Of Dandelion.

| 1 Dens Leonis. | 2 Dens Leonis Cichorizata. | | :--- | :--- | | Dandelion. | Succorie Dandelion. |

The description.

The herbe which is commonly called Dandelion; doth sende foorth from the roote long leaues deeply cut and gashed in the edges like those of wilde succorie, but smoother: vpon euerie stalke standeth a flower greater then that of Succorie, but double and thicke set togither, of colour yellowe and sweete in smell, which is turned into a round downie blowball, that is carried awaie with the winde. The roote is long, slender, full of milkie iuice when any part of it is broken, as is the Endiue or Succorie, but bitterer in taste then Succorie. There is also another kinde of Succorie which may be referred heereunto, whose leaues are long, cut like those of broade leafed Succorie: the stalkes are not vnlike, being deuided into braunches as those of Dandelion, but lesser, which also vanisheth into downe when the seede is ripe, hauing a long and white roote.

The place.

They are found often in medows neere vnto water ditches, as also in gardens and in high waies much troden.

The time.

They flower most times in the yeere, especially if the winter be not extreame colde.

The names.

These plants belong to the Succories, among which Theophrastus in his 7. booke nameth ἀφάκη, Leonardus Fuchsius thinketh that Dandelion is Hedypnois Plinij, of which he writeth in his 20. booke 8. chapter, affirming it to be a wilde kinde of broade leafed Succorie, and that Dandelion is Taraxacon: but Taraxacon as Auicen teacheth in his 692. Chapter is Garden Endiue, as Serapio, Serapio mentioneth in his 143. chapter, who citing Paulus for a witnesse concerning the faculties, setteth downe these words which Paulus writeth of Endiue and Succorie. Diuers of the later Phisitions doalso call it Dens Leonis or Dandelion: it is called in high Dutch Passenkraut: in low Dutch Papencruyt: in French Pissenlit ou couronne de prestre, or Dent de lyon: in English Dandelion, and of diuers Pisseabed.

The vertues.

Dandelion is like in temperature to Succorie, that is to saie to wilde Endiue. It is colde, but it drieth more, and doth withall clense and open by reason of the bitternes which it hath ioined with it: and therefore it is good for those things for which Succorie is.