450 SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA tEQUALIS. 

 lanceolatusi CARDUUS foliis deciirrentibus pinnatifidis hifpi- 

 dis, laciniis divaricatis ; calycibus ovatis fpinofis 

 villofis, caule piloifflt Sp.pl. 114.^. {Ger. em. 1174. 

 /. 6. Moris, hijl.f. 7. /. 31./. 7. ordinis Juperio- 

 ris.) 



Spear- Thiille. Jnglis. 



An deilgneach. Gaulis. 



By way-fides frequent. $ . VII. VIII. 



Theftalk is three or four feet long, arm'd with fhort 

 foliaceous, and fharply prick/d wings : the leaves 

 are pinnatifid, the lobes bifid, fpear-fliap'd, di- 

 varicated, or alternately elevated and deprefled 

 above and belov/ the difc, the nerves ending in 

 very fharp and ftrong fpines, the extreme lobe 

 much longer than the rell. They are green and 

 rough on the upper fide, but hoary underneath ; 

 the calyces are woolly •, the outermoft fcales lan- 

 ceolate, reflex'd, and terminated with fpines : thci 

 innermoft fetaceous, dry and unarm'd : the flo-! 

 rets arc all tubular and purple : the receptacle, 

 hairy and conical : the down plumofe. 



nutans 2. CARDUUS foliis femi-decurrentibus fpinofis, flo- 

 ribus cernuis ; fquamis calycinis fuperne patenti- 

 bus. Sp. pi II so. (PeL herb. /. 21. /. i. Hort.l 

 Aichjtett. aftiv. ord. xi. /. i.fig. 1. Moris, kijl.f. 

 y. t. '^i f. 6. ordinis fi'.pcrioris., bona.) 

 Muik-Thiflle. Anglis. 



In wafte places near towns, and in dry paflures anc 

 rough itoney foils. <? . VII. VIII. 



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