8B 
THE FLORA OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
II. (Acanthoides), Chestevton Wood \ Herb. Per.; Houington ; Treding- 
ton; Halford; Shipstoii, Neivh.; Oversley Wood; fields 
between Oversley and Arrow ; banks, Arrow lane ; f Polyan- 
tlicmos), Bardon Hill, Stratford-upon-Avon ; Shilton, near Edge 
Hills; (Utiniosus), pea field, Drayton Bushes; near Temple 
Grafton. 
C. lanceolatus, Linn. Spetr ThiMe. 
Native : In woods, pastures, heath, and on waysides and banks. 
Common. July to September. Area general. 
C. eriophorus, Linn. Woolly-headed Thistle ; Globe Thistle. 
• Native: On waysides and in meadows, in calcareous soils. Rather 
rare. July, August. 
II. On the road from Warwick to Stratford ; between Warwick and 
Hatton; on the road from Harbury to Tachbrook ; Binton ! 
Oversley Hill! Ferry FI., 67 ; Allesley, Free, May. Nat. Hist., 
iii., 165 ; Cathiron Lane, by the old canal! Blox., R. S. R., 1874; 
Chesterton! Whitnash : Morton! Y. and B.; in the Newbold 
Road, by the river, Blox., N. B. G., 1837 ; Honington, and near 
Sherrington Hall, Neivb.; abundant at Great Alne; near 
Billesley ; Drayton Bushes ; Binton ; Bardon Hill; Marl Cliff; 
Eatington. 
C. palustris, Linn. Marsh Thistle. 
Native : In damp woods, damp waysides, meadows, marshes, and 
bogs. Common. June to August. Area general. 
C. pratensis, Huds. Meadow Thistle; Single-headed Thistle. 
Native : In marshes and damp meadows. Very local. June, July, 
or later. 
I. Packington ! Countess of Aylesford, B. G., 1850 ; bog below Coleshill 
Pool,! Bree. Mag. Nat. Hist., iii., 165; moist meadows, Merivale, 
J. Rower, 1885; Coleshill, Freeman, Phyt., i., 262; marshes, 
Sutton Park ; damp pasture above Olton Pool; meadows by 
School Rough, Marston Green ; Coleshill Pool. 
II. Near Wroxhall! Bree, N. B. G. ; Baddesley Clinton ; The Oaks 
Farm, Kenilworth, H. B. 
C. acaulis, Linn. Dwarf Thistle. 
Native: In pastures, and on waysides and rubbish heaps, in 
calcareous soils. Rare. July to September. 
II. Opposite Moorhall, bn the Bidford Road ; and between this place 
and Red Hill, on the hedge bank. Part, i., 383 ; Long Compton 
Hill, Perry FI., 68 ; road side, near Harbury (caulescent form), 
Kirk, Herb. Per.; Chesterton ! Tachbrook, Y. and B.; rough 
pasture in Rounshill Lane ! H. B.; Hatton, Beausale common, 
//. B.; near Birdingbury Wharf; lime heaps, Lawford 
Fields, R. S. R., 1874 and 1878 ; Honington Park ! Tredington, 
Newb.; a white variety and the caulescent form at Chadshunt, 
Bolto)i King; by Chesterton Windmill; Yarningal common; 
caulescent form at Itchington Holt. 
C. arvensis, Curt. Creeping Plume Thistle. 
Native: In woods, pastures, on banks, heaths, waysides. Common. 
July to September. Area general. The white variety not un¬ 
frequent with type. Var. setosa; one patch of this occurred in 
a field at Milverton 1 this field is now a potato garden, H. B. 
I have found a hybrid between C. crispus and C. nutans in pastures 
near Coleshill, and Mr. Bromwich finds a hybrid between C. 
palustris and C. arvensis in a cornfield at Myton, Warwick. 
f To be continued.) 
