C a rduus P a l u s t r i s . M arsh T h i s t l e .
CARDUUS Lin. Gen. PI. Syngenesia Polygamia « qualis.
Cal. ovatus, imbricatus, fquamis fpinofis. Recept. pilofum.
Raii Syn. Gen. g. Herb« Flore ex Flosculis Fistularibus composito sive
CAPITATA.
CARDUUS palufiris foliis decurrentibus dentatis : margine fpinofis, floribus racemofis ereßis, pe*
dunculis inermibus. Lin. Syß. VegetaS. p. 724. Sp. PI. 1151. FL Suec. n. y20.
CIRSIUM caule re&o fubnudo alato, foliis femipinnatis fpinofis, calycibus molliter fpinofis.
Haller Hiß. n. 170.
CIRSIUM palußre. Scopoli Fl. Carn. n. 1004.
CARDUUS paluftris. Bauh. Pin. 377. Parkin/. 083. Raii Synop. p. 194. Marfh-Thiftle. Hudfon
Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 352. Lightfoot Fl. Scot. p. 453.
RADIX biennis. 0 ROOT biennial.
CAULIS quadripedalis, et ultra, ereftus, ramofus, §
multangulus, pilis crebris longis albis hir- t
futus, alatus, fpinofus, longitudinaliter vi- $
ridi et purpureo variegatus.
FOLIA feflilia, deflexa, lanceolata, acuta, lacerato- $
dentata, laciniis horizontalibus, oppofitis, f
dentibufque latis, obtufiufculis, dente in- |
fimo cujufque laciniae crifpato, elevato, ve- f
nofa, pilis remotioribus hirfuta, fupra ob- /
fcure viridia, fubtus glauca, cofta pallide 0
viridefcenti, fubtus hirfutiffima, margine fpi- t
nofo, fpinis bafi purpurafcentibus, apice $
albis, folia caulina fuprema apice linearia, |
elongata.
0
0
Foliorum rudimenta fpinofa ad caulem quinque f
et fexfariam interrupta, decurrentia, eum |
alatum, fpjnofum redaunt. 0
FLORES in fummitate caulis ramorumque congefii, %
fefliles, violacei.
CALYX ventricofus, fubovatus, las vis, fublanuginofus, f
arfte imbricatus, fquamis ovatis, convexis,
viridibus aut purpurafcentibus, mucrone di- f
vergente purpureo terminatis, 1. auSl. fub %
mucrone lineaprominula nitida nota.tis,fig. 2. 0
! COROLLA compofita, tubulofa, uniformis, calyce |
duplo longior Corollulce hermaphroditas, 0
fubaequales, reflexae ; Corolla propria mono- |
petala, infundibuliformis, tubo tenuiffimo, 0
albefcenti; limbo erefto, bafi ovato, quin- %
quefido, violaceo, laciniis linearibus, aequa- |
libus, unica profundius feparata, fig. 3. 0
I STAMINA: Filamenta quinque, capillaria; A n - $
thera cylindracea, tubulofa, corollapaulo $
I longior violacea.
I USTILLUM: G ermen ovatum; Stylus filiformis, V
ftaminibus longior,pallideviolaceus;Stigma 0
fimplex, fubulatum, nudum, fig. 4. |
I SEMINA obovata, obfolete angulata, hinc convexa, 0
inde parum concava, albida, nitida, fig. 5. |
I felfilis, plumofus, fig. 6.
IRECEPTACULUM pilofum, planum. $
STA LK four feet or more in height, upright,
branched, multangular, hirfute with numerous
long white hairs, winged, fpinous, variegated
longitudinally with green and
purple.
LEAVES feflile, bent downwards, lanceolate, point-
ed, jaggedly toothed, fegments horizontal,
oppofite, together with the teeth broad and
fomewhat blunt, the lowermoft tooth o f each
fegment crifp’d and elevated, veiny, hirfute
with hairs Handing remotely, above of a
deep green colour, glaucous on the under
fide, the mid-rib of a pale green colour, and
extremely hairy underneath, the margin 'of
the leaf fpinous, the fpines purplifh at the
bafe- and white at the extremity, the upper-
moft ftalk-leaves elongated and linear at the
extremity.
Five or fix rows of fpinous rudiments of leaves
running interruptedly down the ftalk, render
it winged and fpinous.
FLOWERS o f a violet colour, feflile, in clufters on
the top o f the ftalk and branches. .
CALYX ventricofe, fomewhat ovate, fmooth, a little
woolly, fcales lying clofely one over the
other, ovate, convex, green or purplifh,
terminated by a purple diverging mucro or
point, fig. 1'. magn. beneath which is a glofly
linear prominence, fig. 2.
COROLLA compound, tubular, uniform, twice as
'•long as the calyx; Florets hermaphrodite,
nearly equal, turned back, each Angle Floret
monopetalous, funnel-fhaped, the tube very
flender, whitifh ; the limb upright, ovate at
the bafe, divided into five fegments, which
are of a violet colour, linear, equal, one
more deeply feparated than the reft, very
flender, fig. 3.
STAMINA: five Filaments ; Anther.« forming
a cylindrical tube, longer than the corolla,
o f a violet colour.
PISTILLUM : Germen ovate ; Sty le filiform,
longer than the ftamina, of a pale violet colour
; Stigma Ample, tapering, and naked,
fig- 4-
SEEDS mverfely ovate, faintly angular, on one fide
convex, on the other a little concave,
whitifh, and fhining, fig. c.
DOWN feflile and. feathery, fig. 6.
RECEPTACLE hairy and flat.
° fSBSIheaths and commons, in wet meadows, marfhes, and the boggy parts of woods, the Carduus pa-
I hej, ]‘f 1Sfa B very comm°n, as well as a- very-troublefome plant; in the latter fituation it frequently grows to the *en or twelve feet, and in Tome very favourable fpots of this fort, acquires a height which we believe
I other Britijk herbaceous plant ever attains to.
»weed th^S a ^?enn^al, there is no great difficulty attends its extirpation— was the hufbandman as careful to
I tne noxious plants from his paftures as from his corn-fields, they would foon wear a more pleafing afpe£L
iThim 05^11 -S never found but in the fituations above mentioned, it is not likely to be miftaken for anv other
gg||[ . ^ V- It lt llaS ^as ufually m more n ra Irin purple rn la about it than the reft /of sT its ... kindred,J---1 and varies as many of the __.others 1_____ do
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|ifrfli.. I I I | jrS t||||! flowe
«owers— formidable as its ftalks and leaves are from their numerous fpines, its heads are per
N | harmlefs.