zpo Of the Hiftory of Plants. Lib. 2. 
The feedes of Zatyitha bea'te to powder, and giuen in the decrealing of the Moone to the quan-' 
ritie of a fpoonefull, taketh away warts, and luch like excrefcenceun what part ot the body foeuer 
they be i the which medicine a certaine Cllimrgionof Padua did much vfe, whereby he gained 
great films of mony, as fepOrteth that ancient Phyfition Ioachimas Camerarttu of Noremberg a 
famous citie in Germanic. And M.xtthiolu t affitnies that he hath knovvne fome helped ofvvarts, by 
once eating the leaues hereof in a Sallade. 
t The figure of the third was of the fame plant as the f.ift, and ms ChondnHa alba of Taber. The fourth was of Hicracium montirum mains Latifolutm ofT ibttfr 
which you (lull findcin the tenth piace in the (ourc and thirtieth Chapter. 
Chap: 32: Of Dandelion. 
«J 7 he Defcription. 
i r Y~' He herbe which is commonly called Dandelion doth fend forth from the root long 
■ Jeaues deepely cut and gafhed in theedges like thole of wilde Succorie, but fmoo- 
ther ; vpon euery ftalke ftandeth a floure greater than that of Succorie, but double, 
and thicke fet together, of colour yellow, and fweet in fmell, which is turned into a round dovv- 
nie blowball, that is carried away with the vvinde.The root is long,flender, and full of milkie juice 
when any part of it is broken, as is the Endiue or Succorie, but bitterer in tafte than Succorie. 
$ There are diners varieties of this plant, confifting in the largenelfe, fmallne(Te,deepeneile,or 
fhallownelTeof thediuifions of the leafe,as alfo in the fmoothnelfe and roughnelfe thereof. 4: 
I pens Leonti-, 
Dandelion. 
$ 3 Dens Leonis hdloftu. 
Knottie rooted Dandelion. 
2 There is alfo another kinde of Succorie which maybe referred heereunto,whofe leaues are 
long, cut like thofe of broad leafed Succorie : the ftalkes are not vnlike, being diuided into bran- 
ches as thofe of Dandelion, but lelfer,whichalfo vanifheth into dovvne when the feed is ripe, ha- 
wing along and white root. 
$ 3 There is another or Dandelion, which hath many knotty, and tuberous roots 
like 
