301 
Carduus pycnocephalus, L., var. cinereus, Bois 
Seeds collected between Turica and Kopriva, 30-5. AT; flowered 
at Kew, 15-7-18, Turrill (seed-number), 22. 
istr. Caucasu us, Transcaucasus. 
This plant agrees well with the description given in Boissier, 
Flora Orientalis III., p. 521. 
Silybum Marianum, Gaer 
Seeds collected between Turia and Kopriva, 30-5-17, Turrill 
se -number), 33. 
Distr. Cent. and 8. Eur., N. Afr., Orient. 
Balkans : Greece, Maced., Thrac ce. 
This is one of the commonest and most conspicuous of Mace- 
donian plants. In eae spring its rosettes of variegated oct 
coccifera bushes, in ‘uwouleivetell places in the plains and on 
roadside hikes The flowering stems shoot up in March and 
April and may reach to 7 or 8 ft. in height. It was first found in 
flower in the Struma os about 2 an east of Orljak on 26-4-17. 
Jurinea arachnoidea, Bie 
Struma Plain and Krusa Balkan, in flower, 4 & 5-18, Harris, 
72, 239. 
Distr. S.-E. Eur., Orient, Caucasus. 
Balkans: Bulg. 
Jurinea arachnoidea, Bge., forma integrifolia, Zwrrill. 
"A forma typica foliis integris differt. 
Struma Plain and Krusa Balkan, in flower, 4 & 5-18, 
Harris, 161. 
Found occasionally with the type. 
Carthamnus lanatus, L. 
Foothills between Turica and Kopriva, yellow flowers, 2-6-17, 
Turrill, 361. 
Distr. S. Eur. ., Orient. 
Balkans: General... 
Cnicus benedictus, L. : 
Struma Plain and Krusa Balkan, 4 & 5-18, Harris, 86; hill- 
slopes south-west of Turica, yellow flowers, 5- 5-17, Turrill, 164. 
istr. Eur., N. Afr., Orient. 
Balkans :. Greece, Maced., Bulg., Thrace. _ ; 
Often grows in extensive clusters, 3 to 2 feet in height. 
Hata, L. 
tae te a and Krusa Balkan, in flower, 4 & 5-18, 
Stru 
Hate 
} 1, Spain, S. France, Egypt. 
Distr Portugal, dxplatiation to offer of the unusual distri- 
having collected it himself he is 
this plant, for not 
aie cs wey seusthes it is more likely to be a native or an alien. 
