Lib. Z. 
Of he Hiftory of Plants. 
501 
Therefore as Diofcortdes writeth,it is good for an hot ftomacke, and for /inflammations if it be C 
laid vpon them. 
The herbe and root being ftamped and applied, is a remedie for thofe that be ftung of the fcor- £} 
pion ; whichefJe<ft not onely the greater Havvkeweeds, but the lefferones alfo doeperforme. 
Chap. 35. Of Qujiw Hawkgvpeed. 
<([ ThcKindes, 
'T* Here be likevvife other forts of Hawke weeds, which Carolus Cluftus hathfet forth in his Pan; 
nonicke obferuations,the which likewife require a particular chapter, for that they do differ 
in forme very notably. 
1 flkracium frimum latifolium Clttft ]• 
The firft Havvkeiveed of Cluftus, 
2 Hicracium 5. Clufij, 
Cluftus his 5 . kinde of Hawke weed. 
% The Description* 
1 Hp He firft of Cluftus his Havvkeweeds haue great broad leaues fpred vpon the ground, 
.1 fomewhathairieabouttheedges,oftentimesalittle iagged, alfo (oft as is theleafe 
ofMullen,orHigtaper,andfometimesdafhthereandtheVewithfome blacke fpots, 
in fhape like the garden Endiue, full of amilkie juice : among which rifeth vp a thicke hollow 
ftalkeofa cubit high, diuiding it felfeat the top into two or three branches, whereupon do grow 
fiveete fuelling floures not vnliketo thofeof yellow Succorie, fet or placed in a blacke hoarie 
andWoo!liecuporHuske,ofa palebleake yellow colour, which turneth into a dovvnie blowball 
that is caried away with the winde : the root entercth deepely into the ground, of the bigneffe of a 
finger, full of milke,and couered with a thicke blacke barke. 
, * The fecond fort of great Hawkeweed according to my computation, and the 5. of (fl ufius, 
hath leaues like the formerjthatistofayfoftjandhoar^andasitwerecoueredwithakindeof 
white 1 
