302 COMPOSITE. [Carduus. 



plumosus vel scaber. — Herba; pertotain zonam temperatam divulgate nee non regiones alpinas 



AmericcB troplcm habitantes, spiiioscB; capituUs hiteis vel purpurascentibus; rachide paleaceo- 

 Jimbrillifera. (Less.) 



(Pappus plumosus, Cnicus, Willd, Cirsium, Spr.^ non Gcertn,) 



1. C, lanceolatus; foliis decurrentibus rigidis strigoso-hispidis pinnatifidis, laciniis 

 lanceolatis bifidis divaricatis spinosisj involucri squamis lanceolatis patentibus. — Linn. Sp, 



Pip. 1149. Bngl BoU t lOT,— Cnicus lanceolatus. Pursh^ FL Am, v. 2. p. 506. BigcL 

 FL Bost ed. 2. p. 292. 



Hab. Newfoundland. 3Iiss Brenton, 



2. C. discolor; pubescenti-lanatus, foliis sessilibus lanceolatis subflaccidis magis minusve 

 sinuato-pinnatifidis spinoso-ciliatis lobis acutis spinosis ssepissime bilobis supra glabriusculis 

 subtus albo-tomentosis, involucre globose lanato, squamis lineari-acuminatis spinosis, spinis 

 patentibus.— i^tt«. Ge?i. Am, v, 2, p. 130.— Cnicus discolor. MuhL Cat.— Wiild.Sp.Pl. 

 V. 3. p. 1670.-/3. floribus albis. 



Hae. Canada. Mr. Cleglwrn. Mr. Goldie. Banks of the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Douglas. 

 Drummond. Plentiful on the North-West coast, and about Fort Vancouver. Douglas. Dr. Scouler.—^. 

 Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.—The leaves are very variable, especially the radical ones; 

 some are deeply pinnatifid, others quite entire. 



3. C. arvensis; foliis sessilibus lanceolatis pinnatifido-dentatis spinuloso-ciliatis undulatis 

 glabriusculis, caule paniculate, involucri ovati squamis appressis mucronatis. — Sm, EngL 

 BoL t 975.— Cnicus arvensis. Pursh, J7. Am. v. 2.>. 506. BigeL FL Bost, ed. 2. p. 291. 

 — Serratula arvensis. Linn. 



Hab. Throughout Canada to the Saskatchawan. Mrs, Sheppard. Mrs. Percival Drummond. New- 

 foundland. Mr. Cormack Miss Brenton.^Of this plant, Lessing has constituted the Genus Breea, chiefly on 

 account of its dioecioiis flowers. 



4. C.muticus; caule alato glabro, foliis sessilibus profunda remote sinuato-pinnatifidis 

 supra glabriusculis subtus pallidioribus arachnoideo-tomentosis segmentis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis spinuloso-laciniatis, involucri subglobosi squamis arete appressis lanatis submu- 

 cronatis.— iS/'wW. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 374.— Cirsium muticum. Mich. Am. v. 2. p. 89.— 

 Cnicus muticus. Pursh, FL Am. v. 2. p. 506. 



Hab. Banks of the Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Drummond. 



5. C. pumilus; caule humili retrorsum piloso l-S-floro, foliis utrinque viridibus sessilibus 

 semiamplexicaulibus oblongo-lanceolatis pinnatifidis segmentis injequaliter lobatis spinoso- 

 ciliatis spinisque termlnatis, involucri magni subglobosi nudi squamis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 appressis spina brevi terminatis. Nutt. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 130.— C. odoratus. MuhL CaL~~ 

 Darlinyt. FL Cestr. p. 85. 



Hab. Banks of the Saskatchawan, and Prairies of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.—" Flowers 

 large, red." 



6. C. remotifolius ; caule elato striate arachnoidee-tomentoso inferne prjecipue, foliis 



