. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOSITE FAMILY -77 bifid lobes, the segments lanceolate, entire, and ending in a strong spme, white and downy beneath ; heads ternijnal, mostly solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 together, stalked, egg-shaped, about an inch across ; bracti lanceolate, spinous, spreading, woolly : florels dull purple.—W'aite places and hedges ; abundant—Fl, July- October. Biennial. 5. C. eriophonis (Woolly-headed Plume-Thistle).-S/fw 3—5. C.\RDUUS NLTANS {T/listlf). CARD'.US LAN'CE0L.\TL-5 (.S"/t'.T?' PluniC TkistU). feet high, not winged ; leaves half clasping at |he base ; heads
. Flowers of the field. Botany. COMPOSITE FAMILY -77 bifid lobes, the segments lanceolate, entire, and ending in a strong spme, white and downy beneath ; heads ternijnal, mostly solitary, sometimes 2 or 3 together, stalked, egg-shaped, about an inch across ; bracti lanceolate, spinous, spreading, woolly : florels dull purple.—W'aite places and hedges ; abundant—Fl, July- October. Biennial. 5. C. eriophonis (Woolly-headed Plume-Thistle).-S/fw 3—5. C.\RDUUS NLTANS {T/listlf). CARD'.US LAN'CE0L.\TL-5 (.S"/t'.T?' PluniC TkistU). feet high, not winged ; leaves half clasping at |he base ; heads 2— 3 in. across, globose, with a thick white woo-l and long reflexed siiines to the involucre.—\\'aste ground on calcareous soil ; local. —Fl. July—September. Biennial. 6. C. palustns (Marsh Plume-Thistle).—The tallest of British Thistles, 3—10 feet high, consisting of a single, stout, hollow slem, branched towards the summit, and spinously winged through- out by the decurrent leaves, which are thickly armed with short, often brownish, spines and are usually dow*hy beneath; heads. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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