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Sub-Species l.— Arctium intermedium. Lange. 
Plate DCC. 
Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. iii. Vol. XV. p. 9. 
A. pubena, Bcib. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. Vol. XVII. p. 376 ; Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. 
p. 187. 
Radical loaves flat, ovate, cordate, crcnate; petioles with a small 
central hollow. Anthodes coryuibo-racemose, the lower ones of the 
raceme long-stalked. Pericline rather large, ovate-globular, gene- 
rally copiously arachnoid. Phyllarics equalling the florets. 
In waste places and by roadsides and borders of fields. Pro- 
bably not uncommon, but its exact distribution has not been ascer- 
tained. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial. Autumn. 
Stem 2 to 4 feet high, with spreading branches. Leaves resem- 
bling those of A. raajus, but the stalks are not solid as in that form. 
Anthodes in sub-corymbose racemes on the stem and principal 
branches, regularly racemose on the smaller branches. Pericline 
£ to 1 inch across, usually purple, often arachnoid when young, but 
becoming glabrous when old; phyllarics longer in proportion, nar- 
rower and less spreading than in T. majus. Corolla pale-purple, 
not extending beyond the phyllaries. Achenes like those of T. majus, 
but rather smaller, dark-brown, very rugose, spotted or immaculate. 
Intermediate Burdock. 
French, Bardane. German, Grossamige Klette. 
Sub-Species II.— Arctium nemorosum. Lej* 
Plate DCCI. 
Jieich. Ic. PL Germ, et Helv. Vol. XV. Tab. DCCCXII. Fig. 1. 
Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. iii. Vol. XV. p. 10. 
A. intermedium, Bab. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. ii. Vol. XVII. p- 374 ; Man. Brit, Bot. 
ed. v. p. 186. Jieich. 1. c. (non Lange). 
" Ptadical leaves sub-convolute," oblong-ovate, cordate, coarsely 
crenate with the crenatures apiculate. Anthodes spicate-racemose, 
all very shortly stalked or subsessile. Pericline rather large, ovate- 
globular, generally conspicuously arachnoid. Phyllaries equalling 
the florets. 
In waste places, &c. Apparently local. Professor Babington 
describes it as abundant in the valley of Llanberis, Carnarvonshire, 
and has seen " what is apparently the same plant, from Hope in 
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