Carduus Arvensu c 
NS ' s - Cursed Thistle. 
Gm ' P/ ' SYNGENliS « POLYGAMIA yEaUALIS. 
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CARDUUS 10SC0L,S FISTV “ S 'o»o,„o. sive 
^^i^r" rphofisi ~ 
CIRSIUM F/ - SUK - 7 ' 5 ' ’ Pm0 ' S ' Mur,p. 7H . St.P,. lli9 . 
Pinnis angulofis, fpinofis, calycibus longis 
fpin ° r,Si ***** %»™» tomentofis, inermibus, 
Th'01 %”; 3 * 7 - Ceanothos f, viarum et vinearum repens 
Thiftle, or rather Creeping- Thiflle, Sift™- C — 
RADK *** minimi, 
undique long^X^ ^ 
CAULIS tripedalis, et ultra, ereaus r„K. r , i 
teres, lanuginofus, fuperne anguTaTuf ^ , 
“"SSE-tiSsi 
FLORES^pallide purpurei, mediocres, fuaviffime odo- 
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CALYX communis ovatus, apice contraaus, imbrica- 
dorfo aeuds nUmerofis ' a PP re( P>h laneeolads 
aono acutis, apice appendiculatis, mucro- 
fleSSuT5““ bus - mucrombus fubre - ; 
COROLLA : 
compofita, tubulofa, uniformis; Corel- 
Dmnes hprmonl,voJ:._ r 1 ^ 
/„/ „ r r ’ ‘“uuiotd, unitormis; Coro l- 
luite omnes hermaphrodita, fubsquafes mo 
nopetafe, mfund.buliformes, /»7tenuiffimo 
hmbo qumquefido, reflexo, laciniis linearibus' 
unica profundius feparata, fg. 2 . 
STAMINA; Filamenta 5 capillaria, breviffima, - 
alba, Anthera cyhndracea, corolla bre- - 
vior, ore qmnquedentato, dentibus apice i 
! ROOT p S ni ^ r0nnd r - ndpoft the thicknels of the 
¥ j tt . fin s er ’ of a dirty white minor 
f trattng deeply, and creeping 6 far jmd'swdef' 
I- ^ mid 
: LEAVE S feflile, alternate, lanceolate, cut in fo as to 
be fomewhat pmnatifid, the fides 1 
prefled together, finuamd 
jpinous, above fmooth, gmen, bl ea di “akr' 
f entS! 7 V US ' **“ Uppi:rmofl °nes almoft 
I FLOWE ^“- fa P- Purple colour, 
f L ° WE aboX1bmeihiT^oou7 e ° r tWO - flowered . 
I CALYX common to all the florets ovate, cona-aBed at 
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nated by a pointed Appendage 'puSflh’ 
points turning a little bacit, anlmilS, j“.’ 
' COROLLA compound, tubular, uniform all ,I, e 
Florets hermaphrodite, nearly «,„„1 L “ 
the very flem 
der, the limb divided mto four, linear re 
«tnfelr m0red ^ di " dGd 
STAMINA: five capillary Filaments, very ftort 
Tjtnr; AN , THE V E “Uited mto'Icylin 
der, fhorter than the corolla, the mouth 
5-toothed, the teeth white at the tips. 
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PISTTT r tim n t 3 '”“ UK:a ’ me teeth white at the tips. m ° U " 
ISTILLUM: Germen ovatum, compreffum ; Sty- «PISTILLUM- r 
LUsfil, forms, flaminibus longior, exalbido- t °vate, comprelfed ; Style 
rubellus ; Stigma obtufum, femum bifidum. I whMtt 'redX 7" « 
X whmih red colour; Stigma obtufe, finally 
SEMINA linearia, obfolete tetragona 
mofus, feflilis, fig. 4, 
Pappus plu. J SEEDS linear, flightly four-comered - 
v thery, feffile, Jjg. 4, 
Down fea- 
1 iner y» leiiile, f g . 4 . 
RECEPTACULUM pilofum, pilis nitentibus, fig. 5 . % RECEPTACLE hairy, hairs glofly,^. fi . 
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