168 COMPOSITE. 



390. C. acaulis, L. 



Cyb. Br. ii. 84 ; iii. 456. Syme E. B. v. tt. 692 and 692 his. 



■ Dry fields ; rare. P. July — September. 

 I. Euislip Common ; Melv. 46. Field above the old chalkpit, Harefield, 



abundant. 

 II. On a bank by the Thames side opp. Thames Ditton Ferry. 

 III. Field by Hospital Bridge over the Cran, a few plants. 

 First record: Hind, 1861. The Harefield specimens grow amongst long 

 grass, and have all a more or less evident stem. 



(C. heterophyllus, L. Cyb. Br. ii. 85. Syme E. B. v. t. 691. C. Me- 

 nioides (Mart.). Cirsium Britannicum Clusii repens, J. B. ; (III.) on 

 Hounslow Heath, Mr. Doody ; Dill, in Ray St/n. iii. 193. Kepeated 

 by subsequent authors. As Mr. Watson {Cyb. Br. ii. 85) suggests, there 

 can be little doubt that C. pratensis was mistaken for this.) 



SILYBUM, Gaert. 



391. S. IWEarianum, Gaert. 



Carduus Maria, Ger. em. (Blackst.). Cardims Marianiis, L. (Irv.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 77 ; iii. 454. Syme E. B. v. t. 681. 

 Waste ground, roadsides, and walls ; rare. B. June — September. 

 I. Pinner, 1865; Hind. Harefield; Blackst. Fasc.lb. 



III. Eoxeth, not wild, W. M. H. ; Melv. 45. 



IV. Kubbish, Hampstead ; Irv. MSS. 



V. Several plants on walls at Turnham Green. 

 VII. I Maiden Lane, Islington ; by the lodge, Tufnell Park, 1844; Hrb. 

 Hardw.'\ [Banks bet. London and Hackney, E. Forster; Herb. Mus. 

 Brit.'] Lincoln's Inn Fields, originally planted. 



First record: How, 1650. A state of this with leaves without the white 

 markings was distinguished by the older botanists, and seems to 

 have been common about town. Cardims Maria hirsutiis 7ion macu- 

 laius, near London ; How, 22. [In a ditch neer my Lord Southampton's 

 house and about Islington ; Merrett, 21.] [Shown me by Mr. George 

 Ilorsnell near Clerkenwell, London ; Bay Cat. i. 56.] [Near Clerken- 

 well, Mr. H. E. Bloss ; Herb. Budd.] [Banks of New Eiver; Pet. 

 Midd.] [On a bank just beyond Shoreditch, towards Hackney, J. 

 Sherard ; Bay Syn. iii. 196.] [Bet. London Spaw and New Eiver 

 Head, Dr. Watson; Hill, 412.] [Marybone Park; Mart. App. P. C. 

 72.] [Brickfield near the ' Cat and Shoulder of Mutton,' Hackney ; 

 Forst. Midd.] 



LAPSANA, Linn. 

 392. Xi. communis, L. Nipplewort. 



Lampsana, Ger. em. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 70. Curt. F. L. f. 1. 



