Lib. 2. 
Of the Hiftory of Plants. 
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which later words Diofcoridcs likevvife hath concerning his Scolyntus ; out of whom Pliny is 
thought to haue borrowed thefe things. 
•f The plant our Author here deferibesin the (econd place, is that which I deferibed and figured formerly, [«£• 401. by the name oPPdp.tittr (finoQm- I mu ft 
ConfclTe, I there fhould haue omitted it.becaufeic is here let forth fufficiently bv our Author, whereof indeed. I had aftrlcirerocmbrqricc, and therefore at that 
time fought hi» Index by all the names I could remember, but nor making it a (fardttM, I at that time milled thereof j bur here finding it, I haue let the hiftory 
ftandasit was 4 andonc1y omitted the figure which you may findc before, and fometbingalfo in the hiftory not here deliucred. 
Chap. 481. Of white Carline Thijlle o/Diofcorides. 
The Defcriptiort. 
i He leaues of Carline are very full of prickles, cut on both edges with a multitude Of 
A deepe ga(hes,and letalong the corners with ftiffeand very fharpe prickles ; che middle 
ribs whereof are fometimes red: tile ftalke isafpan high or higher, bringing forth for the molt 
part onely one head or knap being full of prickles, on the outward circumference or compafle 1 ike 
the Vrchin huskeofachefnut rand when this openeth at the top, there groweth forthabroad 
floure, made vp in the middle like a flat ball, ofa great number of threds, which is compafled a- 
boiit with little long leaues, oftentimes fomewhat white, very feldome red : the feed vnderneath 
is flender and narrow, the root is long} a finger thicke,fpmethingblacke, fo chinked as though it 
were fplit in funder, fwcete of fmell, and in tafte fomewhat bitter. 
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2 Carling feu. Chameleon alb us Diofcoridis. 
The white Carline Thiftle of Biofcortdes 
with the red floure. 
t 1 Carlinacaulefcensmagno Jlorc, 
Tall Carline Thiftle. 
: 2 There is alfo another hereof without a ftalke, with leaues alfo very full of prickles, likeal- 
moft to thofeofthe other, lying flat on the ground on euery fide : among which there groweth 
forth in the middle a round head or knap, let with prickles without after the fame maner,but grea- 
ter:the floure whereof in the middle is of firings, and paled round about with red leaues, and feme- 
times with white, in faire and calme weather the floures both of this and alfo of the other laie 
Eeeee themfelues 
