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s. 
Jacobaea (L.). Fig. 341. Common Ragwort. Native. P. 
VII-IX. 
In pastures, waste ground, and on the sandhills. Very 
common. 
aquaticus (£,.). Fig. 342. Marsh Ragwort. Native. P. 
VII, VIII. 
In marshy places. Common. 
Carlina (L.). 
C. vulgaris (L.). Fig. 348. Carline Thistle. Native. B. VII-IX. 
The sandhills on both sides of the Mersey. Frequent in L. 
Rare in C. 
Arctium. 
A. minus ( Schk .). Fig. 344. Lesser Burdock. Native. B. 
VII-IX. 
Woods, hedge banks, waste places, &c. Frequent. 
C. Wallasey; Prenton ; Newton; Caldy, and Dee side 
generally ; Overpool ; Stoke. 
Note. — Further research will probably shew the presence of A. inter- 
medium (Lange) in C. 
Card u us (L.). 
C. pycnocephalus (Jacq.). Fig. 345. Slender-flowered Thistle. 
Native. A. or B. VII, VIII. 
(C. tenuiflorus). 
In sandy ground near the sea. Frequent. 
C. Dee side from West Kirby to Burton ; Shotwick (Dr g.). 
C. nutans ( L .). Fig. 346. Musk Thistle. Colonist. A. or B. 
VI-VIII. 
Dry fields and banks. Rare. 
C. 1873, in a gravel pit half a mile W. of Denhall (Lord deT. ; 
f.m.w.). 1874 to 1895, m a field half a mile N. of Willaston 
Windmill (r.b. ; Dr. g.). 
C. crispus (L.). Welted Thistle. Native. B. VII-IX. 
Rare off limestone, and consequently rare in our district. 
c. acanthoides ( L .). Fig. 347. 
C. Fifty yards E. of Moston Bridge by a trench which runs 
parallel to the canal at Mollington (Lord deT.). 1857, by River 
Weaver (Rev. h.). Burton (a.k.b.). By S. U. Canal at Back- 
ford; Burton Point (Dr. G.). 
