196 SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ^QUALIS. 
with a fmooth cup. On dry paftures. On Blackheath 
near London, Per, July, 
This plant according to Ray hath a purple flower. 
ONOPORDUM. Cotton-Thistle. 
The common cup is roundifh, ventricofe, and imbri- 
cated; the fcales are numerous prickly and prominent 
on every Tide. The compound flower is tubulofe and 
uniform, the hermaphrodite flowers are equal.* The 
proper flower is monopetaious and infund ibuliform; the 
tube is flender, the limb ereft, ventricofe and quinqui- 
fid ; the fegments are equal, one only being more fepa- 
rated than the reft. There are five capillary, very fhort 
filaments, having cylindraceous, tubulofe antherse, the 
length of the corolla and quinquedentated. The ger- 
rnen is oval, the ftyle fiendtr, and longer than the fta- 
mina, and ftigma is crov/ncd. The cup is (lightly con- 
nivent and contains the feed. The down is capillary. 
Acanthiim. Cotton-Thiftle with rough empalements, 
fubulated fcales and oval, oblong, ferrated leaves. 
Found in uncultivated places. Bien, July, 
C A R L I N A. Carline-Thistle. 
The common cup is ventricofe, radiated. Imbricated; 
the fcales are numerous, lax, acute, and the interior ones 
are very long, patent, ftiining, coloured, and placed in 
an orb. The compound flower is uniform and tubulofe, 
and the hermaphrodite florets are equal. The proper 
flower is monopetaious, and infundibuliform; the tube 
is flender ; the limb is infundibulifonri and quinquifid. 
There are five capillary very fhort filaments, with cylin- 
draceous tubulofe antherai. The germen is fhort, the 
ftyle (lender, and length of the ftamina. The ftigma 
is oblong, bifid or entire. Tlie cup unchanged con- 
tains a fingle taper feed, crowned with a branching plu- 
mofe down. 
Vulgaris, 
