804 Chap.^S. 
Tbeatrum Botanicam. 
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3. Soncbtis afier laciniatm. Common prickly Sow-thifile. ’ 
This common Sow-thi[lle hath the leaves very much cut or torne on the edges into three or foure * 
leparate alunder one from another, and (mailer peeces of leaves fet betweene them of a whitifh ' ^ arts lnnc h [ 
like the foriner.and having prickles on the dented edges likewife: the (lalke groweth very high lomef^ CO * our 
and prickly, with (itch leaves thereon as are below, branched at the toppe, where crow (nrh 
low flowers turning into downe : the roote is like the other. pafeyel- i 
4. Smchus afper Uciniatut Crcticus . Prickly Sow-tbifllc of Candy, 
This Candy Sow-thiftle hath the firft leaves little or nothing divided on the edges of an handbread h 1 
more, but thofe that rife up with the flalke are very much torne on the edges into great and deenc 1 !? ant * 
with fome prickes likewife; the flalke is rough, [baked and hollow, halfe a yard high, branched fr ^' s ’ .j C 
die upwards, with fuch like leaves but fmaller fet at the j'oynts, at the toppes whereof’[land lame °7l the n mid ' 
ers in rough greenchuskes upon long footeftalkes which turne into downe as the other. " 0 r CIl0w ™Wi 
5. Sonchui after fubrotundo folio major. 
7. SORchus fruticojiis petraus ^fricanus fpi m r us 
1 horn y ftrub Sow-thiiUeof ^jrua. * 
The greater round leafed prickly Sow-thiftle* 
The greater of thefe two round leafed prickly Sow- 
thiftles rifeth up with a round hollow ftalke not a 
footehigh, let with many fhort prickles at thebot- 
tome, whereabout grow a few leaves that are fome- 
what round and an inch and a halfe long, fome where- 
of are waved about the edges, and all of them a little 
prickly as well on the edges as on the backes, the 
ftalke is branched at the toppe into two or three parts, 
every one with a fmall pale yellow flower like unto an 
Hawkeweede, .which afterwards is turned into 
do wn e and into the windc: the roote is fmall and long 
with fibres fet thereat. 
6 . Sonchui afterfubrotundo folio minor. 
The Iefl'er round leafed prickly Sow-thiftle: 
This is a fmaller fort by many degrees having fmall 
threadlike rootes and two fmall ftalkes about foure or 
fix inches long, bearing onely one fmall yellow flower 
at the toppe, the leaves that lie on the ground being fix 
orfeven in number are fmall and round pointed, and 
dented about the edges. 
7. Sonchuifruticofui petrous Africanw ftinofus. 
Thorny fhrub Sow-thiftle of Africa. 
ThiskindeofSow-thiftle groweth fomewhat high, 
with wooddy ftalkes and branches much fpreadat the 
toppejand every twigge ending in very fharpe prickes 
or thornes, the lower leaves are much /agged and 
pnckly, the upper fmaller and little or nothing jag¬ 
ged, the flowers are lmall, Angle, and pale yellow, 
ivhofe feede fucceeding is with the downe as the reft 
carried away with the winde. 
The Place, 
Thefe Sow-thiftles grow in unmanured as well as 
m manured foyles fomemOrchards and Gardens wherethe leaves arenr.,.,11 in- , , , 
rough and unmanured grounds: the [aft as the title declarech amonvrke 1 e ^ Cr lefr<;rc,ivic!cti then in the 
and Sappbi, found by Bod mi brought to us. g " ro “ es and fton y grounds about Tuni, 
They doe all flower and fhed their feede from Midfommeror rhereahnnr all ,h„ c . 
UntilM*e«y? be paft,but the lad hardly esdureth a Winter with us “ h Sommer long, and fometime 
r • ,.) • Names. 
It IS called in oreeke '^ovy$(d. r no Ta aiduv .quod(alubrem r.tre. L T • 
kind is called After, afperior‘ 0 rfjlveftrif to put a difference betweene ,T a * n H 5 atlnes alfo call it Sonchm,and this 
firfl is called byTrngtu Intuhm fylveftrufeu erraticut acutd folus an d hv Cord le . n ^ x l w f llc * 1 ls or Uvior .The 
LobeLSonchus tenerior ncttleisafieriorauthorridiufetila bv Dodonaiu a if m fiona Sonchw afper major, by 
Sonchui alter in ruderibm , and by Baubimu Sonchui after non laciniatm mh “".‘"ft f’” c ^ ! “fierier, by Cefalpi. 
rm,Sonchui after minor: the third is the Sonchui offer of MattbioL v m hr he / C ^ ond ls cailed ty Cordm in hifto. 
due Ctcerhhaafperior, by Anfuilara Sonchui ftinofus and bv LuoZLJs,^’ d''T ^ 0tlberS ' b Y Cor- 
onelymentioneth by the name of Sonchui after lacinZscfee^ZX "Ttcl the , f ? Urth 
" lie fo cadeth, Sonchus afferfubrotundofolio major & minor ■ thelaflhirh IT ‘'le. the fift and the fixt heelike- 
^ re venues A mme ln hlS t«ie »s it is fitted for it. 
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