T R IB E 9. 
The Theater of Tlants . 
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1. Eryngmm mediterranean, five campeftre. VplandSea Holft 
Thtsothep Sea Holly (which groweth in upland grounds is therefore more anfwerable unto Biefcoridn hf, 
Er n mm, butelfeas T faydbeforehts defcripuondoth anfwer them both direfhM hath (lendcr/r^ r 
thteke (hikes as the former, and hath the leaves more divided, more prickly and Idle aromaticall the I cad" are 
blew but fmatler and the roote flenderer and ihorter, neither fo fweete no. fit to be prelerved nor ft, Tn,' u 
in tafie.m other things it is very like the former. pretervea,nor io aromaticall 
5. 6. Carduui Eryngioidei pie Carduncelha montit Lupi 
, Eiyngium trifohum. 
The French Thiflle of Lohl and tern , snd Trefoilc Thiflle, 
3. Eryngirim planum minut. 
Tile final! finooth bafiard Sea Holly. 
This baffaref Sea Holly hath the lower leaves finooth 
and whole of a pale greene colour, fomewhat long and 
round pointed narrow at the bottome, and fomewhat 
deepely endented at the edges; the weake (hikes that 
trayling upon the grouud take roote againe at 
the /oynts and rife not above a foote high, have with 
the like leaves that grow below, others that are finely- 
jagged into many parts and fharpe pointed, from otic 
of which all along the (hikes and at the roppes alfo, 
come forth blew heads teller than thofe of the upland 
SeaHoUy : the roote is compofed of many thickeand 
long firings which perifh not after feede time,but abide 
many yeares. 
4 . EryngiumpHnellum Hifjtanicum. 
Small bafiard Sea Holly of Spaine. 
This fmall bafiard Sea Holly hath divers leaves lying 
in a compafTe upon the ground fomewhat long, broad 
toward the middle fmalleft at the foote, and deepely 
dented rut not jagged about the edges and fomewhat 
foftwithall: but thofe that are fet at the joynts of the 
(hike which is branched from the very botcome, arc 
cut or decided into many (mall narrow leaves dented 
about, hard alto and fiiarpe pointed or prickly : at the 
topnesohhefialkeand branches, upon every oneftan- 
deth one round prickly head,with fix or eight narrow 
lorg prickly leaves under it fpreading like a flarrej 
which together with the head and flowers that come 
out thereof are ofafaire blew colour, which givefmall 
flat chaffie feede like the Hungarian kinder it is fel- 
domefeenetohave cytherthe lower leaves,or alrnofi 
any on the ftalke and branches when it is in flower, but 
they all wither and are dead and dry before : the root? 
alfo perifliing as foone as it hath given feede, and is 
fmajllong hard and wooddy. 
5 Carduui Eryngioides^fize Cardtincellut'month Lupi Lobelia cr Pena. 
The fmall French Thiflle of ioW and Pena. 
T put this fmall Thiflle like plant among the -^(herein following Eaubirut and Alpiniu hi.de exoticitpUn. 
tit, which elle as Laid and Pern in Adverfarijs fay misfit be accounted a Jpccies of Atracly/i, purpurea if as thev 
lay 1. be 111,t the very fame.but I would rather referre it to the lacea or Cyan,) which (endeth lorth divers | on * 
ana winged leaves,fomewhat prickly, among which a (fender finooth ftalke arifeth fcarfe a fpanne hioh with the 
hke .eaves thfreen, ac the toppe whereof out of the middle of fomc long leaves ftand two or thice large, prear 
giccmin vellow fcaly heads bigger then may feeme proportionable to the plant, fet with fiiarpe hard white 
P ric 1 > ' vli:c | l a . re oftcn ca < cn ! >' thofe where it groweth narurally ; fromthe midddl whereof illueth forth divers 
P, Ur P!, e threads like unto the Atrattyljt or Difiafte Thiflle faith Loicl, but Alpiniu faith they arelike unto Grams 
the (_orne fiovycr, after which come yellow Thiftle-like feede; the roote is edible white and fiefijv. thrutfino 
downedeepe into the ground with divers fifties thereat. ~ ’ 7 3 
. 6 . Eryngittm trifalium. Trcfoile Thiftle. 
Tms unknowne plant fendeth forth at the firft many long hard and narrow leaves from the roote which is like 
untoaRamptan and aromaticall, whereof lbme aie parted into three, butthofe that are fet on the ftalke have 
an tor the moit part three- lonu leaves joyned together at the end of the footeftalke at didances: at ihe top (the 
■ talke (.and two or three heads fomewhac like thofe of Sryngnim montantm with purple flowers, and long leaves 
Vrine em the l£ede Sl( ° ' S broac * ! ° ng and lmt0 ic : the rootes encreafe Venery and provoke 
, he hrfi is found about the Sea coafts almoft in every countrey a: well hot as cold, as S paine, Italy, France, on our 
coa ts aimofi every where and low countries alfo.and others more Northerly: the (ecord groweth as Camererim 
laufiin trancon.a, mthe vineyards and high wayes every where, bur not about Norimicrge where he lived as he 
iaith ; as alio in the up and farther remote parts fromthe Sta in INeerione in France, as Loiel and penal ay : the 
third i»6c/faith he never (aw but in loarmes Muttmsu his garden the feede hath beere imparted to friends, but it 
is likely to come out of fome hot countrey, becaufe it flowrethlate inthefe colder countries, andfeldomc com- 
meth to pcrfefhon, ever, as the fourth doth alfo, which Clufm faith, he gathered at the foot of certainehills 
neerc Salamanca in S pane, and in nootherr place ; the fift Pena faith groweth on that fide of Mens Lupus that 
faceth the Sunne, neete unto a fmall brooke of water, ~~ - 
The 
