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Equal Polygamy. Polyg. JEq. 
573 - mstle. — C. lanceolatuG. 
Leaves running down the stem, winged, 
rough with hair, segments straddling, cups 
ovate, thorny, woolly ; stem hairy. — Sow- 
erby. 107. 
Fields and Way-sides, J^ly^ Common. 
574. Nodding thistle, — C. nutans. 
Leaves half running down the stem, thorny, 
flowers nodding, scales of the cup open 
above. — Flora Danica. 675. 
Dry Pastures, July, B. Common. 
575. Slender Thistle. — C. tenuiflorus. 
Leaves running down the stem, prickly at 
the edge, branches straight, cups in clusters, 
sitting, oblong-conical, scales upright, ex- 
panding, prickly. — ( Curtis. J Curtis. VI. 
55. Sowerby. 412. 
Borders of Fields, July, A. Rare. 
Ahn's Houses y — Cox^s Pits. 
576. Thistle-upon-Thistle. — C. polyacanthos. 
Leaves running down the stem, prickly at 
the edge, branches expanding, cups nearly 
round, loose, scales awl-shaped, expanding, 
rather harmless. — f Curtis. J Curtis. VI. 
54 - 
Hedges, July, A. Common. 
Marsh 
