CLXXIII. 

 CARDUUS MARIAN US. 



Lady's Thistle, or Milk Thistle. 



Class XIX. Syngenesia. — Order I. Polygamia ^Equalis. 

 Nat. Ord. Composite. 



Gen. Char. Involucre tumid, imbricated with spinous 

 scales. Receptacle hairy. Pappus deciduous, rough. 



Spec. Char. Leaves amplexicaul, waved, spinous, the 

 radical ones pinnatifid. Scales of the involucre sub- 

 foliaceous, recurved, spinous at the margin. 



SYNONYMES. 



Greek .... eiXvfiov. 



i Carduus albus maculis notatus vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 381. 

 Carduus Mariae. Ger. Em. 1150. RaiiSyn. 195. Tray. 850. 



I Carduus Mariae vulgaris. Park. Theatr. 970. 



Latin < Carduus leucographus. Dod. Pempt. 710. 



Silybum marianum. Gcertn. Fruct. ii. 378. 



Carduus Marianus. Lin. Sp. PI. 1153. Eng.Fl. iii. p. 386. 



[^ Eng. Bot. t. 976. 

 French .... Chardon-Marie ; Chardon notre-dame ; Chardou argente. 

 Italian . . . Cardo di Maria ; Cardo latteo. 

 Spanish . . Cardo Mariano ; Cardo lechal. 

 German . . Mariendistel ; Frauendistel ; Milchdistel. 



Dutch Mariendistel ; Onze Vrouwendistel ; Melkdistel. 



Danish .... Marientidsel. 

 Swedish . . . Sempertin. 



Bohem Kardus Marie. 



Polish .... Ostropest. 



Description. — The root is biennial, long, cylindrical, thick, 

 and fibrous. The stem is erect, .firm, striated, branched, 



