SYNGENESIA. MQUALIS. Carduus. 683 
ina yellow thorn as Jong as»the florets. Curr. mei rt pale 
purplish red. C. acanthoides. Huds. ‘There has been 
fusion about this and the preceding species, chiefly caused cs the 
synonyms given to the C. acanthordes in the Fl. suec. being mis- 
placed, for, except the reference to Jt. scan. they really belong “4 
this plant,. reading Bawh. bist. iii. P. 56, instead of 59, an 
Moris. hist. tii. ps 153, instead of p. 15. 
Slender-flowered. Thistle. Hedges, ditch ae and nee 
walls ; very common near London P, July, Aug. 
C. Leaves with winged clefts, hispid ; segthents strad- sincera Wie 
dling: calyxes egg-shaped, thorny, woolly: stem 
hairy. 
E. bot. 107—Fl. dan. 1173—Tabern. 1078. 2—Ger. 1011. 6— 
Ger. em. 1174. 6—Park. 982. 9-H. ox. vii. 31. row i. 
aes 2hs Prick B. iii. ea 1. 
dihisting. the stem, cotton eath, hairy 
and deep green above ;_wi 5 ‘i rminat 
long, the side ones mostly g ear to the base ah segments, 
one pointing upwards, the other downwards, terminating, as do 
also the wings of the part running down the ra in sharp stiff 
white thorns, which are extensions of the ribs. Ca/yx with nu- 
Merous ranges of spear-shaped scales, somewhat SONY colin 
in sharp stiff white thorns, the inner strap-s » poin 
orny. Bloss. purple. Dow feathered, almost "as aig as = : 
blossom. Woopwarp. It varies from 2 to 5 feet high, or more, 
Spear Thistle. Rubbish, road sides, and pel waste places. 
B. July, Aug.* 
C. Leaves decurrent half way dowr. towards the next be- nu’tans, 
low; thorny: fruit-stalks ae nt calyx, scales 
expanding upwards. 
Fl, dan. 675-H. ax. Vil. 31. row 1s 6-Py 21. 1-F. B. iii. 
G, Se 
Fruit-stalks with 1 flower. Floavers sweet-scented in the 
night, Styles bent back towards the sides. Linn. Svems 2 to 
