Lib. 2. 
like thofe of the Afphodil-the leaues are not fo deeply cut in as thofe of the common Dandelion 
but larger, and fomewhat more hairy: the floures are alfo larger, and of a paler yelIow,which Hie. 
away in fitch’ downe as the ordinary, $ 
qj The Place. 
They arc found often in medovves neerevnto water ditches, as alfo in gardens and highwaies 
much rroden. The Time. 
They floure raoft times in the yeere,efpecially if the winter be not extreame cold. 
«[ The Names. 
Thefe plants belong to the Succorywhich Theophrafins,&c Pliny call Aphaca, or Aphace Leonardo: 
Tttchfms thinketh that Dandelion is Hcdypnois Phnij, of which he writeth in his 2 o.bookeand 
eighth chapter, affirming it to be a vvilde kin.de of broad leafed Succorie, and that Dandelion is 
Tar ax aeon : but 74r<nviW7, as Anicen teacheth in his 69 2 .chapter, is garden Endiue, as Serapte men- 
rioneth in his 143 .chapter ; \vho citing Panins for a vvitneffe concerning the faeulties,fetteth down 
thefe words which Panins writeth of Endiue and Succorie. Diners of the later Phyfitions do alfo 
call it Dens Leonispt Dandeliomit is called in high Dutch, feolfetauttin loiv-Diirch, 1 BapenCtUtt; 
in French, Pijpnlit on conronnc dt prefire, or Dent de lyon : in Englifh, Dandelion : and of diners* 
Pifl'eabtd. The firft is alfo called of fome,and in fhops Tar ax aeon. Caput monachi ,Rofirnmporci;inm] 
and Vnnaria. The other is Dens Lconis Monfpeltenfium of Lohell, and Cichoreum Confianttnopolitamm 
of Matthiolns. qy The Temperature and Venues. 
Dandelion is like in temperature to Succorie, that is tofav,towilde Endiue. Itis cold, but it 
drieth more, and doth withall clenfe, and open by reafon of the bitternefle which it hath ioyned ' 
with it : and therefore it is good for thofe things for which Succory is. t Boiled,it ftrengthens 
the weake (torn acke, and eaten raw it flops the bellie, and helpes the Dyientery, especially being 
boyled with Lentiles ; The juice drunke is good againft the vnuoluntary effufion of feed ; boyled 
in vineger,it is good againft the paine that troubles feme in making of water; A dccoition made 
of the whole plant helpes the yellow jaundice, t 
t Thc fi 2 urC wIlich WJS in,hc » P la cc was of the Q\cb. Luteum, where you may find it, but to what plant the defcription may be referred,! cannot yet determine 
Chjip. zo. Of Sow-thiflle. 
1 1 Sonchns offer. Prickly Sow-thiftle. f 2 Sonchus afterior. The more prickly Sow-thiftle' 
erttr-i , ry . 1 ’ 
