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suuill, egg-shaped, in a terminal leafy cjuster ; bracts adpressed, 

 slightly webbed ; florets deep rrnnson; or sometimes white. — 

 jMoist places ; abundant. — Fl. July — September. Biennial. 



7. C. tuberihus (Tuberous Plume-'rhistle). — Root of spindle- 

 shaped, tuberous fibres : stfin 2 feet high, single, erect, round, 

 hairy, leafless abo\'e ; leaves not decurrent, deeply pinnatifid, 

 fringed with minule prickles ; lieaiis generally solitary, large, egg- 

 shaped ; florets crimson. — Grows only in Wiltshire. — Fl. August, 

 September. Perennial. 



8. C.prathuis (Meadow Plume-'Fhistle). — A small plant, 12 — 



CVKPTM"^ TAI rSTRIc ( U,trSl! /V.V/V/c^ TIus!/.). 



iS in. high, with librous roots ; a cottony stem, giving off runners ; 

 few leaves, mostly radical, soft, wavy, friftged with minute spuies, 

 not decurrent ; and generally solitar)- heads, witli adpressed, 

 slightly cottony lirnels and crimson florets. — ^\'et meadows ; not 

 general. — Fl. June - -August. Perennial.: 



9. C. hetera'phyllus (Melancholy Plume-Thistle).— 5/e'«;. 2- 4 

 feet high, erect, cottony, furrowed, slightly branched above, with 

 runners ; leaves large, clasping, not decurjent, seirate with minute 

 spines, smooth above, white and downy beneath ; head large. 



