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Bx. Between Witney and North Leigh, W. Christy, 1832. 
Handborough, Burford, Ditchley, Lyneham, Chadlington, ete. 
6. Thame. Bullingdon! H. Bos. Open Magdalen. 
7. Thames. Stokenchurch, Lewknor, H. Bos. 
Berks. Cumnor, Besselsleigh. Bucks (?), Northants, Gloster, Warwick. 
C. lanceolatum, L. Spear Thistle. 
Top. Bot. 242. Syme, E. B. v. ro. 686. Nym. 406. Bx. 410. 
Cnicus, H. 
Native. Viatical. Hedges, pastures, roadsides, waste places, woods, 
etc. Very common and generally distributed. B. June—Nov. 
First record, Sib. 1794. Carduus lanceolatus, L. 
After arvensis our most common thistle. 
A hybrid with crispus occurred near Hethe. 
Berks. Near Great Oakley House a hybrid with crispus was found in 
1881. 
C. acaule, All. Dwarf Thistle. 
Top. Bot. 244. Syme, E. B. v.17. 692. Nym. 407. Carduus acaulis, L. 
Native. Pascual. Dry pastures, chalk downs. Locally common. P. 
June—Sept. 
First record, C. acaulis, minore purpureo flore, R., Blackstone, 1737. 
2. Ouse. Hardwick Heath, Cottisford, Shelswell. 
8. Swere. Bretch, beyond Neithrop, Guill. Broughton, J. French. 
Swalecliffe, Milton, A. Fr. i 
4, Ray. Leys near Upper Heyford, between Tackley and Northbrook, 
on a steep hill near Cherwell, Bz. Kirtlington, Stow Wood. 
5. Isis. Burford Downs! Sib. Wychwood! Blackstone. Woodstock 
Park! Stonesfield! Ashford Mills! Bx. Bladon Heath, North 
Leigh, Ramsden Heath, Eynsham, Port Meadow. 
6. Thame. Bullingdon Green, Sib. Cowley Marsh, Christ Church 
Meadow, Bz. in Purton. Stanton Quarries, Holton, Tetsworth, 
Dorchester, etc. 
7. Thames. Maple Durham, Hb. Br. Mus. Col. J. Carroll. Nettlebed, 
Chinnor, etc., abundant on the chalk. 
A caulescent form is not unfrequent. 
C. anglicum, DC. Meadow Thistle. 
Carduus pratensis, Huds. Top. Bot. 243. Syme, E. B. v. 14. 690. 
Nym. 407. 
Native. Uliginal. Marshes, moist meadows, and bogs. Rare. P. 
July, Aug. 
First record, 82.1794. Wet meadows, C. pratensis. 
