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the top and angular, clothed w ith white hairs and w itli ntmierous .s[)ines. 

 It has usually one main stem, which is pLirplc and ''rcen. 1 he leaves 



I'liol.i, M. Inii.t: 



M.VRSII TmsTI.K {Ciiinis fxiliislris, Willd.) 



run down the stem, and an- rough, deeply divided to the base, and 

 beset with numerous brownish prickles, stalkless and turned down, 

 lance-shaped, with blunt broad teeth, and a palish-green midrib. The 

 margins of the leaves bear the spines, which are purple at the base. 



