The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London

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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 28, 2025.

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¶ The Description.

1 THe leaues of Carline are very full of prickles, cut on both edges with a multitude of deepe gashes, and set along the corners with stiffe and very sharpe prickles; the middle ribs whereof are sometimes red: the stalke is a span high or higher, bringing forth for the most part onely one head or knap being full of prickles, on the outward circumference or compasse like the Vrchin huske of a chesnut: and when this openeth at the top, there groweth forth a broad floure, made vp in the middle like a flat 〈◊〉〈◊〉, of a great number of threds, which is compassed a∣bout with little long leaues, oftentimes somewhat white, very seldome red: the seed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 is slender and narrow, the root is long; a finger thicke, something blacke, so chinked as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 it were split in sunder, sweete of smell, and in taste somewhat bitter.

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‡ 1 Carlina caulescens magno flore. Tall Carline Thistle.
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2 Carlina, seu 〈◊〉〈◊〉 albus Dioscoridis. The white Carline Thistle of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 with the red floure.

2 There is also another hereof without a stalke, with leaues also very full of prickles, like al∣most to those of the other, lying flat on the ground on euery side: among which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 groweth forth in the middle a round head or knap, set with prickles without after the same maner, but grea∣ter: the floure whereof in the middle is of strings, and paled round about with red leaues, and some∣times with white, in faire and calme weather the floures both of this and also of the other laie

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‡ 3 Carlina 〈◊〉〈◊〉 minor flore purp. Dwarfe Carline Thistle.
themselues wide open, and when the weather is foule and misty, are drawne close together: the root hereof is long, and sweet of smell, white, sound, not nicked or splitted as the other.

‡ 3 This small purple Carline Thistle hath a prety large root diuided oft times at the top into diuers branches, from which rise many green leaues lying spred vpon the ground, deep∣ly cut and set with sharpe prickles; in the midst of these leaues come vp sometimes one, but o∣therwhiles more scaly heads, which carry a pret∣ty large floure composed of many purple threds, like that of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but larger, and of a brighter colour; these heads grow vsually close to the leaues, yet sometimes they stand vpon stalkes three or foure inches high: when the floure is past they turne into downe, and are car∣ried away with the winde: the seed is small and grayish. This growes vpon Blacke-Heath, vp∣on the chalky hills about Dartford, and in many such places. It floures in Iuly and August. Tra∣gus calls it Chamaeleon albus, vel exiguus; Lobel, Carduus acaulis, Septentrionalium, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 albus, Cordi; Clusius, Carlina minor 〈◊〉〈◊〉 flore, and he saith in the opinion of some, it seemes not vnlike to the Chamaeleon whereof 〈◊〉〈◊〉 makes mention, lib. 6. cap. 3. Hist. plant.

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