L i b. j. Of the Hiftory of Plants . 1 j 1 75 
7 Acnrnn Theophrafti. 8 Ac urn a Vdtrurtdi Don.rtl^ 
Thtophrajltts his fifh Thiftlfc Vcnrc^hh fifh Thiftle. 
f j) Picnems. 
The thicke or bulh headed Thiftle.' 
$ 9 This Thiftle in the opinion of S4«- 
Xiinc, whereto I much incline, is the fame with 
the former. Therootisfmall, thcleaues long, 
welting the ftalks at their fetting on, and armed 
on the edges with fharpe prickles : the ftalkes 
lie trailing on the ground like thole of the ftar- 
Thiftle, fofet with prickles, that one knoweth 
notwhere to take hold thereof: it hath many 
clofely compadt vmbels, conli ft ing of pale yel- 
lowifh little floures like thofe of Groundlwell : 
the feed is like that of Carthamus,Cma.l and chaf- 
fie. Penn and Lobelc all this Picmmos Cretn S.iU- 
nenjts, of a place in Protiince where they firll 
found it, called the Crau. being notfarre from 
the City Salon. T nbernnmontnnM fet it forth for 
Chnmnleonniger, and our Author formerly gaue 
the figure hereof by the fartle title, though his 
hiftorie belonged to another, as I haue former- 
ly noted, if 
% The Time, 
Thetwofirft grow on diners banks not farre 
from mount Apennine,and fometimes in Italy, 
but yet feldome. 
The way Thiftles grow euery whereby high- 
ways fides and common paths in great plenty. 
The places of the reft haue becne fufficiently 
fpoken ofin their deferiptlous. 
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