COMPOSITE FAMILY 



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bifid lobes, the segments lanceolate, entire, and ending in a strong 

 spme, white and downy beneath ; heads ternijnal, mostly solitary, 

 sometimes 2 or 3 together, stalked, egg-shaped, about an inch 

 across ; bracti lanceolate, spinous, spreading, woolly : florels dull 

 purple.— W'aite places and hedges ; abundant— Fl, July- 

 October. Biennial. 



5. C. eriophonis (Woolly-headed Plume-Thistle). -S/fw 3—5 



C.\RDUUS NLTANS {T/listlf). 



CARD'.US LAN'CE0L.\TL-5 (.S"/t'.T?' PluniC TkistU). 



feet high, not winged ; leaves half clasping at |he base ; heads 2 — 

 3 in. across, globose, with a thick white woo-l and long reflexed 

 siiines to the involucre. — \\'aste ground on calcareous soil ; local. 

 — Fl. July — September. Biennial. 



6. C. palustns (Marsh Plume-Thistle). — The tallest of British 

 Thistles, 3 — 10 feet high, consisting of a single, stout, hollow 

 slem, branched towards the summit, and spinously winged through- 

 out by the decurrent leaves, which are thickly armed with short, 

 often brownish, spines and are usually dow*hy beneath ; heads 



