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brauches. The leaves are greyish green, regularly notch- 

 ed and sinuated at the edges. The stalk as well as the 

 leaves is beset with many sharp prickles. The flower 

 CTows in a stately mauuer single upon the top of the 

 branches, and is of a beautiful blueish purple. 



Place, — It grows in damp ground. 



Time, — It flowers in July. 



THISTLE (MARSH.)— ((7nu?i« Pdtustria,) (Cirtium 

 Palustre,) 



Descrip, — The root has tough brown fibres, with an up- 

 right root, not much branched, seven feet high, usually of 

 a brownish colour, tinged with purple, and very prickly. 

 The leaves are broadish and long, of a deep green, set with 

 thorns. The flowers stand at the tops of the stalks, six or 

 eight together ; and they are of a deep purple. 



Place. — It is frequent in meadows in the Isle of Ely. 



Time, — It flowers in June. 



THISTLE (MUSK.)— (Carrfuia Nutans,) 



Detcrip. — The root is thick, long, and furnished with 

 fibres. The stalk is five feet high, upright, of a brownish 

 colour. The leaves are many, large, and divided at the 

 edges, of a dusky colour, and beset with prickles. The 

 flowei-8 are large and purple, and frequently there is one 

 at the extremity of the stalk, which hangs drooping. 



Place. — It is frequent in damp pasturea. 



Time. — It flowers in June. 



THISTLE (SAINT BARNABY'S.)— (Carc/uiw SoUii^ 

 tiaria Fiava,) 



Deecrip, —The root is long, slender, black, and has few 

 fibres. The first leaves s])read circularly on the ground ; 

 they are long, deeply divided, of a faint green. The stalk 

 is tough, firm, upright, and two feet high : the leaves on 

 it resemble those from the root ; and tney are of a faint 

 green also. The flowers ptand in small prickly heads at the 

 tops of the branches ; and they are of a beautiful yellow. 



Place, — We have it in dry pastures in some parts of 

 England ; but it is not common. 



Time, — It flowers in June. 



THISTLE (SPEAR.)— (^wa'ea, Carduus Lanceolata,) 



Deecrip, — The root is long and has many fibres. The 



■talk is upright, six feet high, very prickly, and divided 



into many branches. The leaves are long and large : theii 



