45^ SYNGENESIA : POLYGAMIA ^QUAL^S. 



from the aU of the leaves : the fcales of the 

 calyx are lanceolate, cre6l, acute, but not pun- 

 gent, and of a dull purple color : the ftyles are 

 much longer than the anthera ; and the down 

 of the feeds is plumofe. 



A variety of this fometlmes occurs, having leaves 

 near their fummits pinnatifid, as figur'd in Oe- 

 der*s FL Ban, tab 109. 



acaulis ic. Cx\RDUUS acaulis calyce glabro. Sp, pL 1156. 

 (Ger, em. 1158./. 3. FeL herb, t, 21./. 6, Moris, 

 hifi.f, 7. /. 32,/. 22.) 



Dwarf Carline Thiftle. Anglis. 



In dry paftures, but not common. "^ • VII. 



The leaves lie clofe to the ground round the root, 

 fo as to occupy a circle of a foot or more in dia-^ 

 meter, upon which fpace no other plants or 

 heibage can grow. They are therefore very 

 detrimental to paftures. Thefe leaves are pin- 

 natifid, their fegments angular, divided into two 

 or three lobes, which are edged with ftrong 

 fpincs • one iiead of purple flowers, and fome- 

 times more, ftands in the centre of the leaves up- 

 on a ftalk hardly an inch high : the fcales of the 

 calyx are fmooth, flat, and acute, but not pun- 

 gent : the down of the feeds is plumofe, and an 

 inch long •, the feeds not above i-6th of an inch. 



ONOPORDUM. Gen, pi 927. 

 Recept, favofum. Cat. fquamas mucronatas. 



ONOPORDUM 



