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Carduus, L. Thistle. 
Br. sp . 4. F. 3. 
C. acanthoicles, L. Welted Thistle. H. 181, B. 172. — 
F. June, Oct. B. ? (C. polyacanthos , Curt. C. crispus 
Not uncommon by waysides, in woods, and on the banks 
of streams, from the coast to the mountains. Heads of flowers 
occasionally white, as at Pleasance, Dundee, and Loch Brandy 
stream, Clova. In Mericmoor Wood (now cut down) in 
1831, a specimen was observed fully six feet high. 
C. tenuijlorus, Curt. Slender-flowered Thistle. H. 181, 
B. 172. — F. June, August. A. 
Near Brough ty Ferry, west end, and other places on the 
coast. 
Cultivated fields near Montrose, Mr G. Don. Waste 
ground about the Lunatic Asylum, Montrose, Mr A. Croall. 
C. Marianus , L. Milk Thistle. IL 182, B. 174. — F. 
June, July. B. ? ( Silybum Marianum , Ga?rt., Bab.) 
Brough ty Ferry, and near the church of Monifieth. 
East Haven, about the railway, Messrs A. Croall and G. 
AD Far lane. 
Cnicus, L. Plume Thistle. 
Br. sp. and v. 10. F. 4. 
C. lanceolatus , Willd. Spear Plume Thistle, or Scottish 
Thistle. H. 182, B. 172. — F. July, Augt. B. ( Cardu- 
us , L.) 
Plentiful by waysides. Occasionally with white heads of 
flowers about Dundee. The Onopordium Acanthium is cul- 
tivated in Scotland as the Scottish Thistle, but undoubtedly 
the C. lanceolatus is the real Scottish Thistle. 
It is the national badge of Scotland, and every Scotsman 
must feel a pride in exclaiming, with our native poet, Nicoll, 
on looking upon this plant, — 
“ By Freedom ! our aith — be’t in peace or in war — 
We’ll mak’ honour an’ Scotland our bright guidin’ star; 
An’ till valleys lie low, whar’ our wild mountains are, 
We’ll stand by the auld Scottish Thistle.” 
