CALYCIFLOBJE. 



CAHDUUS. THISTLE. 



1. C. xmtans (musk T.) In waste places, frequent in the 

 south of England. A stout strong plant, from 2 to 3 feet high j 

 leaves sinuate, deeply cut and spinous. Mower-heads large, and 

 nodding over; florets reddish-purple. Torquay. Marychurch, 

 etc. (E. B. t. 1112.) B. v.-vm. 



2. C. acanthoides (welted T.} Roadsides and waste places. 

 Resembling the last, but taller and more branched, leaves narrower, 

 and both they and the stem more thickly covered with prickles. 

 Flower-heads smaller and not drooping so much. Flowers deep 

 purple. Marychurch. Watcombe. Chudleigh. Paignton. (E. 

 B. t. 973.) Carduus crispus, Bab. B. vm. 



3. C. tenuiflorus (slender-flowered T.) Sandy places and 

 waste ground, near the sea. Stem from 2 to 4 feet high, having 

 broad, deeply cut, spinous wings throughout its entire length, 

 formed by the decurrent bases of the leaves, which are broadly 

 lanceolate, sinuate, and spinous, their under sides cottony. 

 Flower-heads numerous, crowded together, narrow and sessile ; 

 florets pink. Babbicombe Down. Berry Pomeroy Castle. Wat- 

 combe. (E. B. t. 412.) A. or B. vi.-vm. 



4. C. Marianus (milk T.) Sides of cliffs and waste places. 

 Stem from 3 to 5 feet high, ribbed and furrowed, but not winged. 

 Leaves large and broad, oblong- lanceolate, clasping the stem, 

 beautifully variegated with green and milk-white veins. Flower- 

 heads large and globular, with long recurved spines from the 

 scales of the involucre. Florets purple, with long tubes. Rocky 

 Valley. Babbicombe. Watcombe. Chudleigh Rocks. (E. B. 

 t. 976.) Silybum, Bab. B. vi. vil. 



CNIOUS. PLUME-THISTLE. 



1. C. lanceolatus (spear Plume- Thistle.) Pastures and 

 roadsides. Plant from 3 to 4 feet high ; stem upright, and armed 

 with long, pinnatifid, thorny leaves, which are white and downy 

 on their under surface. Heads of flowers single and large ; scales 

 of the involucres spear-shaped and spreading ; florets purple. 

 Common by waysides, etc. Carduus, Linn. (E. B. t. 107.) B. 



VII. VIII. 



2. C. palustris (marsh P.) In wet meadows, and by moist 

 shady banks. Plant from 4 to 6 feet high ; stem clothed with 

 numerous short and sharp spines ; leaves pinnatifid, lanceolate, 

 spinous, spreading back on to the stem at their base. Flower- 



