450 SYNGENESIA : FOLYGAMIA i^QUALlS. 



lanceolatusi CARDUUS foliis decurrentibus pinnatifidis hifpi- 



dis, laciniis divaricatis •, calycibus ovatis fpinofis 



villofis, caulepilofa. Sp,pL 1149. (^^^- ^w. 1174. 



/. 6. Moris, hiji.f. 7. /. 31./. 7. ordinis Juperio- 



ris,) 



Spear-Thiftle. Anglis. 



An deilgneach. Gaulis, 



By way-fides frequent. S .VII. VIII. 



Theftalk is three or four feet long, arm'd with fhort 

 foliaceous, and Iharply pricked wings : the leaves 

 are pinnatifid, the lobes bifid, fpear-ftiap'd, di- 

 varicated, or alternately elevated and deprefi^ed 

 above and below the difc, the nerves ending in 

 very ftiarp and ftrong fpines, the extreme lobe 

 much longer than the refi:. They are green and 

 rough on the upper fide, but hoary underneath : 

 the calyces are woolly j the outermofi: fcales lan- 

 ceolate, reflex'd, and terminated with fpines : ih^ 

 innermofi: fetaceous, dry and unarm'd ; the flo- 

 rets are all tubular and purple : the rec^tacle 

 hairy and conical : the down plumofe. 



nutans 2, 



CARDUUS foliis femi- decurrentibus fpinofis, flo- 

 ribus cernuis ; fquamis calycinis fupcrne patenti- 

 bus, Sp, pi 1 1 50. (Pet. herb. t. 21. /. i. Hort. 

 Aichflett. aftiV: ord. xi. /. i. fig. 2. Moris, hift, f, 

 y. t, '^i f, 6. ordinis fuperiorisy bona,) 



Mufk-Thifile. Anglis, 



In wade places near towns, and in dry paftures and 

 rough ftoney foils. ^ . ViL VIII. 



The 



