162 COMPOSITE. 



CARLINA, Linn. 



373. C. vulgraris, L. 



C. sylvestris major, Ger. cm. (Blackst.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 87. Syme E. B. v. t. 698. 



Dry banks ; very rare. B. July — September. 



I. In the old chalk-pit at Harefield, plentifully; Blackst. Fasc. 16. 

 Euislip Common, W. M. H. ; Melv. 45. 

 VI. Finehley Common, 1845 ; Herb. Hardw. 



First record : BlacJcstone, 1737. Has a strong attachment to chalk soils, 

 hence scarce in our county. 



ARCTIUM, Linn. 



374. A. majus, SchJc. Great Burdock, 

 Bardana major, Ger. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. Supp. 61. Syme E. B. v. t. 699. 



Sides of streams, woods, and waste ground ; rare ? B. August. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 9. 

 II. Hampton ! ; Newb. Bet. Sunbury and Walton Bridge. 

 III. Harrow and Wood End ; Hind. Many places by the Cran near 

 Twickenham. 

 V, By the Brent near Hanwell ! ; near Willesden Junction ! ; near Shep- 

 herd's Bush Ey. Station ! ; Newb. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Bardana rosea sive Lappa rosea, the 

 Eose Bur, is a monstrous form of (probably) this species. VII. [On 

 the bankside bet. the Horseferry and the neat -houses near London ; 

 How, 14. About ye neat-houses in Chelsey, plentifully ; Herbs. Budd. 

 cxix. fol. 11, and Pet."] Bet. the second and third ponds in Cane 

 Wood; Herb. Pet. cli. fol. 139. 



375. A., minus, Schk. (Syme E. B.). Burdock. 

 1. A. nemorosum, Lej. 



A. intermedium (Bab. Man. v.). Cyb. Br. Supp. 61. Syme E. B. v. t. 701. 



Woods ; very rare ?. B. July. 



1. In a small copse north of Harefield towards Rickmansworth ! ; and in 



a copse above the chalk-pits, Harefield ! ; Newb. 

 We have seen no other specimens of this plant, which appears easily dis- 

 tinguishable from intermedium and minus. 



2. A. intermedium, Lange. 



Lappa major capitulis minus tomentosis ; Bardana major lanuginosis 

 capitulis ; B. capitulis majoribus amneosis (Pet.). Lappa major capi- 

 tulis majoribus parum tomentosis fere sphcricis rufesccntibits (Budd.). 

 ^.|>MJens(Bab. Man. v.). Cyb. Br. Supp. 61. Syme E. B. v. t. 700. 



