CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

MANURED TEASLE

Name. Called also Fuller's Thistle.

Description. The Manured Teasel grows to be a large tall plant, with a stiff, hard furrowed, very prickly stalk. The lower leaves are long, large, and sharp-pointed, indented about the edges, smooth above, but having the middle rib of the under part full of sharp prickles. The leaves, which grow upon the stalks, wholly encompass them, like a trough, or long bason, catching the dew or rain which falls, and are likewise prickly underneath. The stalks are divided into several purplish hollow flowers, each in a particular cell; and after them come longish, square, striated seed. The root is pretty large and whitish.

Place. It is cultivated in the field for the use of the cloth-workers to dress their cloths with.

Time. It flowers in July.