laiha long haftf Wooll or Cottony Down-, anlrtot 
much moro White or Hoary underneath , Jet with 
moft Jharp and cruel Trickles ; from the middle of 
■whofc Heads oj Homers , come forth many Turplijh 
Cnmfon Threads, (which are fometimes White 
tho’ very feldom.) The Seed which follows , lies in 
a great deal of fine white Down, being Something 
large, long and round, reSembhng the Seed of Sili- 
huni, or Ladies-Thiftie, but fomething paler. 
IV. The lecond, or our Englifh Cotron, or 
Woolly ThiiHe. Its Root is great andtbick, brown- 
ijl) on the outfiic, and white within, and not unplea- 
jant to the Tafie. It has divers large land long 
Leaves, covered all over with a Cotton, Down, or 
jeft Wooll, cut very deeply in on the edges, ascer- 
tain difiances, into fever al parts or Leaves , even 
almofi to the middle Rib, making each Leaf feem 
Winged, with /mail and long Leaves on each fide 
and Jet in divers places with long and Jharp 
Trickles. The Woolly Stalk rifes up to the height 
of three, four, or five Feet, with jew Leaves fet 
thereon, and with but few branches, bearing at their 
tops, a large round hoary Head fomething fiat co- 
vered over as it W0e with pneWboUy Threads like 
white Threads, which have a fmdl fweet Smell 
f ' Seed following, being envolvei in Down , 
long, and Crefled or Cornered. ’ 
VII. Gerard thus deferibes this laft. It rifes ut> 
with thick and long Stalks , the Leaves thereof are 
jagged, fet with Trickles, and white on the under 
Jide. The Heads are round, and many in Number 
ewered with a Jbft Down and Jharp Trickle s 
fianding out round about them. The Flowers come 
foi thoj their middle being a buJhofTurple Threads 
Mer Tmie7 Uke lh * rfjfmc 
VIII The T laces. The firil Grows on Ditch and 
Bankfides, and in Corn-Fields and High-ways 
almoft every where throughout out Land, and is alfo 
Chap. 68-9. Englijh Herbs. 
diffus, Cardans Spbsrocepbalus Spinofijfmus Ban- 
hint, rigidis acuheis armalus ; Carduus F.rioccpba. 
hts five Tomentofus Gerardi , Our Cotton, Down 
or IVoolIy Headed Thiftle. 
The Defcriptions. 
III. The fitft, or our Common Cotton , or 
Woolly Thiftle. Its Root is great and thick, fpread- 
ing much , but ujually dying after Seed time. It 
bus many large Leaves lying upon the Ground, fome- 
wbat cut in, and as it were crumpled on the edges, 
of a green Color on the upperfde , covered over 
Thiftle Cotton or Woolly , Common. 
unto a Net, not very T richly, with many Turplijh 
Threads in the middle, like unto thofe of the Arti- 
choke ; after which, come Thiftle like Seeds, great n 
and rounder than thofe of the former. 
Tu V „,' Th V h / lrd ’ or Leffet Cotcon > Woolly 
ihiltle. It hut many white Woolly, or hoary Iona 
Leaves, much cut in on the edges into many parts 
and each part alfo divided and fet with J. mail 
trickles. The Stalk is not very great, not much 
above two Feet high, but branched out towards the 
top, being white and Woolly alfo, bearing on them 
fmall round, fb Inckly Heads , having many Turple 
I breads rifing out of their middles, andfmallThiftle- 
hkc Seed after them. 
1 ? e fourtJl ’ or °or Cotton, Down or 
Woolly Headed Thiftle. It hat a Stalk branched 
forth, on winch grow Winged Trickly Leaves, which 
are large, long, andfomewhat broad, thick fet with 
Jharp Trickles , but fpdringly placed on the Stalks- 
at the tops of which, grow Spherical or round 
Heads, thick fet, and Jlrongly armed with long 
Trickles : out oj the middle whereof, come forth 
Thiftle Cotton , or Woolly Headed. 
it 
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