeli 

 radice. C.B. The greateft afphodel- 

 rooted Gentle-thiftle. 



4. Cirsium maculis argent eis no- 

 tatum. Tourn. The white -fpotted 

 Gentle-thiftle. 



5 . Cirsium majus, fngulari ca - 



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pitulo magna, forum ftaminibus pur- 

 pureis. C.B. P. Gentle-thiftle, with 

 a large fingle Head, and purple 



Stamina. 



6. Cirsium foliis non hirfutis,fo- 

 ribus compaclis. C.B. P. Gentle- 

 thiftle with fmooth Leaves, and com- 

 pact Heads. 



7. Cirsium anguflifolium non la- 

 ciniatum. C. B. P. Gentle-thiftle 

 with narrow whole Leaves. 



8. Cirsium prat en fe afphodeli ra* 

 dice, latifolium. Inf. R. H. Broad- 

 lea v'd Gentle-thiftle, with an Afpho- 

 del-root. 



9. Cirsium humile angufifolium. 

 Inf. R. H. Low narrow - leav'd 

 Gentle-thiftle. 



10. Cirsium tuberofum, capitulis 

 fquarrofs. Hort. Elth. Tuberofe- 

 rooted Gentle-thiftle, with rough 

 Heads. 



11. Cirsium latifolium, lapp<* 

 capitulis. lift. R. H. Broad-leav'd 

 Gentle-thiftle, with Heads like the 

 Burdock. 



12. £irsium acanthoides monta- 

 num, fore flavefcente. Inf. R. H. 

 Mountain Gentle-thiftle, with Leaves 

 like Bear's-breech, and ayellowilh 

 Flower. 



13. Cirsium humile montanum, cy~ 

 noglojp folio, polyanthemum. RaiiSyn, 

 Dwarf mountain Gentle-thiftle, with 

 an Hound's-tongue-leaf, and many 

 Flowers. 



The firft and fecond Sorts grow 

 wild in England; and the thirteenth 

 is found upon the Mountains in 

 Wales ; fo are feldom cultivated in 

 Gardens : the two iirft are very apt 

 to fpread at their Roots, fo that they 

 are very troublefome Weeds where 

 they once get Pofteflion : the laft 

 Sort is of humble Growth, and does 

 not fpread at the Root. 



All the other Sorts, except the 

 tenth, grow in Spain, Portugal, and 

 Franco ; but thefe are extreme hardy 



Plants ; 



