146 Botany. 



853. A. minus, Bernh. The species so common on roadsides and 



in waste places. 



854. A. pubens, Bab. (INTERMEDIUM, Lange). Copses, banks, 



waste places ; frequent. 



1. Near Magpie Bottom, Shoreham. M. 



2. Between Strood and Cuxton ; near Higham. H. 



(227) CARDUUS, L. (including CNICUS, L. and CIRSIUM, 

 Adans.), THISTLE. Many hybrids occur. 



855. C. pycnocephalus, L. 6 8, A. or B. Dry sandy waste places ; 



common near the sea ; rare inland. 



1. Frequent on the land side of the Thames bank, Stone 



Marshes and Greenhithe, '03. W.H.G. 

 a. Darenth Wood, 1877. 



856. C. nutans, L. (MusK THISTLE), 5 8, B. Common on chalky 



hillsides, and in chalk pits. 



857. C. erispus, L. 7 8, A or B. Hedges, wood borders and waste 



ground ; common, especially on the chalk, 

 var. c.) acanthoides, L. Less common. 



1. Near East Wickham ; Charlton Chalk-pit, with type. 



Dod teste Lin ton. 



2. Isle of Grain, Jackson ; Shoreham, M. 



C. erispus X nutans. 



1. Wooded bank near Magpie Bottom, Shoreham. M. 



858. C. lanceolatus, L. (858866 under CNICUS, Hooker), 7 8,-B. 



Roadsides, waste ground ; very common. 



859. C. eriophorus, L. 8, B. Chalk Downs, rare. 



1. Chalk-pit at Holwood, c. '92. A.D.W. 

 a. Stone Chalk-pit, 1836. 



860. C. palustris, L. 7 8, A. Wet meadows ; very common. 



862. C. pratensis, Huds. 6 8, P. Wet heaths and boggy meadows, 

 more truly a marsh thistle than 860. Uncommon. 



1. Lower end of boggy valley, west side of Keston Com- 

 mon, '06. W.H.G. 



865. C. acaulis, L. 7 9, P. Abundant on the chalk downs. 



1. Side of the Darenth. Shoreham (a stalked and branched 

 form), '03. W.H.G. 



var. b.) caulescens. 



1. Between Dartford and Lane-end ; Lower Hailing ; 

 below Cliffe. Dod. 



