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Sicilian Milk'Thiftle. 
Carduus Siculus Acanthoides, venis albicantibus Nobis 
bumilis alatus five Carduus Marine annuus, folio lituris 
obfeuris notato Cupani Hot. Catholici. 
This refembles our Englifh Gray Thijile, having many 
fmall purpLe Flowers and welted Stalks ^ its Leaves gray 
below but fmooth above, and faintly veined with white. 
We are obliged to Father Cupani for the difeovery of 
this -Thiftle. It Flowers with U9 from June till Aagufl : 
.1 have as yet feen it only in Chelfea Garden. 
Great Globe Thijile. Ray 383. 1. 
Echinopus Lhabr. 351. 1c. 3. major I. B. 3. 1 . 25. p .69. F. 
Carduus Spherocephalus Dod. 722. Fig. Spher. latifolius 
vulg. C B. 3 So. 1. Spher ocephalus feu Globofus mapr Park. 
977 Ic 2. Scabiofa Cardui folio Sph<erocephala elatior H. 
Leyd. 539. 
Mr Ray obferv’d this in the hilly Woods about Viterbo. 
Great Centaur ean Scabious. Ray 374. 1. 
Scabiofa Alpina CB. phyt. 52 6 . x. Alp. maxima Lob. 
537. Ic. 2, Ad. 233. Fig. Belg. 638. Fig. Alpina folijs 
Centaurij majoris CB. 270. 1. montana maxima Park . 
487. Fig. 1. 
Its Flomrs of a pale yellow, the Leaves like the great 
Centaury, and its largenefs diftinguifh it from others. 
Mr Ray obferv’d this on the top of Jhuiri on Mount Jura. 
Teafell Scabious. Ray 378. 16. Var. 
Scabiofa Virgre Paftoris folio C B. 270. 6 . Phyt. 52 7. 
13. latifolia peregrina Tab. 1 60. Ic. 1. Hi ft. 547. Fig. 8. 
The Flower of this is very like the common Scabious , 
both in Shape and Colour, but the Leaves whole and 
ferrated like the Teafell. It Flowers in June, 
Fine cut Sicilian Scabious. Ray 378. 13. Var. 
Ssabiofa maritima Rut<e Canine folio Bocc. PI. rar. 74. 
& 95. Tab 40. & 52.. 
Its lower Branches lye on the Ground, with Leaves 
deeply cac like ihe Scrophularia Rut& Caninse folio ^ and 
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