1184 
Of the Hiftorie of Plants. 
I B.2. 
which at length turne into downe; among which lies hid a fmall fhining feed like tbeotherpiants 
ofthiskind. The root is made of diners thicke fibres, which run in the ground, and here and there 
putvpnew heads. This plantvvants no fetting forth ; for Clufius gittes vs the figure and hiftorie 
1? ” ~ „„ „ n nuiifiwt t /it oYi.fi . fVif»n Vif» mime 't n/'M-K^r h „ ^ 1 . r* 
vvithaworfer 
^Iflgll 011171 2* u.l/.> ulluuV.lbl.wK — - — (_j ( - - — q - — — ....u.V Jfl- 
ded, by the name of Cirfium Anglicum . Baubini in his Pmax, deceiued by thefe feuerall expreflions, 
hath made three feuerall plants of this one; a fault frequent in many Writers of plants, clufius 
foundit growing in the mountainous medovves alongft the fideofthe Danovv in Auftria: Penny, in 
the medovves at the foot of Ingleborow hill in Yorke-fhire : Libel, in the medovves ataplacecal- 
led A£fon in Glocefter-fhire.I found this onely once, and that was in a rnedow on this fide High- 
cit-fl Vi iiilnrr wirifh t-Vtf* flnmnamV of A nothecaries. and return i no - rViar tvau 
3 : J £>~ O ' V ‘ AiV * 
thereof, firft by the name of Cirfium Pannonicum x.prittenfie thenhe giues another hiftorie thereof 
fer figure, (which he receiued of D r . Thomas Penny of London) by the name of Cirfium 
. Label alfo deferibed it, and fet it forth with a figure exprefftng the floure alreadie fa- 
o AYinlin.ryi ft. Aniline in his Pinax.de.ce. inpd hv rViF'fe fnn/^all 
f 7 Carduus mollis folijs Lapathi. 
Docke leaned Thiftle-gentle. 
vm ca^ o-lAo . 
6 Thefe alfo Clufius (whom I herein fol- 
low) addeth to the kindes of Thirties. This 
ragged leafed one, which he callcth Car dims 
mo lli or primus, hath many leaues at the root 
both fpred vpon the ground, and alfo flan- 
ging vpright; and they are couered with a 
white and loft dovvninefTc,yetgreene on the 
vpper fide : they are alfo much diuided or 
cut in euen to the middle rib, like to the fof- 
teror tenderer leaues of the StarreThiftle : 
they haue no prickles at all vpon them : out 
of the middeft of thefe leaues grow vp one or 
two ftalkes, round, crefted, purplifh, hoarie, 
and fbme cubit or better high. The leaues 
that grow vpon the lower parr of the ftalke 
are diuided, thofe aboue not fo ; the tops of 
the ftalkes fometimes, yet very feldome, are 
parted intobranches, which cary fcaly heads 
containing elegant floures made of many 
purple firings. The floure decaying, there 
fucceeds a cornered feed : the root fomtimes 
equalls the thickenefte of ones finger, brow- 
nish long, and fomewhat fibrous, "it floures 
in May, and growes vpon the hilly places of 
Hungarie. 
7 The ftalke of this is fome foot or bet- 
ter high, thicke, crefted, and fomwhathairy : 
the leaues about the root are fomvvhat lar° e, 
and in fliape like thofe of Bonus Henricns, (a- 
bufiuely called in Englifh, Mercurie) fome- 
what finuated about the edges, and fet with 
harmelefle prickles, greene aboue, and verie 
hoarie vnderneath, like the leaues of the 
n,, 1(T , c u r u r vv k‘ te Poplar : thofe that grow vpon the 
ftalke are lefTer and narrower: out of whofe bofomes towards the tops of the ftalke grow out 
little branches which carry three, foure, or more little fcaly heads like thofe of the Blew-Bottle or 
Knapweed, whereout grow threddy blewifh purple floures : the feed is wrapped in downe and not 
vnhke thatofBlew-Bottle: the root is blacke, hard, and liuing, fending forth fhoots on the fides 
It growes vpon the higheft Auftrian Alpes, and floures in Iuly. Clufius calls this Car duns mellilr 
Lapathi folio. 
qj The Temperature and Vertues. 
Thefe plants Teemeby their tafte to be ofa moderately heating and drying facultie but none 
of them are vied in medicine, nor haue their vertues fet downe by any Author. $ 
Chap. 
