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Tribe 5. 
vveedes; the roote tlirufteth downe deepe into the ground, like as chat Thiffle doth, with many fmainibres 
hanging thereat. 
J, lacea flore alio capite tangle acnleU Jpiiwfo. The white thorny headed Knapweed, 
This prickly Knapweede fendeth forth a rough hoary (hike, about two foote high, w hole firft leaves at the 
bottome are fet with thicke white foft haires, but the reft thac follow are lomewhat long, and two inches broad! 
thicke, rough, and deepely dented about the edges, and long alfo,cut into many peeces with white vcines 
i. JacealutcacapttulUfpwofit. 
Yellow Knapweede vyhIi prickly beads. 
t: ring through them, at the toppesofthe branches ftand the 
g heads, made of many fcales, fharpe up to the topper like 
n, unto a Pineapple, the ends of whofe fcales are long, 
u ftraight, fharpe yellowifh thorne$ T and tie edges of them, 
:i fet with white haires like briftles; from the middle of the 
head ftarteth up many long whitifh leaves, divided or 
cut in at the ends: the feede is like to that of the Spanifh 
Saffron, but greater then the ordinary: the roote is white 
and brittle, eafie to be broken, made of many firings or 
thicke fibres, foulding one within another, yet covered 
(I with a brownifh skinne or barke. 
6, lacea /acini at a Sonchi folio. 
Thorny Knapweede with SouthifUe leaves. 
The leaves that firft fhoote forth of this Knapweede, 
E are very variable, forfomeof them are round, Handing 
a upon long footcftalkes, others afterwards are more and 
^ more gafhed on the edges, and thofe efpecially upon 
3 the branches, much more divided, and are fo hard and ri- 
j gid, that if they be a little bowed or foulded together, 
i they willbreake withanoyfeor crackc, the Halke for the 
moft part is round, and Handeth in part upright, but be¬ 
ing Ioaden with heads, bendeth downe to the ground, 
divided into fundry branches, and fet with fcaly heads, 
whofe points being grecne at the firfi, are purplifh after- 
wards, and on every of them feaven fmall thornes, fet 
together on the one fide, fomewhat like an halfe ftarre, 
the middle one being the largefi and the longefi;the flower 
after a long time fheweth it felfe, to confift of many long 
and hollow threds, of an excellent purple colour, whofe 
toppes are broad and parted into fome dents, the bottome 
being very fmall, narrow and whitifh, the broad cut open 
endsof the flowers are of the deepeft purple or red colour, 
the feed is fmall gray and long, like untothofeof the Cya~ 
km, or the blew Bottle; the roote is long and threddy,co- 
vered with a brownifh skinne or barke, and very brittle 
withall, this doth fomewhat refemble the lacea marina 
Hatica following. 
7, lacea wont ana incana Laciniata capitnlis bifpi^is. 
Hoary mountaine Knapweede. 
This fmall Knapweede hath a round hoary ftalke, halfe a foote high, 
with many hoary, rough, or prickly narrow and long leaves,fomewhat 
torntonthe edges at the foote or bottome thereof, but thofe that rife 
lip with the ftalke, are deeper cur in, and the ends fharpe and prickly, at 
the toppe whereof, which isfometime divided, ftandeth a fmall head, 
compofed of prickly fcales, whofe ends are crooked threds; the flower 
is purple like the common fort, but much leffer, the roote reddifh and 
threddy. 
2. lacea tomentofocapitulo Jpinofo, 
The woolly white Knapweede. 
This woolly Knapweede, hath a white woolly ftalke, fcarfe a foote 
high, but divided into branches from the very bottome, having fhort and 
nan ow leaves thereon, cut or divided into three, or five or feaven parts, 
or peeces, lomewhat round pointed, fo white and woolly, that it fee- 
methasif it were all ftrowed over vvithmeale, the fmall heades at the 
toppes of the branches are compofed of many fcales, ending in fharpe 
reddifh thornes; what flower it bore was not obferved. 
p. lacea marine Batica. The Spanifh Sea Knapweede. 
This Spanifh Knapweede hath many long narrow leaves, unevenly dented or waved on the edges, thicke 
flefhy and brittle, with a little hairineffe, and of an overwornc darke greene colour, among which rife low 
weake ftalkes with fuch like leaves as grow below but fmaller, bearing at the toppe but very few flowers, of 
a bright reddifh purple colour, like in forme unto the Come flowers, but much larger, with many threds or 
thrummes in the middle, of the fame colour, Handing up higher then any of the former, which rifeth out of a 
icaly great head, fet all over with fmall fharpe fbut harmeleffe) white prickes many growing together; the 
feedes are blackifh like the Knapweedes but larger: the roote is great and thicke growing downe deepe, flefhy 
and fail of a Qimy juice cafie to be broken, blackifh without, whitifh within and enduring long. 
S f 3 1 o a lace a 
9 lace* marina BaticacapituLm. 
■ The head of ihe Spanilh Sea Knapweede. 
