CARDUUS alatus.
Winged-stalked Thistle.
Natural Order. CoMPOS lTjE. Adansun fam. 2. 103.
Sect, I I . Carduaceje. K u n th Synops. 2. p. 354.
3) Carduacea veree. Kunth loc. cit. p. 363.
(JARDU US . Involucrum sphaeroideum s. ovatum, imbrica-
tum, rarius inerme. Receptaculum paleis setacei» tectum.
Antherm basi bisetosse. Stigma nnnc bifidum. Achenia anci-
pitia (v. quadrangularia.) Pappus inaequalis, pilosus, serrulatus
V. puberulus. H e rb s robustte, inermes v. spinosa ; perennes
dioica. Folia sessilia sinuata s. pinnatijida, dentata, basi sapius
per caulem decurrentia. Flores terminales, purpurei v. albi,
D. Don prodr. fl. nep. p. 167.
C. alatus, foliis subtus tomentosi» subdentatis: radicalibus
cordatis petiolatis ; caulinis lanceolatis decurrentibus, capi-
tulis corymboso-paniculatis, involucris globosi»: foliolis lanceolatis
squarrosis.
Carduus alatus. D . Don loc. cit. in obs.
Serratula alata. Willd. enum. supp. 56. L in k enum. 2. p. 297.
Biennial. N'fm about two feet high, much branched,
hranches furrowed, more or less tomentose. Leaves
densely clothed underneath with a close \yhite tomen-
tum, the upper side smooth and slightly viscous, more
or less toothed, very much scented like musk : root
ones large, cordate, petiolate ; upper ones lanceolate,
undulate, decurrent. Flowers numerous, corymbosely
paniculate, of a light rosy purple. Peduncles long and
slender, furrowed. Bractes 2 or 3 on each peduncle,
small, lanceolate or sometimes spatulate. Involucre
campanulate, imbricate, leaflets numerous, unarmed,