SYNGENESIA. a Carduus. 
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feaves embracing the stem; lobes not so regular, all spear- 
shaped, the terminating one long. Frait-stalks setdes; extremely 
cottony. Ca/yxes clustered, terminating the stem and branches ; 
covered and interwoven with a ree cottony wool. Axthers ex. 
The fice lobes of the leaves pointing soe RSE umes 
tally and downwards, pret oe this plant at first s 
Woolly-headed Thistle. Friar’s Crown. Both in “fat and 
ows 
mountainous mea and pastu ay. Bredon Hill, Wor- 
cestersh y the road side between Stamford and 
ntham, plentifully. Dr. J TH. out Ripton, Hun- 
tingdon oopw. Hillend Bank in Longdon Parish, 
Worcestersh. Mr. Battarp. On the foot way between Clark- 
“ ee and Kemsay, Worcestershire. St. Near Truro, Corn. 
all. } B. July- 
685 
C, Leaves pert airs r sgged and edged with unequal praten’sis. 
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ottony um erneath : stem cottony, gene- 
rally ei, é flower and 2 leaves. 
E, bot. 177—Pet. 22. 1-Clus. it. 148. 1-—Ger. em. 1183. 1- 
Lob. obs. 314. 4, and ic. i. 583, 1-Park. 961. 3-F. 2. 
iii. 45, 2. 
4 or 5, oblong-spear-shaped, ragged at the edge, and fringed with 
softish prickie es aecod y scan fe forming regular teeth, as re- 
Presented i “ most of the figures. Stem- dean ves generally 2, some~ 
times only 1, half ca ae ape stem; the upper not prickly at 
the edge, Hse terminated by a long fr thorn. All the leaves 
Steen, and more or less a above, grey and cottony under- 
neath. Calyx, scales thick and strong, cobwebbed or cottony at 
the edges, terminating in a soft thorn. Blossom red, Anthers 
