11-14-30 Scolymus hispanicus L. Bn. #583, Bar 295, Bon 195. Fl & fr RR bet Marraxi & Santa Maria. St. almost glabrous (Bar says "pubescens") young base? and ligules without "pelos blancos" (Bar) & no obscurely blotched white (Bon says not) but cate nervures blanches form 1 spike (heads side by side in spikes) makes ident certain. Basal lvs 4 1/2 in (inc. petiole) x 1 1/4 in, dark dull green with obscure white blotches or veins above, pubescent, serrate with spiny teeth. (Teeth soft perhaps because lv. young since dead lvbls are very prickly) & much less branched, each branch elongated & tearing many heads subtended by sinuate, spiny, sessile, clasping, decurrent 4 5 1/2 cm long, the upper half strongly arched downward. Inside this flat base of flower 2-3 similar smaller lvls (in bracts) with no gradations bet. them & the appressed, hardly spine-tipped mid bracts. Scales broadly winged & unfolding achenes. Receptacle conical (See 12-18-30) 11-14-30 Dipsacus sylvestris Huds Kn # 437, ♀ 763 =D.— Mill Bar 232, Bon = D.— L. Bon 147, R VH 228 (See BMQC P. 751 desc & genus) Fr. Field no. side RR just east of Marraxi Station.