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heaves of this are like the lafi , but the Leaves 
are fomething larger and broader , with fewer 
rents , otfr, or divifions on the Edges the flow- 
ers hereof are like in form , but white , which 
with the breadth and magnitude of the Leaves , 
/Ztf principal differences . T/tf Roar and 
other parts of the Plant arc Milky and the 
leaves are great , fmooth , £mv7 of color and fharp 
pointed. And Johnfon //? Gerard y<zy.r, that the 
flowers of this are for the mojl part yellow like 
as the former : and indeed all that ever l have 
yet Jcen have been of the yellow color-, nor ever 
faw any of them zohich tended to white though 
poffible in Jome other Foreign Countries and Cli- 
mates they may be really White. 
VII. The fourth, or Narrow Leav’d Sow-Thi- 
file, Its Root is long and Jlendcr , and gives 
Allik , as the whole Riant docs beftdes. It has 
but few Leaves , and tkofe very long and nar- 
row,,.zvhofe lower parts arc narrowefl , and have 
no incifure at all : but from the middle almofi 
forwards , they arc broader and have divers 
Gafhes on both fides , greater and deeper , and 
others fmaller , efpecially towards the ends where 
they are broadefl. 'The Stalks grow fomething 
low , and fpread out into but one or two branches , 
which are fet fparingly zoith Leaves , the upper - 
mojl whereof are long , but not divided , or very 
little, and encompafs the Stalk at the Foot ; which 
bear one large yellowijh flower , upon a long 
ft raked top branch , zohich being ripe , with the 
Seed fly away with the Wind. 
V III. The fifth, or Grear, or Tree Sow-Thiftle. 
Its Root is great and whitifh , accompanied with 
many great Fibres or firings , not pcrifhing in 
the Winter but encreafwg every year. It grows 
to the height of a Man , with a ftrong Stalk , 
Sovo-Tbifllc Tree, or Great. 
an Inch or more thick in its diameter, fmooth 
liraksa, and without arty prickles-, about which 
grow many Leaves, divided into four, and fome- 
times into five divifions, placed on each Cldc, one 
again/t another, and encontpajfing it about at the 
lower end where they have mttny f, nail pieces 
filching forth beyond the Stalk. The upper 
Leaves have no divifions, nor prickles on the 
Backs, but foft ones on the edges upon the 
dents, and are green on the upperfide, and gray- 
S! lea,h ' the wbo!e Vlant being full of 
Milk. The Stalk is parted at the Top into fe- 
veral Branches , bearing at their Tops many 
flowers jet together, as it were in an Umbel, 
all oj them being of an even height, which are 
Jntall 7 n comparifon of the ta/lnefs of the Plant 
,b °f e °f lbe Common Sow- 
Thiftle ftrjt defer ibed, compofed of many yellow 
Leaves, cut in at the ends , encompaffing a mid- 
dle thrum , , which is more yellow, which zohen 
they are ripe pafs into down with grayifh fnped 
heed therein, both which are carried away with 
the Wind. 
IX, The fixth, or Tree Sow-Thiftle not Branch- 
ed. It has a great hlackifh Root with fever al 
Strings adjoining to it ■, from whence rife up 
fever al ftrong, tall, round Stalks three or four 
feet high , without any Branches at all , but thick 
fet with broad Leaves from the Bottom to the 
Top on both fides, waved or cut in on the 
edges, fmaller at the bottoms , and broader to- 
wards the ends , which are pointed. From the 
Tops of the Stalks , and like wife from the joints 
zmth the Leaves , come forth fhort Footflalks, 
with 3 or 4 fmall Lettice, or Sowthiftle like 
flowers on them , which turn into down, which is 
carried away with the Wind. Gerard fays, the 
™ ot * s & reat > and hard, the Stalk of a 
” °°fy fib fiance, the Leaves not unlike Langue- 
beef but not fo rough and more deeply cut in 
about the Edges: that it has double yellow flow- 
ers, and the whole Plant being replenifhed with 
a Milky juice, fhews it to be of the kind of 
Herby Sowthiftles , otherwife that it might have 
been referred to the Hawkweeds, where unto in 
face and fhew it is very like. And Johnfon 
fays, the heads and tops of the Stalks are very 
rough and hairy. 
II. Of the Priclfy Kinds. 
X. The firft, or Greater Prickly Sow-Thiftle 
with whole Leaves. Its Root is long, yellowi/h, 
and fomewhat hard when its grown up with a 
Stalk, having a number of fmall fibres adjoin- 
ing to it. Its Leaves are fomething long and 
broad, of a whitifh green color, unevenly dented, 
but not gafht or torn on the edges , and every 
dent fet with a fharp prickle , fomewhat hard, 
and fometimes prickly alfo- along the middle rib , 
on the under fide , y eliding 'a- more 'bitter Milky 
juice in every part, when cut or broken, than 
tbofe of the fmooth kind. The Stalk is hollow, 
fomewhat tender, and as it were winged, with 
a Film running upon it, rough and fharp , fet 
with fuch like leaves, as grow below, diverfely 
branched •, zvith fmall pale flowers growing at 
their Tops, which turn into Down and are blown 
away zvith the Wind. 
XI. The fecond, or Lefier Prickly Sow-Thiftle. 
This is in all things like the former , but lef- 
fer in every part, having a round Stalk , feldom 
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