CNICÜS HETEROPHYLLUS. MELANCHOLY CNICUS.
CNICUS heterophyllus, foliis lanceolatis duplicato-serratis, ciliatis, subtus niveo-tomentosis; caulinis
sessilibus amplexicaulibus; radicalibus petiolatis; squamis calycinis lanceolatis, submucro-
natis.
CNICUS heterophyllus, foliis amplexicaulibus cordatis lanceolatis serratis ciliatis subtus tomentosis:
inferioribus subincisis, calycinis squamis lanceolatis adpressis submucronatis. JVilldenow
Sp. PI. ml. 3. p . 1673.
CNICUS heterophyllus. Hort. K m . eel. 2. ml. 4. p . 481. Deslongch. FI. Gall. p . 540.
CARDUUS heterophyllus, foliis amplexicaulibus lanceolatis ciliatis integris laciniatisque subtus tomentosis,
flore sub-solitario pedunculate. Smith FI. Brit. m l.2 .p . 853.
CARDUUS heterophyllus. Linn. Sp. PI. p . 1 154. Hort. Clif. p. 392. Fl. Suec. p. 657. Gmel.
Sibir. ml. 2. p . 51. Fl. Dan. t. 109. Engl. Bot. t. 675. Hull Br. Fl. ed. 2. p. 235.
Wahl. Lapp. p . 200. Pers.Syn. PI. ml. 2. p. 388. With. Bot. ed. 5. ml. 3. p. 865.
CARDUUS helenioides. Hort. K m . ed. 1. ml. 3. p. 143. Lamarck Diet. ml. 1 . p. 705. Olaus
I t. Island, p . 679• Lightf. Fl. Scot. p. 457. Hull Br. Fl. ed. 1. p. 1 79. With. Bot.
Arr. ed. 4. ml. 3. p . 687. (var. 2 . heterophyllus;^
CARDUUS calyce inermi, foliis lanceolatis margine ciliatis. Linn. Lapp. p. 192.
CARDUUS Britannicus Clusii repens. Raii Syn. p . 193. Northern Thistle. Pe t. H. Brit. t. 22 .
CIRSIUM heterophyllum. All. P ed. no. 554. t: 34. Lamarck Fl. Fr. ed. 3. ml. 4. p. 117. Lam
Fl. Gall. p. 275.
CIRSIUM foliis ciliatis, subtus tomentosis, radicalibus petiolatis, ovato-lanceolatis, caulinis lanceolatis
et semipinnatis. Hall. Helm. no. 180. t. 7 .
Dan. Trebladet tidsel. Hvidsüde. Bjönsturt. Hesteblad. Hesteskaare. Hesteskiere. Reen tistel. Ulve
lUn. Hvid blad. Dut. Versehilbladige doom. Fr. Chardon heterophylle. Germ. Die dreyblät-
terige Distel. Die Distel mit verschiedenen Blättern. Die breit blätterige Scheerdistel. Die weiche
Bergdistel. Die grose weiche Wiesendistel. Span. Cardo de hojas varias. Swed. Brudborste.
Gullborste. Borstar.
Class an d Ord e r . SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA ÆQUALIS.
[Natural Order. COMPOSITÆ, Trib. 2 . CINAROCEPHALÆ, Decand. CINAROCEPHALÆ
Vaill. Juss. CAPITATÆ, Linn. CARDUI, Admis.']
Gen . Chj£r . Calyx imbricates, ventricosus, squamis spinosis. Pappus plumosüs. Recept. villosum.
Radix crassa, eyfindracea, repens, fusca* fibras nume-
rosas, ubi folia assurgunt, emittens.
Gaulis erectus, bi- tri-pedalis, simplex vel apicem versus
quandoque ramosus, tubulosus, argute sulcatus,
purpurascens, lana alba undique et ubique ves-
titus.
Folia lanceolata, margineintegerrima, vel in junioribus
plantis solummodo laciniata, duplicato-serrata,
serraturis in cilia desinentibus, supra viridia, pau-
lulum pubescentia vel glabra, infra tomento denso
niveo omnino tecta: radicalia magis ovata, pe-
dalia, longe petiolata; caulina angusta, fere li-
neari-lanceolata, sessilia, basi cordata, semiam-
plexicaulia; superiors, remota, parva. 1
Flos solitarius, terminalis, erectus.
Calyx subrotundus, ventricosus, demum ovatus, squamosus
; squamis arcte imbricatis ; exterioribus
(Jig. 2) brevioribus, ovatis, acuminatis ; interio-
ribus angusle lanceolatis ; omnibus fusco-viridi-
. bus, glabriusculis,. margine scabris, apice submu-
cronulato-pungentibus, fuscis.
