84 44. COMPOSIT.E. 



Woodward : " in a piece of ground, sown with * seeds,' 

 broken up only a few years ago, on the farm of Mr. Thomas 

 Arkell, at Penhill, in the parish of Stratton St. Margaret's, 

 two miles from Swindon, in the year 1848." 



606. Carduus ACAULis, Zzwn. ^^ -^ ''''''/- 4'^-/ 

 606, b. Carduus ddbius, JVilld. 



Area 123456*8** [11 12]. 



South limit in Devon, Isle of Wight, Kent. 



North limit in Notts, Hereford, Glamorgan. ^ A^e*^ 



Estimate of provinces 7. Estimate of counties 25. 



Latitude 50 — 54. Germanic (?) type of distribution. 



Agrarian region. Inferagrarian zone. 



Descends to the coast level, in the Peninsula. 



Ascends to 150 or 200 yards, in England. 



Range of mean annual temperature 51 — 48. 



Native. Glareal, Pascual. Extends pretty far west- 

 ward, for a species referred to the Germanic or South- 

 eastern type. If we add to the counties indicated for its 

 northern, or rather north-western limit, those of Somerset 

 and (South-eastern) Devon, we shall obtain a stronger in- 

 dication of eastern tendency, than that given by the pro- 

 vincial area of the plant might at first appear to imply. 

 Moreover, as we approach towards the western line so 

 traced out, the special localities appear also to become less 

 frequent ; only two being reported for Devon, one for Gla- 

 morgan, one for Hereford. The remarkable variety, or 

 very luxuriant variation, named ' Gibsoni' in the London 

 Catalogue, after its discoverer, is referred to C. dubius in 

 Babington's Manual : only two plants of it were found. 



