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Show > 3 : R B A Ly BRA TSH The ee ein Thitftle.: j rr, ; Woolly-headed | (70:6 A+> Cardaus tomentofis. The root ‘is, fibrous. and ftalk is thick, upright, branched, ‘ Ghr andi : are long, and moderately broads what fome ; d ivide iful beaut they are very but with more » manner of the /pear-té iftles, nd mere regular fegments, Their co the bi aches The flowers grow at the tops of deep woolly heads; and they are of a fine It is common on ditch-banks, and flowers in July. C. Bauhinecalls it 5 fylveftris. Others, < i pur ime but not We have it in our weftern counties, It fowers in Augutt. te rotundo tomenin it Card: s, and Corona Jarduus eri 12. Lady’s Thiftle. Carduus Maria. Ther The firft leaves are extremely 4 ic ois indented, fharp pointed, of a whiti green, covered with a cottony matter, and fet round with prickles. The ftalk is five feet high, e membranes, ani leaves. The Aowers ftand in very large heads; and are of a bright,red, with a tinge of purple, AG oC "This is a ftately and very beautiful plant ; and, ong, and furnifhed with numepricht, firm, regularly branched, very large, long, broad, irregue edge, of a deep, fine non in wafte places, and flowers in s. CommonStar-Thiftle, A é sud ;, : The root is long, flender, and hung with a fewfibres. The firft leaves fpread circularly upon the ground; and they are long, narrow, and dented at the edges, The ftalk rwo'feet high; and is of a pale green, and pric kly. ’ ee The leaves on it refemble thofe from theroc are more deeply divided, andtheir coen, {tand at the tops of the branches} xe, and of a faint red, fometimes prickles, which fpread out | y Wehave it in dry paftures, but not common. It flowers in July. 8 it Carduu Others, maculis notatus 16. Solftitial Thiftle. Carduus ftellatus luteus. HCpr’) 13. Hairy Lady’s Thiftle. The flowers growat the tops of the branches ; andare of a pale red. not unfrequent in wafte grounds, and Ray calls it Carduus Maria birfutus non macu(atus, tomentafus acanthium diflus, PC6h<7 vis he root is long, white, and hung with many fibres. It green. The flowers are yellow; and they are placed in prickly heads, clofe’ furrounded with feveral little leaves. Tt is @ native of the German mountains, and flowers in Augutt, Others; Carduus benedigius, Carduus beneditius. 0Cp. Sf The root is long and flender. The ftalk is tough, firm, very much branched, and two feet high. G E WN SAF F-F It is celebrated as a ftomachick and fudorifick, but is not fo much regarded in the modern prac- tice as thofe encomiums beftowed onit by authors feem to demand, as Til. LOWER. CARTAAM US. ae flowers are difpofed in numbersin fealy heads; the feveral {cales having a kind offolia= ceous endage at the end, Each feparate flower is formed of a fingle petal, and is tubular at bafe and divided i e fegments fe 7 3 ed fe thee bafe, and divided intofive at the edge. The feeds are large, and ftand almoft naked. Lin nus places this with the other capitate plants among the Hugengia; their buttons coalefcing. Common Saff- flower. Afeinigen The root is long, flender, whitifh, and hung with a fewfibres. The ftalk is upright, not much branched, round, andredifh at the bottom. The leaves are broad, fhort, fharp-pointed, and of a lively green: they ftand irregularly on the flalks. The flowers grow at the fummits of the ftalks 1. Globe-Thiftle. Gaver and branches in large fcaly heads; and. they are of a beautiful orange yellow, which they rétain whendry. It is found by road-fides ‘in fome few parts of England. Probably thefe fhoots have rifen from feattered feeds, the plant having’ been’ cultivated in the neighbourhoodforthe ufe of dyers : though perhaps it may be native. It flowers in Augutt. C.Bauhine calls it Cwicus fativus. Others, Carthamus. The flowers ftandin {mall prickly hea at the tops of the branches; and theyare of a beautlful yellow. ‘ We have it in dry paftures in fome parts at England; but it is not common. C, Bauhine calls it Carduus fteilat The zhifiles in general poffefs but fmall medici The young fhoots are efculent, nal virtues. and in moft kinds very well tafted. The ftalk is two feet and a half high, oe tough, glutinous to the touch, and covered wit a purplifh duft. The leaves are long, moderately broad, deeply indented i 2 IS IV. HE flowers are collected in fmall heads, and contained in a common cup; whichis oblong, rounded, a little fwelled, and formed of fcales clofe fet, but not prickly. Each flofcule is formed of a fingle petal, tubular, and crooked at the bafe, and {welled out, and divided into five fegments at the rim, ‘The Jeaves are not prickly, Common Saw-wort. Serratula vulgaris. CLO S23 It flowers in June. eUS SBR Ra LU of) The ftalk is tough, firm, upright, and two feet high. Theleaves on it refemble thofe fromthe roots and they are of a-faint green. IN SAW-WORT. green. FQ REPENS PE CRE 5: Carduus capite [pherico, PC G1e7a e root is fibrous. 431 The leaves are long, moderately broad, irre~ gularly finuatedat the edges, and of a yellowit h C.Bauhine calls it Cricus flvefris hitfutiors 2. Blefled Thiftle, ‘The firft leaves fpread circularly on the grounds and they are long, deeply divided, andof a faint Cyani. Others, Carduus /olftitialis. The St. Barnaby’s thiftle. 14. Cotton-Thiftle. DOTS VistioAOlN: C. Bauhine calls it Carduus [pherocephalus latifolius vulgaris, Others, Carduus globofus. with a fewifibres. The root is fibrous and white. The ftalk is upright, prickly, firm, not much branched, and four feet high, The leaves are very large, long, broad, dentated, and finuated-at the edges, of a pale green, fomewhat hairy, and not at all variegated with white : they are fet with fharp prickles, and coverthe ftalk very thick, heads gard rns, HERBAL, The root is long, lender, black, and hung Carduus Maria birfutus. a} BR i Tl $i ted; and of a beautiful green on the upper fide, and a pale green underneath. The flowers ftand at. the tops of the ftalks in round heads ; and are of a beautiful blue. It is a native of Italy, but is common in our The root is fibrotis and white. Thefirft leaves are ufually undivided, oblong, broad, and of a beautiful green: fometimes they are deeply cut in a pinnated form; and they in the fame manner vary upon the ftalks, being in fome plants undivided, and in others very deeply jagged, while the fpeciesis the fame. In both forms they are very regularly and beautifully notched at the edges ; whence the plant had its name, The ftalk is round, upright, flender, and two feet or morein height. The flowers are collected in {mall heads; and are of a fine purple, but fometimes white. The feeds are oblongand large. It is common about woods, and flowers in Aus guft, C, Bauhinecalls it Serratuda, Others, Serratulg- purpurea. It is accounted vulnerary and aftringent, but not ufed, |