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Of the Hiftory of Plants, 
1 B. 2 
like Hedge- hogs; out of which Ipring gallant purple floures, that at Jer'gih are tun ed irtodowne,] 
leaning leedes behinde them like thole of theother Thifties : the root cor.fiftetbof many fn, ail 
firings. 
4 ’ The fourth rifethvpvvith an higher ftalke,now and then a yard long, round. and rot fo full of 
branches nor leaues, which are fharpeand full of prickles, but lefler and narrower -.the heads be al- 
to leffer,Ionger, and not fo full of ftitfe prickles : the floures areofa white colour, and vanifh into 
doivne : the root is blacke,and of a foot long. 
5 This vvilde Thiftle which grovveth in the ficldsabout Cambridge, hath an upright ft.illiej 
whereon do grow broad prickley leaues : the floures grow on the tops of the blanches, con filling t-f 
a flockiedowne, of a white colour tending to purple, ofamoft pleafant fiveer line! l,ftriiimg with 
the fauour of nntske: the root is fmall,and perifheth at theapprochof Winter, t I had no figm c 
directly fitting this ; wherefore I put that of Dodonmi his Onojordony rhich may well ferue lor it,! f 
Mtprp nflrrnwpr. anii mnrp r] in + 
6 The Spearc Thiftle hath an vpright ftalkc, gan Tiflaec! with a skinnie membrane, full of mod 
fharpe prickles: whereon do grow very long leaues, di'nided into diners parts with fharp prickles, 
the point of the leaues areas the point of a fpeare,whe. v cofit tooke his nameahe floures growon 
the tops of the branches, fet in a fcaly prickly head,like vntO the heads of Knapweed in forme, con- 
fining of many thredsof a purple colour : the rootconfifteth of many tough firings. 
7 Theophraflm his fifhThiftle called <^yicarna, which was brought from Illyria to Venice, by 
the learned VaUrandm Domex, , deferibed by 7 heofhrafim, hath horrible fharpe yellow prickles, fee 
vponhis greene indented leaues, which are couered on the backe fide with an hoariedowne fas all 
the refi of the plant)hauing a ftalke of a cubit and a halfe high, and at the top certaine fcaly knops 
containing yellow thrummie floures, armed or fenced with horrible fharp p. r ickles:the root is long 
and rhreddie. 
R Theother kinde offifh Thiftle, being alfo another of Valerandtu defeription, hath 
Jong and large leaues, fet ful offharpe prickles, as though it were fet full of pinsrall the whole plant 
is couered w ith a certaine hoarinefie,!ike the former : there arifeth vp a ftalke nine inches long,y"ea 
in fome fertile grounds acubite high, bearing the floure of Car daui bmdifiusft anding thicke toge- 
ther, but lefTcr. 
-r j Carduut CMufcatut. 
C Cardutts Lmuatnr , 
The Snearc Thiftlr. 
The musked Thiftle. 
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