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T R IB E 6 . 
The Theater of Tlants „ 
Chap. 39. 805 
Chap.’ XXXIX. 
Sonchi Uves. Smooth Sow-thiftles. 
OrAoftcundm vfilgarit. The fecond ranke.' 
i. SonchusUvH. Common Sow-thiftle. 
H is common Sow-thiftle is Well knowne to rife up with a round hollow flalke three or foure foots 
m high or more fometimes, if it grow in good grounds and in gardens as ufually it doth, fet with ma- 
£ ny long and much tome leaves of a whitifh greene colour, not having that roughneffe or thofe 
vif (harpe prickles on them as are in the former kind, branching forth towards the toppe into divers 
branches bearing pale yellow flowers which paffe away into downe & with the feed into the wind 
a the roote groweth downe right, and hath many fibres thereat perilhing likewife every yeare, and railing it felfe 
ft of'itsowne flowing, and is as plentifull in giving milke as the former, which is fomewhat plcafanter and 
.'< not fo bitter, 
I. Sonchw Uvis alter parvis floribw. The leffer fmooth Sow-thiftle. 
‘ This leffer Sow-thiftle groweth not fo high nor hath fo many leaves fet on the ftalke, but are long and more 
1 tome on the edges.elfe not unlike to the former, the many branches of the ftalke have fewer and fmaller leaves 
1 on them, and the flowers are much fmaller, yet of the fame pale yellow colour in moft, which paffe away into 
< downe as the rcft,&c. ' 
3: SombiH UvU latifoliw flore Mo. Bread leafed Sow-thiftle with white flowers. 
The leaves of this are like the laft but fomewhat larger and broader and with fewer divifions on theedacs- 
3 the flowers hereof are white, which with the forme of the leaves make the difference. ’ 5 
4. Smcbu Uvit tnguftifolim. Narrow leafed Sow- thiftle. 
This Sow-thiftle hath but few and thofe very long and narrow leaves whofe lower parts are narrowed and 
) have no incifure at all,but from the middle almoft forwards they are broader and have divers gaffes on both fides 
: fome greater and deeper and others fmaller efpecially towards the ends where they are broadeft : the ftalke3 
-I grow fomewhat low and divided but into one or two branches, fet fparingly with leaves, the uppermoft where- 
of are long but not divided or very little compaffing the ftalke, at the foote bearing one large yellowifh flower 
■ upon a long ftraked toppe branch, which being ripe flyeth away: the roote giveth milke as the whole plant elfe 
: befide,and is long and (lender with a few fibres. ‘ 
j. Sottchm Uvit vulde Uc'miatus. Sow-thiftle with fine cut leaves.' 
The leaves ofthis Sow-thiftle that gtowlowelt are long and divided into many (lender jagges, but thole that 
!• SoxchusUvk'vulgaTu. 
Common Sow-thiftle. 
Sonchas lavis alter parvisflorihus , 
The leffer ftnooch Sow-thiftle a 
