Theatrum e Botanicum 
T R I B E 9, 
^60 ChAP.2. 
The 'time. 
They doe all flower in My and AUgafi, and their ftede^ npe quickly after. 
. _ . . „p m o nr ; s mQ {V nrnperly Cardans in latine, for from thence be all the Cardai 
A ,::,®- Acam inGrecke Scbinw, the Latines call Echinata capita, and yet 
called Acanacea^ the prickly , aD tcr mentior.eth t Acanot with Acuna and Elrypis as an efpeciall 
Theophrajlunn his firft ooke an ^ in Tbeophrafius fhould better agree to denominate the gene- 
kinde of Thiftle Some would thinks hat," ? J G ,* a doth al ? vaye s ttanflate it limply Cor. 
naU kinds of Th. flies written as well with1 Ypfibna- jlfa t0 encl f ne in the chapter of Scaly, 
dtwe and generally all the Latin > f Tractu of Gefner in bonis and Lolsel, by Lagdanenfis Acanthus 
tirftherefetfonl,is ^ whichhe putteth among^theThiflles with 
fylvcjlris, and is thoug 1 0 e flared , bc wo J c i to call it 'Beta fylvefiris: the fecond Anguilara and 
prickly leaves, but that of P %in his 06. Booke and*, j. Chap-. 
Lugduncnfic doe fct forth n n ca „thifoliii laciniatiistbe third Label faith the learned oiMompc- 
ter,which5<«afc»* calkt or P ca ] ]ed ic Cardam bulbofw MonJpeUenJium, but Clajias calleth it Cirfio 
her called CardiHn bolt) fta ,& P , r mhinus calleth it Cardans pratenfis Aflhodeli radice Utifoltus .- 
Cjismto congener, and ingai araeuca ^ a / tlr Dalechampi],byTabermontanus laceaactsleatafnje tube. 
the fourth is called by Lug amnys J) ttAersfa but by Eaubinm Cardamu pratenfis Affhode/i radicefolt/t 
r of a,and by gsrOrd which polycephalos-.thl fixt likew.fe is fet forth by 
profundi & temnter Ucsmnta : the ® to £ e [^reanothot of Theophnfius, lib A .cop. 11. 
•Eauhinm by the name of C«rd«w palaftru . thefeven vine atom repens folio Somhi: The laft Tngm 
both by Angara LugduncnfstodCol^ C Um arvenfis, and CjeLd 
and would have tobe Sco/jmm. 
TheyerttteS; , . , , - , , 
bathed on chat place which wanteth hairc or is fallen of,will caule it to grow agame fpeedtly. 
Chap, IL 
Cardans mollii ^irfinmdiSlus. The loft Melancholy Thiftle* 
dFifiis Thiftle there is much varietie, fome growing in medowes, fome on mountaines, fomewith 
"US. narrow/fome greater Ithers fmaller as you (hall finde them here ex, 
«^|yj?p.entd. Thegreateft mountaine C,rj 5 s?« or Melancholy Thiflle. 
Th ( rCjt mountaine Cir (mm hath divers large whitifh greene leaves lying on the ground, fom - 
, , a a inno nointed at the ends, as alio dented about the edges or as it were a little jagged, fetabout 
the ftalkes that rife up being great hoary and (baked or creftediarc 
w.th lmall m ° rt f P" e k L e 4 b tearhw fundiy fuch like leaves but leffe up almofl unto the toppe,where upon long 
three or fome footehigh, searing J whitifl, pr eene heads nothing fo great as the iargeneffe of the 
and naked ftalkes fund gen*:. PmUjthteds as is ufuall in moft Thi- 
having very faall whidflt feede, even 
flies, P”“ almoft i y; P g therein, which are carried away together with the wmde : the 
rooteTs compofed y of many whitifh great tuberous long clogs,like unto tholeof the Aiphodill which aoideth all 
winters, Th^e'atfoftMelancholy Thiftle with.broadleaves. 
, . 'Mfiancholv Thiftle hath large and long leaves, larger and broader then thole of Borage, den e a 
f Th - S ,°fnlt nr i c'flcs about the edges, chi ftalke which is tender brittle or eafie to breake and cornered.hath fuch 
rL thereon as the lowe ate, but fomevvhat more rent or tome on the edges branched towards the 
hke » ta am0 a tufc of fmall prickly leaves a fmall pnckley Th.ftle-like head, 
^^Uh^r^^tethre^-wluc^p.fleln.odowi^.-t^^falb-U-ullons w.* dwersfibre. 
r> Cirtiam aliudwontanam. Another fofc Melancholy Thiftle. _ .. 
Tg: nfl-pr id clancho’v Thiftle rifeth up with divers ftalkes about a foote high, winged as itvbere ot fet with 
ale ffSS 7nd leaves growing thereon which are fomewhat like the firft, but narrower dented 
a :- nrrheedaesfet wirhnrickes, andofa pale or blewifh greene colour at thetoppesof the: fta kes upon long 
naked ftemmesftand fmall, fcaly, prickly/ingle heads,with purple thrums or threads mthe^middhi^ w^iich ^ben 
they paffe into downe hang downe them heads, and conte.ne w ithin them la ger, ^S’ ^anv bng firings, 
then the formed that fall downe or are blowen away into the wmde: the root is compofed o many , s 
of the thickneffe of ones finger, which fliooteth forth heads for encteafeat the toppe onallhdes, where y 
d Circium Anolicum primum. The firft; Engh/h Cirjium. 
The former of thefe SngHJh Thiflles rifcch up with a tender Angle hoary greene L'^t the top 
five long hoary green leave, dented about the edges,the points whereof are little or Botog fm £‘ 
ufually but one head, yet fometimes from the bofome of the uppermoft leaf© the e fli in the middle- 
ler head which are fcaly and fomewhat prickly, with many reddifh purple 
v/hich being gathered frefti will keeps the colour a long tyiie> and (landing on the ftalk t j m g 
