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glandular viscid spot on the dorsal side; flow- 

 ers rose, purple or whitish. Presidio. Oak- 

 land. Summer. 



7. C. BBEWEKI Gray. Bracts of the involu- 

 cre bearing on their dorsal side, near the tip, 

 an oval, viscid, glandular spot; bracts much 

 appressed, coriaceous, outer bracts tipped with 

 a squarrose, slender prickle; flowers pale, pur- 

 ple or whitish. Tamalpais. Summer. 



61, Silybum Vaill. SPOTTED THISTLE. 



^Equalis. Pappus ao-seriate. Bristles rigid. 

 Filaments monadelphous. 0. Flowers pur- 

 ple. 



1. S. MARIANUM Gaertn. Common. Sum- 

 mer. 



Native of the Mediterranean region. Seeds 

 of the plant used as an antispasmodic. 



62, Centaurea L STAR- THISTLE. 



Frustranea. ^Equalis. Involucre imbricate. 

 Ray-flowers funnel-shaped. Pappus of oo, sca- 

 brous, filiform bristles. 



1. C. BENDICTA L. Akenes terete; flowers 

 yellow. 0. 



Ballast-weed. Introduced from the Mediter- 

 ranean region. Summer. 



2. C. MELITENSIS L. Akenes costate. Flow- 

 ers yellow. 0. 



