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Q] The K index. _ THere be two chiefe kindes of Sow-thifiles 5 one tenderer and fofter 5 the other more pricking arid wilder : but oftliefe there be fundry for-ts more found by the diligence of the later V‘/fl‘ ters3all which {hall be comprehended in this chapter,and euery one be difiinguifhed with a few?‘

tall d efcription. ‘qg T,»’7e Deférzption;

He prickly Sow-thifile hath long broad leaues cut very little in, but full offmal prlc‘ kles round about the edges fomething hard and lharp,with a rough and hollow Ptalki the floures {land on the tops of the branches, conlifting of many {mall leauee, finglfs and yellow ofcolourgand when the feed is ripe it turneth into downe,and is carried away with t 5 winde.The whole plant is full ofa white milky juice. e~ v . T ill 2 There is another kin(lCOftl1lS,WllOfelCaLlCS are fosnetimes prettily deepe cut in like 35 thofe of the ordinary Sow—thiltle;but the flalkes are commonly higher than thofe of the lafl dc.’ fcribed,and the leaues more rough and prickly5but in other refpetits not differing from the refi 0 this kinde.It is alfo fornetimes to be found with the leaues leffe diuided. 1: ’

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g The ltalke qf Hares Lettuce,or {mooth.Thif’:le is oftentimes a cubithigh, edged and 1191' ]ow,ofa pale colour,and fornetirnes reddifh : the leaues be greene, broad, {et round about with deepe cuts or gafhes3fmooth,and without prickles. The floures {iand at the top of the branch“?! yellow ofcolounwhich are carried away with the winde when the feed is ripe. i This is fame’ t i mes found with whitilhiand with fnow—white floures,but yet feldomeiwhence our Author made twqkindcg mo;-c,which were the fourth and fifth;calling the one,The white floured sow- thim“ and the orher,The {now-white Sow-thilile.But thefe I haue omitted as irnpertinent,and gin‘? Y0 ‘

' others in their Read. It _ - 4 Broad lcaued Sowithilile hath a long thicke and milky root, as is all the relt of the plfmz WM” ma“? firings or fibressfrom the which commeth forth a hollow {ialke branched or divide

W WI? Ssfiionsgibslsarss be great» fi?‘09!"= fharp pointsdaand gr=sn.°! 99.19.“! 5 "*f‘fl°"'ii§

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be wh't , ' {h - _ 9 _ _. ‘Q i e in ape like the former. :t The floures of this are for the molt part yellow like as the

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3: '5 Wall SOW—thif’tl€ hath a fibre dd A - - . . . crefied : the leaues i . "5 W00 Y mot, from which riles vp a round flalke not narrower,and after rhiicrlxilliildaltilef zigdtifife ofthe other Sow—thiftles, broad at the fetting on, then I‘ C fl‘3Pe ofan Yvie leafe - the {e le arpe pointed’ (0 that the end °f the leg? m“°h ’°f€mb1"3 vnder fideathe :01? of the afialke is adl?s":lred’e'ry tender’ and of fomewhat a ‘whmm Colour on the floures that Hie away in dome iui e into many fmallbraiiches, which beare little yellow’

5 Thishatlilon ifhn . v - . . - i _. flames g _ 3"0W_1CaUes foft arid whitifh, vnequally diuided about the ed es,Th ting,on:§l::‘WegcC)ltir::gf‘iOrl0at 3:§1l1,:1ai;i_iig brariches,and thofe fet with few Ieaues,broad at their fete: fly away in downe : the motlgs lfzmlli . e floures are pretty large like to the ‘great I-Iawk.weed,and

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i and fomewhat aflmgem mic‘ 1: ea ii in llets,withoile and vineger, haumg a (wee-

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i‘en;b1~7 Th“ b1¢W floured Sow-thifile is the Oreateli of all the ref’: of the kindes {omewh " fidef tlfiegfltgtilgsfgleeliigryfied ii1i_leaues5but thofe obfthis are fomevyhat rough andhairy on the 555:,‘ 1:-Inch fadinglflie away irélllcnfwilce t1l1lOfe of the ord£naryfSow—thifHe, but of a faire blew colour ; , eeldethrigieilske as all the ref! dgst ‘at carries Wit. it a mall aih-coloured feed. The whole plant whic ad fieth‘:l“"}-:(l)11:file garb a very great tliicke and hard root fet with a few hairy threds-, from gnguedebeefefisut ggrrlccgreaf fialke of a wooddy fubfiance, fet with long leaues not vnlike to an-e double yellow flomcs C:£)h).7(}31Llt in about the edges, and not {:0 tough :vpori which do grow rho}? plant is POKER with hlch ac tpléncirito downs, and are carried awe)’ with the _wiinde.- The ertainl)’ fheweth it to be a klndC[trll1°Y;f)%?lC(flas airfc the tinder and lgcargy Sclviv-thlmes’ which ~ -Ot erwi e it might be re erre to t e HaWkC-Weedg,

°1‘¢unto in f d ' ~ ~ - . fla kes are veryiccizuagrih afrliigyyaiit ll: This hath a running root, and the heads and tops. ofghc

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