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SnB-SPEciEs 1.— Arctium intermedium. Lange. 



Plate DCC. 



Lab. Ann. Nat. TH.-^t. ser. iii. Vol. XV. p. 9. 



A, piibens, Bah. Ann. Nat. Hist. aer. ii. Vol. XVII. p. 376 ; Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. 

 p. 187. 



Radical leaves flat, ovate, cordate, crenate ; petioles with a small 

 central hollow. Anthocles corymbo-racemose, the lower ones of the 

 raceme long-stalked. Pericline rather large, ovate-globular, gene- 

 rally copiously arachnoid. Phyllaries equalling the florets. 



In waste places and by roadsides and borders of fields. Pro- 

 bably not uncommon, but its exact distribution has not been ascer- 

 tained. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Autumn. 



Stem 2 to 4 feet high, with spreading branches. Leaves resem- 

 bling those of A. raajus, but the stalks are not solid as in that form. 

 Anthodes in sub-corymbose racemes on the stem and principal 

 branches, regularly racemose oti the smaller branches. Pericline 

 f to 1 inch across, usually purple, often arachnoid when young, but 

 becoming glabrous when old ; pliyllaries longer in proportion, nar- 

 rower and less spreading than in T. majus. Corolla pale-purple, 

 not extending beyond the phyllaries. Achenes like those of T. majus, 

 but rather smaller, dark-brown, very rugose, spotted or immaculate. 



Intermediate Burdock. 



French, Bardane. German, Grossaniige Klette, 



Sub-Species II.— Arctium nemorosum. Lej. 



Plate DCCI. 



Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XV. Tab. DCCCXII. Fig. 1. 

 Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. iii. Vol. XV. p. 10. 



A. intermedium, Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. Vol. XVII. p. 374 ; Man. Brit. Bot. 

 ed. V. p. 186. Eeiclu. 1. c. (non Lange). 



" Radical leaves sub-convolute," oblong-ovate, cordate, coarsely 

 crenate with the crenatures apiculate. Anthodes spicate-racemose, 

 all very shortly stalked or subsessilc. Pericline rather large, ovate- 

 globular, generally conspicuously arachnoid. Phyllaries equalling 

 the florets. 



In waste places, &c. Apparently local. Professor Babingtou 

 describes it as abundant in the valley of Llanbcris, Carnarvonsliire, 

 and has seen " what is apparently the same plant," from Hope iu 



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