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CYNARA CARDUNCULUS, A. Carvoon, 
UNARMED var. | 
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Claes and’ Order. 
Syneenesta PoiyGamra JEQuAis. 
( Nat. Ord. — Composrr2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Sqguame involucri basi carnose, spinose. Receptaculum 
carnosum, paleis fissis munitum. Pappus sessilis, plumo- 
sus. Spreng. | 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Crnara* cardunculus; foliis decurrentibus pinnatifidis 
subtus albo-tomentosis spinulosis, squamis involucri 
ovato-oblongis. — 
Cynara cardunculus. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 368. 
(.) foliis angustis squamisque receptaculi valde spinosis. 
Cynara cardunculus. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 1159. Willd. 
Sp. Pl. v.3. p. 1691. Desfont. Fl. Atl. v. 2. p. 248. 
De Cand. Fl. Fr. 0.4. p.108. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 
2. v. 4. p. 487. Pers. Syn. Pl. 0. 2. p. 384. 
i sylvestris. (Arricuaut sauvage.) Lam. Dict. 
Or tn Deak : 7 
Scotymus ee, « Tabern. Ic. 697.” 
(8.) foliis angustis fere inermibus, involucro superne 
contracto squamis obtuse spinosis. Cultivated Car- 
doon. Ic. nostr. t. 2862. : 
Descr. (var. 6.) Stem four to five feet high, stout, erect, 
branched, especially upwards, striated and ribbed, some- 
what woolly, leafy. Leaves very long, especially the lower 
: ones, 
* From’ xvw, a dog, from a fancied resemblance in the spines of the leaf 
to the teeth of a dog. 