_ eceptaculum planum, densissime villosum.
LLOSCULi numerosi, uniformes, calyce subduplo lon-
giores, hermaphroditi ; corolla purpurea, infun-
dibuliformis, tubo tenui, longissimo, limbo quin-
quefido, erecto, laciniis linearibus (Jig. 7).
STILLUM: Ovarium mferum, ovatum. Stylus fili-
iormis, staminibus corollaque longior. Stigma
.agice bifidum (Jig. 7).
am in a . Filaments quinque, brevissima. Anthene
cylindraceas, albaj.
uerus (Jig. .8): Achenium* (Rich.) oblongum, obtuse
triangulare, pallide fuscum.
I’Pus sessilis, plumosus (Jig. 6), vel in flosculis exte-
noribus (Jig. 5), scaber; in omnibus 'apice nu- :
diusculus.
.9 a]yx dissected, showing the hairy receptacle.
Ficr « A 0 l lS - The Ach,wehn‘e . 1 $ ^ 5 ' ^ ortlon ° f down of exterior
Root thick, cylindrical, creeping, brown, throwing out
numerous fibres, whence the roots arise.
Stem erect, two or three feet high, simple or sometimes
branched towards the apex, tubular, sharply sul-
cated, purplish, entirely covered with a white
woolly substance.
L eaves lanceolate, entire at the margin, or in younger
plants alone laciniate, doubly serrated, with the
serratures ending in cilia, above green, slightly
pubescent or smooth, beneath wholly covered with
a dense down of a snowy whiteness: the radical
ones are more ovate, a foot long, on long footstalks
; the cauline ones narrow, almost linear-
lanceolate, sessile, having a cordate base half embracing
the stem; the superior ones are small,
remote.
Flower solitary, terminal, erect.
Calyx nearly round, ventricose, at length ovate, scaly;
scales closely imbricated; the exterior ones
shorter, ovate, acuminate; the interior narrow,
lanceolate; all o f them brownish green, smooth,
the margins rough, the apex sharp, submucronu-
late, brown.’
Receptacle flat, thickly covered with hairs.
Florets numerous, uniform, about twice the length of
the calyx, hermaphrodite ; the cofolla purple,
funnel-shaped, with the tube slender, very long,
the limb quinquefid, erect, having its lacinim linear
(fig. 7).
P istillum : Ovary inferior, ovate. Style filiform, longer
than the stamens and corolla. Stigma bifid ait
' the extremity (fig. 7).
Stamens : Filaments five, very short. Anthers cylindrical,
white.
Fru it (fig. 8) : Achene (Rich.) oblong, obtusely triangular,
pale brown.
Down sessile, feathery (fig. 6), or in the exterior florets
(fig. 5) rough; in all nearly naked at the apex.
Fig. 2 . Outer scales. Fig. 3. Inner do. Fig. 4. Young
florets. Fig. 6. Do. of the inner florets. Fig. 7 . Corolla.
mods [ f the niSh ? m B annexed Plate ls not mcommon in the mountainous pastures and
greatest abundZ. f Ellg .and’ i T “ “ ’ and Scollalld- In Middleton Teesdale I have lately seen it in the
leaf formed a s r i f e P° Z g a ,b" lk wlth lts fiowers> "Mb Uie singular snowy whiteness of the underside of the
British species t f th lg e Z s " ‘ ‘° enlmdy greon uPPer surface- and distinguished it at once from every other
our M l M i l of Linnmus, which is not a native of this country, Sir James Smith observes, differs from
small placed J e mor1 "umel ous and altogether undivided, leaves, as well as in the flowers being twice as
Among the R v rnore togotlier, and sessile upon the top of the stem,
face of the leave. IHHi “ aomos nearest to C. pratenm; but that is not of half its size, and has the upper sur-
than ciliate. S p t ie unc*er slc'e by no means of the same snowy whiteness, and the margins rather spinose
Gartner;° therefore ^ teroPhHl!m j j# aPex the pappus is naked, almost as in the Antennarice of
be confessed that this sheriBS remain Carduus, although the pappus is, below, plumose. Indeed it must
1 mis species is a connecting link between the two genera.
ment, et a v e c 7 4 v l i ’n?onrk S B fruit monosperrae, ordinairement sec, dont le péricarpe adhère p
17 PP P p u de la graine, et avec le tube du calice, par exemple, dans les Composées."__Decatu