T r I b E 9* The Theater of Plants. Qua k 5 < 
fing out of long prickly heads, with fuch like leaves under them : the ftedTthat followeth is (mail amfUa^kiftT 
but like unto the Atraftylis or baftard Saffron : the roote alio is not much unlike it perifhing every yeare 
6 . Acarna major foliofo caule. Clufius his Chameleon Thiftle of Salamanca. 1 
The Ctaikc ofthis Thiftle likewife is winged like the laft but not with fo large afilme nor fo’much jagged/rom 
whence ftioot forth branches on all (ides with longer and narrower leaves thereon, fomewhat hoary and not fo 
deepely jagged,but fct with long &fliarpe prickles,at the tops of the branches Hand many fuch like Hrarpe prickly 
leaves, from among which rife five or fix Imall prickly heads as it were in a tuft fet together.out of w h ; ch come 
pale purplifh flowers confiding of thrcads,in which after they are pall lye the feede wrapped in doWneyn forme 
like unto the Cnlcus or baftard Saffron but (mailer and of a blackifh gray colour. 
7. Acarna major cattle non foliofo, The fuppofed true Acarna of Thcophraftus. 
The true Acarna of Theophrafius as it is fuppofed by divers,hath fundry leaves lying 011 the ground in a compalfc 
Which begin to wither as foone as they rife up with the ftalke,being fometimes but one,and fometimes more red ’ 
diflr and covered withdowne, the leaves that are fct thereon without order are long and narrow,and deepely 
endentcd, hoary or white underneath, thicke fct with (hort prickes very like unto the upper leaves of AtraHylj, 
or Diftaffe Thiftle, whofetoppes are fet with fuch like leaves alfo, and very pale yellow flowers made of chreads 
riling out ofthemidft of fmall prickly heads, after which come fmall (lender feede of thefafhion of Cnicus - 
the roote is fmall fhort and white, With divers fibres thereat. 
8. Acarna minor caule nonfoliofo jive Leo ef Cardans ferox. The cruell fliarpe Thiftle 
This cruell prickly Thiftle that is almoft wholly compofed of fharp pricks,groweth little above an hand breadth 
high,whole leaves are long and narrow, thicke let with mod cruell fnarpe prickes on all fides, at the toppes (land 
yellow thrummy flowers in fliarpe prickly heads,fo ftrongly armed that the moft cautelous cannot touch it with- 
out being pricked : the roote is long and ftringie. 
. The Place. . 
The firft groweth in Spatne as Clufius faith : the fecond and third in the kingdome of Naples : the fourth in 
Spatne from whence Gmlaume Boel brought it,& (hewed it us as well as Clufius who doth remember both him & 
It in the 66 . page of his Cure Pofteriores : the fife Lobel faith groweth in the countrey of Crait among thole of 
Salon in rhe Provence of Prance : the fixtas Clufius faith about Salamanca in Spaine: the feaventh on & the heath 
grounds among the Sequanis as Lobel faith,and the laft on the Appennine hills, and in fome places of Italy. 
The Time.. 
S'omeof thefe Thirties flower very late with'us fo that there is fcldomeripe feede to be gathered from them, 
others flower and feede in Inly and Au^ufi, * 
The Names. 
It is called in Greeke«Kjr*Md braya and fo likewife Acarm and Acorna in Latine,reckoned by Theophrafius 
and iVi»7 to be \3.jedes o( Cnicus or AtraBylU becaufe it is fo like that it might be faid to be the fame but, that the 
Atraltyhs is whiter and this more browne or yellow, and that it givech not a blooddy juice which is proper one- 
ly to Atractylii. The firft here fet downe is thought to be Eryngium Archifenis which hath the Ieafe of Atratty- 
Us, and the yellow flower of Buththalmum with Clufitts and ‘Dodomus it is Car/ina fylvefiri, minor, with L„. 
bel Acarm five Setjuanorum CirfijCarlintue variety, with Lugdmenfis Acarnt fimilit Carlina fylvefiri, minor, and 
With TSatthinus Acarnafiore luteo patulo: the fecond is called by Columna Acanthoides parva Apuia, and by Bauhi- 
ms Acarnafiore pstrpufto rubente patu/01 the third is called by Columna Acarna. altera Apula, and by Bauhinns 
Acarna capituhs parvis Inters in umbelta : the fourth Clufius fetteth forth in die 66 . page of his Curt pofteriores, by 
thenamc of Carhnaalittdgenus, but called by Batthinus Acarna capitals, globofis : the lift is called by Label Pkno. 
mos Crete Salonenfts GalloprovincU, by Lugduncnfisit is called in his Chapter of AtraBylis, AtraBylis marina 
P tcnocomon Pent, but in the Chapter of Chameleon he giveth another figure with the fame title of Picnemos Crete 
Salonenfts Vent, accounting it there to be a kinde of Chamalion nifier as Label mi Pena themfelves fay it may bell 
bee referred unto, yec'Bauhinus maketh thereof no mention among the Chameleons but in the ScolymusTheo. 
phrafii,by Tabcrmontanus and Gerard Chamtleon niger, and by Bauhinns oAcarna humilis caule foliofo : thefixt 
is the Chameleon mger Salmanticenfis of Clufius, Dodonerts and Gerard who follow him, byTabermontarms Cha¬ 
meleon hifpamca, and by Bauhinns tAcarnamajor canle foliofo : the feavem'nis the Acarna Theophrafiiof Anoui- 
lara, Label, Lugdmenfis mi T'abermontanus ,callcd Cirfittm lutettm Secjuanontm as Pena faith, and Srifithales of 
Angut 'ara, and is the moft likely to be the true Acarna of Theophrafius and Plifty,-is by all thefe mens judgements 
dothappeare, and called by Bauhinns Acarna major caule non foliofo : the laft is called by Bodontns Leo Cardans 
ferex, and by Lobel Phanix Leo Carduusferox, and by Bauhinns Acarna minor cattle nonjoliofo. 
ThcVertues , 
The Vertues of Aetna either of the one or of the other are not fet downe by any that have made experience 
of them, but as they are in forme neareft unto AtraBylisfo they may be in qualities alfo, unto it therefore it may 
be referred uncill more certaine proofe hath beene declared of them. 
Chap.- V. 
Chamtlion & Carlina. The Camadeori or changeable Thiftle,and the Carline Thiftle, 
8 He Chamadeon Thiftle is divided by the ancient writers into white and blacke, both which I intend to 
(hew yon in this Chapter but the true knowledge of them and their right diftinflions hath troubled ma¬ 
ny,as alio whether the Carline Thiftle be a different plant from the white Chamadeon Thiftle. 
•C _ ' 1 • “We* albus verus acauli,. The true Chamadeon or changeable Thiftle without a ftalke. 
The true Chamadeon or changeable Thiftle without a ftalke (which differeth from the Carline Thiftle without 
a Italke as you fhall heare by and by ) hath fundry large leaves lying on the ground a foote long or mote cut in on 
ce ges and more prickly then the Carline Thiftle, whole cutsor diviftons are more like unto thole ofthe 
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