166 COMPOSITE. 



CAEDUUS, Li7in. 



383. C. nutans, L. 



C. moschatiis, Pet. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 74. Byrne E. B. v. t. 683. 



Fields and waste places ; rather rare. B. June — August. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 15. Abundant by the canal. Bet. Yews- 

 ley and Iver Bridge ! ; Ncwb. 

 II. Laleham, 1S15; Herb. G. >Sf E. Staines Moor. Near Sipson. Bet. 

 Sunbury and Walton Bridge. Bet. Hampton Court and Kingston 

 Bridge. About Teddington in several places, abundant. 

 III. Hounslow Heath, abundant. Near Richmond Bridge, abundant. 

 IV. North Heath, Hampstead ; Lawson, 

 VI. Edmonton. 

 First record: BUicJcstone, 1737. 



384. C, crispus, L. 



C. poli/acanihos 2>^w?a^?, Ger. em. (Blackst.). C. jyolyacanthos (Cxirt.). 



C. acanthoides (Sm., With.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 75; iii. 454. Ciu-t. F. L. f. 6 (drawn from a London specimen). 

 Hedgebanks and roadsides ; rather i-are. A. or B. June — August. 

 I. Harefield! ; Blackst. Fasc. 15. Near Harrow Weald Common. 

 II. BusheyPark!; Hampton!; Ncwb. Towing-path bet. Hampton Court 



and Kingston Bridge. 

 ill. Hounslow Heath ; Cat. Lond. 30. 



VII. Very common in the environs of London ; Curt. F. L. and other 

 authors. Kentish Town; Irv. MSS. Side of canal bet. Lea Bridge 

 and Bow ; Cherry {v. s,). Isle of Dogs ! ; Ncwb. 

 First record: Blackstove, 1737. Curtis's plate well represents the usual 

 Middlesex form, which is the var. litiyiosus, Gr. and Godr. (= C. acan- 

 thoides of Koch's Synoj sis, but scarcely of Bab. Mem.). 



385. C. tenuiflorus, Curt. 



C. vulgatiss. incanus, alato caide, confertis cajpit. parvis (Budd.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 76 ; iii. 451. Curt. F. L. f 6 (drawn from a London plant). 



Waste places ; very rare. A. or B. June — September. 

 VII. Frequent about London ; Budd. MSS. Growing in the very suburbs; 

 Curt. F. L. [Bethnal Green, L. W. Dillwyn ; B. G. 410.] [Near 

 Canonbury House, Islington, 1841 ; Herb. Hardw.] Chelsea College; 

 Britten. Side of canal bet. Lea Bridge and Bow ; Cherry (v. s.). 

 Green Lanes, Newington ! ; Newb. Side of Hackney Canal. Shep- 

 herd's Bush, abundant. North part of Holland Park, Kensington,, 

 abundant. 



First record: Buddie, about 1710. Seems confined to the metropolitan 

 district. Possibly an introduction. 



