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SCABIOSA graminifolia. 
Grass-leaved Scabious. 
t Lad 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. DIPSACER, 
SCABIOSA, Linn.—Calycis limbus setis sub-5, hinc inde abortientibus 
munitus. Involucellum 8-foveolatum saepius subcylindricum, Coulter dips. 33. 
S. graminifolia, involucella basi elongata foveolis linearibus quali, corona 
patula basin vix superante, nervis 24, calycis limbo peduneulato, setis 
fomes wqualibus, folis linearibus integerrimis holosericeis. Coulter 
. C. p. 34, 
S. argentea angustifolia. Bauh. pin. 210. prodr. 127. c. ic. : 
S. graminifolia. Linn. am. ac. 4. p. 267. Desf. atl. 1. p.194. Savi. bot. 
etrusc. p. 122. Waldst. Kit. hung. 2. p. 206. t. 188. Ait. Kew. ed. 2. 
1.229. Rom. et Schultes 3. 86. ) 
Tota glauca. Caulis basi lignosus, ascendens, teres, minutissime pubescens. 
Folia linearia, subcanaliculata, erecte patentia, minute pubescentia, inter- 
nodiis longiora. Pedunculi graciles, erecti, foliis multo longiores. Inyo- 
lucrum hemisphericum, 10-phyllum, foliolis linearibus acuminatis, flosculis 
brevioribus, basi villosis. losculi purpurei, 5-fidi, radiantes, laciniis su- 
perioribus nanis, inferioribus crenatis ; disci subequales infundibulares. Se- 
mina lanata pappo paulo longiora, alba. Pappus exterior sessilis, membra- 
naceus, cyathiformis, truncatus, obscure lobatus, foveis basi 8, clandestinis, 
nervis 24 radiantibus; interior stipitatus clavatus, aristis 5 radiantibus, 
erectis, pappo eateriore paulo longioribus. 
An old inhabitant of the flower-garden, introduced, it is 
said, in 1683. It is a hardy perennial plant, native of the 
mountainous parts of Europe, and remains in flower nearly 
the whole summer. Our drawing was made at Mr. Colvill's 
Nursery. 
For our characters of the genus and species we have 
gladly availed ourselves of the assistance of Dr. Coulter's 
recent Monograph of the Natural Order of Dipsacez; a 
work in which we find much to interest and instruct. 
The nature of the floral envelope of Dipsaceze, which, 
in so many respects, resembles that of Composite, has vv 
the subject of much difference of opinion among d 6 
By Linnzeus and his followers it has been considered, un 5 
the name of pappus, as a peculiar organ forming ee 
the pericarpium, or, as they incorrectly term it, of t 
