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Show SECOND BOOKE. OF THE HISTORTE rpiomentionethin his1 43. chapter,who citit OfDandelion. Chap.30. x Dens Leonit. Dandelion, 2 Dens Leonss Cichovizata, Succorie Dandelion, eth downe thefe words which Pau/us writer! ensdoalfo call it Dens Leonis or Dandeli Aepi estre sot Dent de lyon: in penectitt sin French Piffentit OM COM CANE diners Pifeabed. 1 etimore, and doth withall clenfe and open byreafon of thebitternes which it hath ioinedwi adtherefore itis good for thofe things for which Succorie is, OfSowthistle. Chap.31. The kinds. Hetebe two kindes of Sowthiftles one tendererandfofter: the other motepricking &wilder, whereofthere be {undrie forts more founde bythe diligence ofthe later writers, all which fhal becomprchended in this chapter,andeuery one be diftinguifhedwitha {euerall defcription. % The defcription. He pricklie Sowthiftle hath long broade leaues cur'vety deepely euen to the middleribbe, fullof{mall prickles rounde about the edges fomething hardeand fharpe, with a rough andholloweftalke, The fowers ftande onthe toppes ofthe braunches,confifting of many final tome Ieaues.fingle and yellow ofcolour:and when the feede is ripe it turneth into downe,and iscantied away with the winde.The whole plantis full of a white milkie inice, 2 Theftalk ofhates lettuce or finooth Sowthiftle,is oftentimes a cubite high,edged & hollow,ofa palecolour and fomtimes reddifh. The leauesbe greene,broad, ferround aboutwith deepe cuts or 1 gathes finooth and without prickles. The flowersftande at the top of the braunches yellow of co- fourwhich are caried away with the winde whenthe {eedeis ripe. I Sonchus afper. Prickly Sowthiftle, 2 Sonchus Leuis. Hares Lettuce. Site aS . Hei %& The defeription. He herbe whichis commonly called Dandelion; doth fende foorthfromthe roote long leauies deepely cut and gathed in the edges like thofe ofwilde fuccorie, but fmoothe yp Won cuctic ftalke ftandeth a flower greater then that of Succorie but double a ns ‘et togither, of colour yellowe and fweetein {mell whichis turned into a round dom nic blowball, that is cattied awaie withthe winde. The cooteisioag flender, full of milkieui : oem Patt of itis broken,as is the Endiue or Succorie,but bittererin tafte then Succorie. a ae ee Kinde of Succorie which may bereferred heereunto, whofe leauts# B CUEUKC hols of roade leafed Succorie: the ftalkes are not vnlike, being deuided into brat ' : chesas thofe of Dand clion, but lefler, whichalfo Vvvanitherh ; r ripe, Mi je 1s Hf ripe, anifhethinto downewhenthe feedeisJejs 3 uing a long.andwhite roote. iTheyare found ; ofteni medowsr %& Theplace iets yarefoundoftenin , piace. : : : gardens andin in highwale mich ‘aden, necte ynto water ditches,as alfo in Mig ee eee Tifa, ae Le %& The time, Theyflowermoft times in the yeete,efpecially ifthe winter be notextreame colde. Thefe plants b to a. e clonto the Succorjles=y among Seer. + te Lookenal which Theophrastus inhis 7. book * » Leonardas 3 #chfius thinketh that Dandel ionis Heaypnois Pling , of whichhe writeth! 20, booke 8, chapter, afirmine ceili on tee 4 a ing itto bea wilde kinde of broade leafed Succorie, and that Di AT AX AC0R : Di raxacon aS« A, 2a, : = aPaxacon as\_Ayicen teachethin his 692, Chapter is Garden End |