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10. ,S'. pali'islris (Marsh Fleaworl). — A stout plant, 2 — 3 feet 

 high, shaggy ; sli'iii hollow ; lea7vs sessile, broadly lanceolate, half- 

 clasping, the lower ones wavy and toothed; heads many, in a 

 crowded corymb; with no outer scales to the involucre ; ray 

 spreading. — Fens in Ihe en.stern counties ; rare. — Fl. June Jul)'. 

 Biennial. 



11. .S'. iiitcgrijaliuf (V'wM Fleawortj.^^A small, shaggy plant, 

 6 — S in. high, with an unbranched stem ; radical leaves shortly 



Stalked, oblong, nearly 

 entire ; caidiiie leaves 

 lanceolate ; lieads j — 6 

 in a simple corymb. - 

 Chalky downs ; rare. — 

 Fl. May, fune. Peren- 

 mal. 



12. S. spaiJmlijaUns 

 ( Maritune Flcaw(jrt). — 

 An allied species, i — 3 

 feet high, shaggy and 

 unbranched, withspathu- 

 late radical leaves and 

 large, clasping caiiUne 

 leaves. — Occurs on rocks 

 near Holyhead. — Fl. 

 June, July. Biennial or 

 Perennial. 



13.* .S'. Ci'tcrdna, a 

 IVIediterranean species, 

 with leaves densely 

 white-felted Ijeneath, is 

 naturalised in co. Dublin, 

 where it hybridizes with 

 S. Jaccihira. 



i>n Carliac TJihtlA. 



2). ('.\ki.i'n.\ ((inline 

 Thistle). — Stilf, spinous 

 plants ; leaves pinnatifid ; aiilcr hracts leafy, spreading, with si'iinous 

 teeth, ijuier longer, narrow, chaffy ; recc[itaclc Hat, dee|)ly ])itted ; 

 ■florets all tubular ; corolla 5-t<.iothed ; anthers tailed ; jriiit silky, 

 with bifid hairs ; f'afi/ins in 1 row, branched and feathery. (Name, 

 the same as Carolina, Ironi a tradition that the mot of one s])ecies, 

 C. acaidis, was shown by an angel to Cliarleinaf^ne as a remedy lor 

 tlie plague which prevailed in his army.) 



I. C. initi^dris ((fommoii Carline Thistle). — I'he only P.ritish 



