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$ 9 This other Tree Sovv-thiftle growes to a mans height or more, hauing a firm- crc dc-i 
ftalke, fmooth, without any prickles, and iec with many leaues incompaffino- the fLUke^at ri -it 
f««ing on, and afterwards c ut ia with foure, or fometimes with two gaihes only die vp-ier ’ea'ies 
are not dimded atall : the colour of thefe leaues is green on the vpper fide, and grayifh vnderneath: 
the top of the ftalke is hairy, and diuided into many branches, which beare the*' floures in ane i dl" 
height.as it were in an vmoell . the floures are not great, coniidering the largenelfe of the nhnr 
but vfually as big as thofe of the common Sow-th tide, and yellow, hailing a hairy head or can ■ 
the feed is crefted, longifh, ana afh-coloured, and flies away with the downe : the root is thicke ' 
whitiih, hauing many fibres, putting out new {boots, and fpreading euery yeare. Ba»bin> mi’ 
keth this all one with the other, according to Ctifius his defcription : but in my opinion there 'is 
fome difference betweene them, which chiefcly confifts, in that the former hath larger and fewer 
floures j the plant alfonot growing to fo great a height. £ 
* i° This plant (whole figure our Author formerly gaue,p ? . 148. vnder the title o fEnfi- 
mum plueftre) hath long knotty creeping roots, from whence arifet'h a round llender ftalke fome 
tvvo foot high, fet at firft with little leaues, which grow bigger and bigger as they come neerer the 
middle of the ftalke, being pretty broad at their fetting on, then fomewhat narrower and fo broa- 
der againe, and fharpe pomted,being of the colour ofthe Wall (or Iuy-leaued) Sovv-Thiftle The 
top is druided into many fmall branches, which end in fmall fcaly heads like thofe of the wilde 
ibettuce, containing floures confiding of foure blewilb purple leaues, turned backe and fnippedat 
fhe.r ends ; there are alfo fome threds in the midle of the floure, which turning into Downe carry 
away with them the feed, which is fmall, and of an Afh-colour. B antin' makes a bigger and' a le£ 
let of thefe, diftmgunbmg betweene that otclufius (whofe figure I here giue you) and that of Co 
lumna ^ytetFabius columna himfelfe could finde no difference, but that cluftus his plant had fine 
leaues in the floure, and his but foure : which indeed Cluftu, in his defcription affirmes . yet his fi 
gure (as you may ftc) ixprefTes but foure .-adding, That the root is not well exprelTed . which not- 
witnitanding Clujtus delcnbcs according to Columndstv. preffion. $ 
The Place. 
potdun bc?/ 01 ''' Sr<>W WlldC H1 paftureS ’ mcd ovvc S 3 VV0 ° d ftjd. n d marifhes neerc the fea, and among 
The fi fth graves vponwa' Is, an! in wnoddy mouptainous places. 
7 he Tree Sow-thift'e growes amongft come in waterie places. 
The fixth,feuenth and tenth are ftrangers in England. 
_ «T The Time. 
1 hey floure in iune,Iuly, Auguft,and fometimes later. 
c ... . . IT TheNames. ‘ » \ 
ow-thift e is called in Greeh-e,j<>*, : in Latine, Sonchus : of diners, Cieerbita, tittucclla and la. 
S eworr CT 31 ^ “ Hares-rhiftle.-of fome, PrafecaUpoZ^L 
„ The Englilh names are fufficiently touched in their feuerall titles - In Dutch it is 
called i^afen ?LatOUS»e : the French, Pal ay delieure. I£ 15 
... t Names in particular. 
nV of Dejin J s mi * S ^ °^ Cerdus : S mch,u tenerior aCukis a fi erior of LM • Sonchus 3 . 4 J}e- 
2 This is Sonchus afar, of -Mantiolus^Vuchfius, and others. 
tJia. ThlS ’ M<uth,olus ’ Dodon£, ‘ti L°bd, and others call Sonchus tiuis : Tragus calls if Intybus erratic a 
f This Tabernamontanm, onely glues, vnder the title as you haue it here. 
chlsh L l Tir calls k Ua,tCA mum ■■ and Tabern.Son. 
] r / f quart us : L 0 M, Sonchus alter folio fmuato hedcracco 
fchampmsf S> S ° nChu$ UuU mtth ‘° li ; k is rmacrepulus of Cafalpinus , and Crepes of Dale - 
8 otu, Cam , em f' U l - gke VS th ‘ S vndet the tit!e of Sonchus caeruleus. 
the Hieraciajca.[' i^t^leracti^^tire^tnspdMre^ ° Ut S* ucs Soutine puts it amongft 
longs to the kfttienfited,^ th^m ld h Re h fL ' aCle yS ^ ^ his be- 
ueth it vnder the name of Sonchus ^l^tUahipmus'. C ° wklck oplnion ^ cannoc confent. CluJiusQ- - 
Lib mat Vt-/ IS '"f 5 vnd er the name of Sonchus tiuior Pdnnonicus i.florepurp. Tabern calls it 
SS^SSUr “ “ M L*t ». 
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