e A R D U I 
SPINOSiE PANT^E 
THISTLES AND THORNIE 
PLANTS. 
CLASS IS NONA, 
THE WJ&CHT TB^IBE, 
CHAP. I. 
Cardiii & Spinoff T>lant£, Thirties and Thorny Plants. 
Nto the Thirties I thinke mccte to j'oyne fuch prickly or thorny Plants,as were neither fit for 
any of the former or fublequent Chffisjyec I mull except out of this number(although they 
pertaine totheClafils) thole Thirties, or other prickly plants, as I have entreated of in my 
former Booke, referring (hole that would be informed of them to theBookeit lelfe; 
whole names are thefe : Acanthtu fativui, und fylveftrii , Erjngmm Pannonicumfive monta- 
num flare csruleo&flore albo, Carduw mollis, Carlina httmPii, Cardum Spherocephalmfive 
globobfut major & minor, Qtsrdum Eriocephalw five Tomentoftts, id eft. Caput mtnachi five 
'Coronafratrum, Cinara diver/arum jpecierum alimento/a, & Corduus benediSw. 
I. C*rdttwpratenfts latfolius. Broad leafed field Thirtle. 
The broad leafed field or medow Thirtle fendeth forth fundry large and long leaves cut in on the edges, and 
every part finely dented, and fet with fmallprickes that are very tender, of a whitrfh greene colour.- thole that 
grow up higher upon the fialkes are fmailer, two of them fet together at a joynt where’ they fo compafle 
it, chat they will containe water in them, even as the Teafell doth, at the toppes upon long fialkes grow (ingle 
greene prickly heads, out of which dart pale coloured thrummes, comparting a fcTv purple threads in the mid¬ 
dle, and alter they arc faded and gone, fmall whitifh feede fomewhat bigger than thole of Cyanw, Come flower, 
or Ble w-bottle wrapped in downe, as all the forts of Thirties are : the roots is fomewhat long and great, abiding 
divers yeares. 
2. Cardutu pratenfis Acanthi fotips laciniatU. The yellow jagged medow Thirtle. 
This medow Thirtle hath very large leaves, almoft a foote long and fomewhat broad, cut in on both fides into 
fonre or five deepe gallics, even to the middle ribbe, fet with prickes at the dents of the edges, from whence ri- 
feth up a ftraked [lalke about two foote high,fet with a few leffer leaves, at the tops whereof (land divers I mall 
greene prickly heads, and out of the middle yellow threds or thrummes,which afterwards give feede indofed in 
downe : theroote is great, long, crooked, andfpeading in the ground. 
Cardutu bulbo/m Monfrelienfitint. The French bulbed Thirtle. 
The whitifli leaves of this Thirtle are of an hand breadth long, fomewhat fat and thicke cut in on the edges, 
but not very deepe, armed at every dent with fmall fharpe prickes: the ftalke is two cubits high hairy and (len¬ 
der, with few or no leaves thereon, at the toppe whereof Hand harmelelfe prickly heads upon long foote fialkes, 
and out of them pale purplifh thrummes, wherein afterwards lie the feede inclofed in much downe: theroote 
is compofed of divers tuberous fmall long clogs like unto thofe of the Afphodill fattened together at the head, 
4. Carduus Praten/is Affihodeli radicibus. Medow Thirtle with Afphodill rootes. 
This Thirtle hath divers blackifh doggie rootes like unto the Afphodill or Piony, which whither and perirti 
every yeare(but£ive encreafe from it before) which fendeth forth divers thicke, and long pale greene leaves . 
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