easily separable, filiforme appendages at base punctures very indistifany. Acc to Bar. the only thistle-like plants with white spottedles are Galactites tomentosa Mrench p 262 Trijinnus leucographus Cara p 263 Erythem maridsum Grent p 263 Notobasis squaca Cers p 265 dichemus smooth with several roved papppus which is not plumose but is rather more than deultate. Receptacle finbrillae as in above. Rosa calls this Cart de San Juan because on the day of San Juan the blowing away of seeds prove something (probably it will be married) Box 174, Box#2035, BMGC.P. 193. Ill Box 51 hardly sug- gests shape of bracts but Box#558 is verylike in all respects. Seeds very dark shining, bristles in several rows on anmx projecting (dista) = Carduus Marianus L. Box#260