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ONOPORDUM, L. 



459. 0. Acanthium, L. Cotton Thistle. 



Alien or casual. Very rare. We have not seen an example. 



S. Sand hills at Berrow ; Miss Livett, and New Botanists' 

 Guide. " Rare at Weston-super-Mare. Grows in waste 

 places near Sand Point." St. Brocly, Fl. Weston. 

 CARDUUS, L. 



460. C. nutans, L. Musk Thistle. 



Native, in waste places, particularly on limestone, rather 

 common. 



G. Clifton and Durdham Downs. Kingswood. Stinch- 

 combe hill. 



S. Leigh Down ; some plants here with white flowers, 

 July, 1880. Brean. Cheddar. Dolbery Camp. Clevedon. 

 Loxton. Walton-by-Clevedon. Wells. Weston-super- 

 Mare. Yatton. VI. VIII. 



461. C. ClispUS, L. including C. acanthoides, L. 



Native ; on banks, and by roadsides, common about Bristol. 



VL vm. 



462. C. tenuiflorus, Curt. 



Native ; in submaritime habitats. Locally common by the 

 Avon below Bristol, and on the shore of the Bristol 

 Channel. VI. Vm. 



463. C. lanceolatUS, L. Spear Thistle. 



Native ; very common everywhere. VII. VIH. 



464. C. eriophorus, L. Woolly-headed Thistle. 



Native ; in dry pastures on limestone, frequent in Somer- 

 set. A strikingly handsome plant when well grown. 



S. Buckland Dinham. Between Bishport and Dundry. 

 Between Glutton and Stowey. Combe Hay. Hutton. 

 Lansdown. Loxton. Plentifully at Kbbor, near Wells; 

 Miss Livett. Westou - in - Gordano. South Stoke. 

 Stockwood. Worlebury Hill. Yandy Lane. VIII. 



