166 COMPOSITE. 



CARDTJUS, Linn. 

 383, C. nutans, L. 



C. moschatus, Pet. (Blackst.). 



Cyb. Br. ii. 74. Syme E. B. v. t. 683. 



Fields and -waste places ; rather rare. B. June — August. 

 I. Harefield ! ; Blackst. Fasc. 15. Abundant by the canal. Bet. Yews- 

 ley and Iver Bridge ! ; Ncivb. 

 II. Laleham, 1S15; Herb. G. cf- R. Staines Moor. Near Sipson. Bet. 

 Sunbury and Walton Bridge. Bet. Hampton Court and Kingston 

 Bridge. About Teddington in several places, abundant. 



III. Hoiinslow Heath, abiindant. Near Eiehmond Bridge, abundant. 



IV. North Heath, Hampstead ; Lawson, 

 VI. Edmonton. 



First record: BlacJcstonc, 1737. 



38ft. C, crispus, L. 



C. polyacanihos ^;?-H?n<.s, Ger. em. (Blackst.). C. polyacantJios (Curt.). 



C. ai-anthoides (Sm., With.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 75 ; iii. 454. Curt. F. L. f. 6 (drawn from a London specimen). 

 Hedgebanks and roadsides ; rather rare. A. or B. June — August. 

 I. Harefield! ; Blackst. Fasc. 15. Near Harrow Weald Common. 

 II. Bushey Park!; Hampton!; Newh. Towing-path bet. Hampton Court 



and Kingston Bridge. 

 111. Hounslow Heath ; Cat. Land. 30. 



VII. Very common in the environs of London ; Cttrt. F. L. and other 



authors. Kentish Town; /ry. ilf-SiS. Side of canal bet. Lea Bridge 



and Bow ; Cherry {v. s.). Isle of Dogs ! ; Newb. 



First record: Blackstone, 1737. Curtis's plate -well represents the usual 



Middlesex form, which is the var. litigiosus, Gr. and Godr. ( = C. aca7i- 



tliaidcs of KocKs Synoi.sis, but scarcely of Bab. Man.). 



385. C. tenulflorus, Curt. 



C. vulgatiss. incanus, alato caule, confertis capit. parms (Budd.). 

 Cyb. Br. ii. 76 ; iii. 454. Curt. F. L. f. 6 (drawn from a London plant). 

 Waste places ; very rare. A. or B. June — September. 

 VII. Frequent about London ; Budd. MSS. Growing in the very suburbs ; 

 Curt. F. L. [Bethnal Green, L. W. Dillwyn ; B. G. 410.] [Near 

 Canonbury House, Islington, 1841 ; Herb. Hardw.] Chelsea College; 

 Britten. Side of canal bet. Lea Bridge and Bow ; Cherry (v. s.). 

 Green Lanes, Newington ! ; Ncwb. Side of Hackney Canal. Shep- 

 herd's Bush, abundant. North part of Holland Park, Kensington, 

 abundant. 

 First record: Buddie, about 1710. Seems confined to the metropolitan 

 district. Possibly an introduction. 



