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46. COMPOSITE. 
— Dry banks and waste idaces. /3. is the more eommon plant. 
1?.? VI.— VIII. 
.‘5. C. temnjlorns (Curt.); 1. deeurrent sinuate sj)inous broadly 
laneeolate eottoiiy beneath ; segments ovate lobed, beads nume- 
rous aggregate sessile subeylindrical, involucral scales ovate-lan- 
eeolate attenuated. — E. B. 412. — St. about 3 feet high, slightly 
branched, with broad deej)ly lobed spinous wings. L. deeply 
sinuate or ])innatifid. Involucres nearly glabrous. Florets pink. 
— Sandy places near the sea. B.? VI. — VIII. 
** Pappus feathery. Cnicus Linn., Sm. Cirsium Koch, DC. 
t L. spinous-hairy above, 11. piu-ple. 
4. C. lanceolatus (L.) ; 1. deeurrent white and cottony beneath 
pinnatifid : lobes bifid with lanceolate entire segments each ter- 
minated by a strong spine, inrolucres ovate shaggy, scales lanceo- 
late spinous spreading. — E. B. 107. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, erect, 
furrowed, hairy, viith strong sj)inous wings. Heads terminal, 
solitary or 2 or 3 together, large ; florets purjrle. — Waste ground. 
B. Vli. VIII. Spear Thistle. 
5. C. eriophorus (la.) ; 1. half -clasping not decurrent white aiiA 
cottony beneath deejrly pinnatifid : lobes bifid the segments lan- 
ceolate entire alternately pointing upwards and downwards and 
each terminated by a strong s\hne, involucres globose shaggy, scales 
lanceolate with a long linear spinous-tipj)ed reflexed point. — 
E. B. 386. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, much branched, furrowed, hairy. 
Root 1. 1 — 2 feet long, linear with long divergent lobes which 
form double rows in a very regular manner. Stem 1. similar but 
smaller. Heads very large ; involucre covered with a dense white 
web ; florets purple. A remarkably consjhcuous plant. — Waste 
ground on a hmestone soil. B. VHI. Woolly-headed Thistle. 
tt Leaves not spinous-haii'y above, 
a. Limb of the cor. b-parted to its base. Breea Less. 
6. C. arvensis (Curt.) ; heads suhHicccions, 1. subsessile oblong- 
lanceolate pinnatifid sjiinous wavy, involucres ovate subglabrous ; 
scales broadly lanceolate adpressed terminating in a short spread- 
ing spine, root creeping. — E. B. 975. — St. erect, 3 — 4 feet high, 
leafy, angular, corymbose above. L. very spinous, sessile or very 
slightly deeurrent. — /3. latifolius ; 1. glabrous oblong broad sinu- 
ately lobed slightly wavy deem-rent with an intermpted w'avy 
spinous wing, uj)permost nearly sessile, lobes obtuse fringed with 
strong equal s])ines, in other respects like the type. A remark- 
able variety? Is it di.stinct ? — f y . setosus ; 1. lanceolate flat entire 
or slightly lobed. Cirs. setosum M. B. — Fields and road-sides. 
/3. Croxail, Derbyshire, y. Cuh’oss, S. Dr. Dewar. P. VII. 
B. IX. Creeping Thistle. 
