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near Ofweftry in that county, I faw, I believe, 
above a hundred. Neither the gentleman, nor his 
gardener, could account for the produftion of 
them ; or had ever obferved them before that 
inftant. 
Cardamine tripla, fc. ad gradum quartum, prolifera, 
floribus plenis. I have often found it fo here- 
about, and near Ofweftry, and fufped it may not 
be uncommon, though unobferved elfewhere. 
Cardamine flore majore elatior Tourn. Inft. Naftur- 
tium aquaticum, amarum. Park. In the bog near 
the bath at Willowbridge, StafFordfhire. 
Carduus Marias Ger. Ad agrorum margines et in 
aggeribus foifarum non rarb occurrit. Ray Hift. 
Though frequent about London, it is fo rare in 
thefe counties, that I have feen of it only in the 
church-yard at Ince in Chefhire, and about the 
caftle at Caergwrle, and in two other places, in 
this county of Flint. I have not feen one good 
figure of this elegant plant. 
Carduus Mariae non maculatus R. Hift. hirfutus non 
maculatus Ph. Brit. The word hhfufus feems to 
have been improperly added, for Ray in Hift. fays, 
non alia in re a vulgar! Carduo Marias differt 
“ quam quod folia edat maculis deftituta and I 
have feen it about Kennington-common, Surry, as 
fmooth as the former fpecies, which is rather 
veined than fpotted*. 
Carduus tomentofus, Acanthium didus, vulgaris R. 
Syn. Spina alba fylveftris Fuchfio J. B. “ In 
aggeribus foftarum, ad fepes et in incultis non 
“ rarb occurrit,” R. Hift. I have feen it only in. 
the neighbourhood of London, 
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