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Show 1158 Ofthe Hifterieof Plants. $ 3 Carlina acamlos minor florepurp. Dwarfe Carline Thittle. i ane > Lagsiavi themfelues wide Open, and whentheweather foule and mifty, are drawne clofe togethe r the root hereofis long, and fiveet of {mel] vhite found,not nickedor fplitted as the other, n + 3 This {mall purple Carline Thifllehath a prety large root diuided oft times athe to 1159 ike operations Diofcerides hath concerning Leucacantha : Leucacantha (faith he) hath aroot E feeds,bee and on which being chewed eafeth the paine ofthe teeth : thedeco@ion thereofwith a draught ofwine is a remedie againft painesof the fides, and is good for thofe that haue the Sciatica or ache in the huckle bones,andfor themthat be troubled with the ctampe, The iuyeealfo being drunke is of like vertues. into diuers branches, from Which rife many greenleaues lying fpred vpon the Sround deen. ly cutand fet with fharpe prickles ; in the mig of thefe leaues come vp fometimes one bata. Cuar, 482. Of wilde (arline Thiftle. therwhiles more fcaly heads,which carrya pret. 4] The Defcription, ty large floure com pofed ofmany purple thteds like that of the Knapweed, butlarger, andof , brighter colour ; thefe heads growviually clofe to the leaues, yet fometimes they ftand ypon {talkes three or foure inches high :when the floure is paft they turne into downe,and arecar. tied awaywith the winde : the {eedis finall and grayifh. This growes vpon Blacke-Heath vp. on the chalkyhills about Dartford,and inmany fuch places. It flouresin Iuly and Augutt, Tri gus calls it Chameleon albus, vel exigus; Label, Carduus acaulis, Septentrionalinm, and Chamele m albus,Cordi.Clu (ius,Carlina minorparparesfloreand he faith in the Opinion of fome, it feemes not volike to the Chamaleen whereof 7,heaphraftns makes mention, 116.6. cap. 3. Hift. plant. + . I _ great wilde Carline Thiftle rifech vp with a ftalke ofa cubit high or higher,diuided into certaine branches : the leaues are long, and very fullof prickles in the edges, like thofe ofCarline : the floures grow alfo vpon a prickely head} being fet with threds in the mid- deft, and paled roundaboutwitha little yellowifh Jeaues: the rootis flénder, and hath a twinging ; tafte, a Carolus Clufius defcribeth certaine other alfoofthis kinde, with one onely ftalke,flender, hort,and not aboue a handfull high, with prickly leaues like thofe ofthe other,but leffer,both of them couered with a certaine hoary downe: the headsor knapsare for the moft part two,they haue apiledowne in the mid{t,andleaves ftanding round about,being fomewhatftiffe and yellow: the rootis flender, and of a reddith yellow. 1 Carlina fylueftris maior. 2 Carlinafylueftris minor. Thegreat wilde Carline Thiftle. Thelittle wilde Carline Thiftle: q The Place. They both grow vpon high mountaines in : 4 : defart places,and oftentimes by high way fides: but that which bringeth forth a ftalke groweth cuery where in Germany,andisa ftrangerin England, | The Time, Theyfloure and feedin Tuly and Auguft,and Many timeslater. G The Names, The formeris called in Latine, Carlina,and Cardopatinum:and ofdiuers, Carolina, Charlemaint the firft Romane Emperorof that name, whofe armie(as itis reported) was in timesofpaft through the benefit of this root deliuered and preferued from the plague: it is called in high Dutch, Cberwourts:in low Dutch,French,and other languages,as likewife in Englith,Carlineand Carline Thiftle : it ts Diofcorides his Leucacantha the {trong and bitter roots thew the fame ; the faculties alfo are anfwerable, as forthwith we will declare :Lewcacantha hath alfo the- other names, but they are counterfeit,as among the Romanes Gwiacardus,and among the Thufcans, Spina alba, or white Thiftle, yet dothit differ from that Thiftle which Diofcorides calleth Spina alba,ofwhich he alo writting apartdothlikewife attribute to both ofthem their owneproperfaculties and operations, and the famediffering. Thelater writers do alfo call the other Carlina altera, and Carlina humilisox minor,low Ot litt Carline : but they are much deceiued who go about toreferre thembothto the Chameleo in Italy,Germany,or France, Chameleones, the Chameleons do neuer grow,as there is onew A B_ C D° for many, Petrus Bellonius,in his fift booke of Singularities, who fufficiently declareth what di rencethereis betweene the Carlines and the Chameleons - which thing fhall be made mans" bythe defcription of the Chamzleons, ; ¥ : &| The Temperature andV ertues. TherootofCarline,which is chiefely vfed,is hotin the later end ofthe fecond degree : inthe thirdwithathinnes of parts and fubftance;it procurethfiveate,it driueth forthall k : wormes Ofthe belly,it is an enemytoall maner of poifons,it doth not onely driueaway infectio8 ofthe plague,but alfo cureth the fame,ifitbe drunke in time. Being chewedit helpeth thé tooth-ache . it openeth the ftoppingsof the'liuer and4 Ip'cen* It prouokethvrine,bringeth downe the men fes,and cureth the dropfie . Anditi sgiuento thofe that haue been drybeaten, and fallen fromfomehighpl ace. The @| The Place. atte Sfeat Carlineis found in vntoiled and defart places,and oftentimes vpon hills. $ Irgrow— Blacke Heath,and in many other placesofKent. $ > } bog Mer Carline Carolus Clufins wriveth that he found growing indry ftony and defartplaces, MtSalmantica a city of Spaine, Eecee a a 1% |
