Of the Hiftory of Plants; 
Lib. 2, 
n 66 
Chap. 486. OfStar-Tbiflle. 
The Defcripion. 
i rt’-'He S tar-Th iftle, called Carduus fteUatus , hathraany fbft frizled lfiaues, deepely cut or 
I cradit, altogether without prickles : among which rifethvpa ftalke,diuidingit felfe in- 
t 0 many other branches, growing two foot high ; on the tops whereof are fmall knops 
or heads like the other Thirties,- armed round about with many Tharpe prickles, fafhioned like a 
blafino' ftar which at the beginning are of a purple colour, but afterwards ofa pale bleak or whitifh 
colon?: the feed is fmall, flat, and roundjtheroot is long, and browne without. 
I Cardans ft e Hat us. 
r a TheS 
Lctu a urueL- 
•j- 2 ftarduus Solsiit tails. 
n Saint Barnabks Thiftle. 
C. ena AT.. ^ 0 H. i l t/7 L-t-ci' • 
2 Saint Barnabies Thiftle is another kinde of Star-Thiftle ; notwithftanding it hath prickles no 
where fitue in the head onely, and the prickles of it ftand forth in manner ofa ftar: the ftalks are 
twocubits high, parted into diners branches fofter than are thofe of ftar-Thiftle, which ftalks haue 
velmes or thin skins cleauingvntothem all in length, by which they feeme to be foure-fquare: the 
leaues are fomewha t Iong,fet w ith deep galhes on the edges : the floures are yellow, and conlift of 
threds : the feed is little-the root long and (lender. 
The Place. 
The two firft do grow vpon barren places neere vnto cities and townes, almoft euery where. 
The Time. 
They floure and flouriftr efpecially in Iuly and Auguft. 
«T The Names. 
The firft is called in Latine,5te//aW<t; as al fo Car dims Stel/atns , and likewife Cardans CalcitrapA i 
but they are decciued, who take it to be or Sea-Hollv, or any kinde thereof. Matthtolus 
faith. that it is called in Italian Calc ntnppa ■■ in high Dutch,l©aUftJDtftCl t in low Dutch, §>tCW 
Stikll : ill Trench .Chaujp- trappe ■. in En£li(h,Star-Thiftle. 
S.Barnabies Thiftle is called in Latine Solftitialis y/iw,becaufe it flotireth in the Sommer Sol- 
ftice 
