Carthamus. syngenesia aequalis. 409 



Cnicus lanatus. Willd. iii. 1G17. 



A common annual, on cultivated spots in Bengal, duiin<>- 

 the cold season. 



Root simple, crooked, annual. Stem erect, simple, or with 

 a iew spreading branches near the root, striated, round, 

 clothed with a little wool, about two feet hioh. Leaves scat- 

 tered, pctioled, lyrafc, or lanceolate-sinuate, with the margins 

 much waved, toothed, the teeth armed with long sharp thorns, 

 pale green on the upper side, covered with white wool on 

 the under side, from three to six inches long-. Flowers ter- 

 minal, ped uncled, large, pale, purple. Florets one hundred 

 or more, ^^nthers half hid in the mouth of the tube. Stigma 

 long, above the anthers ; sides grooved ; apex emarginate. 



CYNARA. Schreb. gen. N. 1257- 

 Calyx dilated, imbricated with fleshy, emarginate scales 

 with an acumen. 



C. Scolymus. Willd. iii. 169J. 



Perennial. Leaves somewhat spiny, pinnatifid. Caly- 

 cine scales ovate. 



Arab. Hirshuf. 



Hind. Kungin. 



Native place uncertain. Flowering time the cold season 

 in the gardens of Hindoostan. 



CARTHAMUS. Schreb. gen. N. 1261. 



Calyx ovate, imbricated ; scales thereof with foliaceous, 

 sub-ovate apices. 



C. tinctorins. Willd. iii. 1706. 



Annual, erect, ramous. Leaves sessile, broad-lanceolate, 

 serrate-aculeate. 



Cnicus Indicus. Rumph. ^mb. v. t. 79. 



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