THISTLE. 



CYNAROCEPHAL^E. Carlina lanata. (Linn.) 



Carduus Arabicus. 



kind first mentioned is probably the thistle of Gen. 

 iii. 18 and of Job xxxi. 40. The latter, and a lofty 

 species with double leaves and large globe flowers, 

 called by Dr. Clarke Eclunops y rand if lor a, are more 

 extensively found than any others of the almost num 

 berless varieties of the Palestine thistle. In no other country 

 do thorns and thistles grow in greater abundance and diversity 

 than in the &quot;land of promise.&quot; The varieties of this plant 

 seem to be running riot over the face of the whole country, 

 as though in triumphant contrast with the state of affairs in 

 the prosperous days of Israel. Among the thistles of Palestine 

 is the artichoke, called also the cynura, found wild upon Mount 

 Tabor. It was introduced into England during the time of 

 Henry VIIL, by a French priest, Wolf, the gardener of that 

 monarch. He also introduced some delicate plums and the 

 apricot from Syria and Palestine. Hasselquist noticed eight 

 or ten varieties of thistles on his way from Jerusalem to Ra- 

 mah, a distance of only five miles. The Carduus Aralicm 

 is a small thistle, very correctly represented in Plate IV. from 

 a specimen in my possession which was plucked in the northern 

 part of Palestine. It bears a flower of a bright pink color, almost 



