408 SYNGENESIA AEQUALIS. Carduus, 
_ Thisis rather a rare plant, growing on dry, cultivated lands 
after the crop is cut, during the cold season, 
Root annual, simple, perpendicular, Stem short, flexuose, 
striated, ramous. Branches two-forked, like the stem; the 
whole plant from one to two feet high, Leaves scattered, ses- . 
sile, not decurrent, lance-lyrate, thorny. lowers terminal, 
peduncled, of'a pale purple. Florets from twenty to thirty. 
Style shorter than the stamens, Stigmas two, hid within the 
anthers, erect, bearded at their base. 
2. C. radicans, Roxb, 
Annual, diffuse, rooting; the branches with rather sharp an- 
gles. Leaves sessile, cuneate, remotely but deeply serrate,. 
smooth. #lowers terminal, solitary, spines of the calyx long, 
slender, inoffensive ; receptacle chaffy, 
A native of Mysore, where it grows on dry fields, from 
thence the seeds were sent by Dr. Buchanan to the Botanic 
garden, where the plants thrive luxuriantly, blossom during 
the rains, and ripen their seed in two and three months af- 
terwards, 
Stem scarcely any, but in this rich moist soil, numerous 
stout branches spreading all round to a considerable extent, 
emitting numerous roots from every part, which strike deep 
into the soil when the branch rests omit ; young shoots angu- 
lar from a continuation of the nerves of the leaves, Leaves 
alternate, approximate, sessile, almost stem-clasping, cuneate, 
glossy, serrate-dentate, having the margins and nerves some- 
what scabrous, and the apices of the serratures ending in short 
softspines, with numerous darker coloured minute cells visible 
on viewing them between the eye and the light, from one to 
four inches long. Flowers terminal, solitary, short-pedun- 
cled, of a middling size and lively lilac colour, 
. 3. C. lanatus, 
Erect. Leaves petioled; lance-lyre-shaped, thorny-tooth- 
ed, woolly underneath, Flowers numerous, peduncled. Stig- 
mas high above the anthers, Pappus hairy. 
