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Cnicus ( Hoffm .). 
C. lanceolatus (Hoffm.). Fig. 358. Spear Thistle. Native. B. 
VII, VIII. 
In poor ground in many places. Very common. 
C. palustris (Hoffm.). Fig. 359. Marsh Plume Thistle. Native. 
A. or B. VII-IX. 
In moist meadows and by the sides of ditches. Very common. 
|C. acauiis (L.). Dwarf Thistle. Colonist. P. VII, VIII. \ 
In pastures. Very rare. 
C. In a field on Overton Hills near Frodsham (j.f.r.). 
V This needs confirmation. j 
C. arvensis (Hoffm.). Fig. 350. Creeping Plume Thistle. Native. 
P. VII-IX. 
In fields and by roadsides. Very common. 
b. mitis (Koch), and d. setosus (Bess.). 
1901, about the Canal banks at Aintree (j.a.w.). 
Onopordon (L.). 
0 . Acanthium (L.). Fig. 351 . Scotch Thistle. Casual. B. VIII. 
Dry banks and fields. Rare. 
C. West Kirby (H.). About Saughall Massie (D.). 1883, 
Sparingly scattered about Meols and Hoylake (r.b.) ; con- 
firmed, 1901 (Dr. G.). 
S sly bum (Gaert.). 
S. Marianum (Gaert.). Fig. 352 . Milk Thistle. Casual. B. 
VI, VII. 
Waste ground and rubbish heaps. Very rare. 
L. Near Southport. 
C. Near Birkenhead. 
Serratula (L.). 
S. tinctoria (L.). Fig. 353 . Sawwort. Native. P. VII-IX. 
In woody and bushy places. Rare. 
L. In moist wooded parts of Otterspool, near the water (H.), 
(?) extinct. 1890, the Dingle (r.b.). 
C. Hedge bank by footpath from near Storeton Quarry 
towards Higher Tranmere, 1875-6 (r.b.). Repeated search 
has failed to find it, 1898 (Dr. g.). 
Centaurea (L.). Knapweed. 
C. nigra (L.). Fig. 355 . Black Knapweed. Native. P. VII-IX. 
Pastures, banks and roadsides. Very common. 
