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435. S. asper, ITo/fm. Rough Soio-thistle ; '' MUhj Disel.' 



Native ; on banks, in waste spots, and in cultivated land. Very 

 common. April to October, or later. Area general. 

 As widely diffused as *S'. oleraceus. The two are not discriminated by 

 the country folk, being together known as 'Milky Disels;' the latter 

 name being one for a Thistle, and probably but a corruption of the word. 

 The form or variety, integrifolia, is rather common, and I have noted it 

 for Districts ii.-v. ; it probably occurs in all. 



436. S. arvensis, L. Corn Sow-thistle. 



Native ; on damp shady rocks and in muddy soil, often near salt 

 or brackish water ; also on the borders of fields, and among 

 corn and other crops. Common. July to September. 

 c. I. Port Wrinkle, on the coast. Between Hessenford and Seaton. 

 Polbathick. By Denabole Lake. Pillaton. 

 II. Between Millbrook and St. Winnow. By St. Johns Lake. Tor- 

 point. 

 D. III. Warleigh. Beer Ferrers. Tavy Valley. 



IV. Bottom of the wall bounding Beaumont House grounds, Tothill. 

 Saltram Embankment ; just above a line formed by masses of 

 seaweed left by the tide. Staddon. Egg Buckland. 

 V. Bridgend. Lolesbury. Between Plymouth and Yealmpton. 

 VI. Kingston. Mothecombe. Holbeton. 



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437. C. taraxacifolia, Thuil. Small Rough HawkshearcL 



Colonist ; in Avaste spots, by roadsides, on banks, and among 

 cultivated grasses. Rather rare, but fast spreading. May, 

 June. 



c. I. Scattered by the roadside for a quarter of a mile between 

 Burraton Lane Gate, and Carkeel, St. Stephens, 1873 ; in 

 considerable quantity, 1874. Tideford ; a few plants on or 

 about the quay, 1876. 

 II. Cargreen, in considerable quantity about some hedge-banks, 1875. 

 in plenty in a field of sown grasses at Tregantle, 1877. Abun- 

 dant in a field of grass for bay at Pill, near Saltash, 1878. 



D. III. Several plants on turf in front of Houndiscombe Place, Ply- 

 mouth, 1874. JNlany in the Government ground by Devil's 

 Point, Stunehouse, 1876. Road by Plymouth Cemetery, 1880, 

 and previously. Knackersknowle, 1874, &c. Spreading over 

 the country between Honicknowle and St. Budeaux, 1875. 

 Grass and clover field between Weston Mills and Honicknowle, 

 1878. 

 IV. Near a gate by a private roadway at Laira, near Crabtree, 1867 ; 



