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DIPSACEZ. 
Trichéra hybrida, Reem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 58. Scabidsa 
lyrata, Lam. ill. no. 1310. Trichéra mutábilis, Schrad. 1. e. 
Scabidsa bidens, Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 104. Cephalaria 
bidens, Roem. et Schultes, syst. et Coult. 1. c. Scabidsa inte- 
grifòlia var. D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 227. Scabidsa ánnua integrifòlia, 
Tourn. herb. Scabiòsa integrifòlia and S. Moldávica, Hortul. 
Stem villous. Leaves rather scabrous. Stigmas blunt. Corollas 
pale purple. 
Hybrid Knautia. Pl. 2 to 3 ft. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. 
Scr. HI. Tricue‘ra (from Tocxec, triches, hairs; in reference 
to the limb of the calyx). Schrad. I. c. D.C. prod. 4. p. 651.— 
Scabidsa species, Lin. Involucrum spreading, of many leaves. 
Flowers numerous. Receptacle dilated. Involucels rather 
truncate at the top. Limb of calyx divided into 8-10 awns. 
Corollas almost regular.—Perennial herbs. Flowers purplish- 
blue. According to Coulter all the species contained in this 
section might be with propriety combined. 
5 K. ARVE NSIS (Coult. dips. p. 29. var. a, 3, y, t. 1. f. 13.) 
stems hispid ; leaves sessile, villous; radical ones unequally 
past, with lanceolate lobes: cauline leaves pinnatifid, with 
inear lobes; uppermost leaves linear-lanceolate ; leaves of in- 
volucra bluntish. 3. H. Native of Europe, in meadows, pas- 
tures, and cultivated fields; plentiful in Britain. Duby, bot. 
gal. 1. p. 257. Scabidsa arvénsis, Lin. spec. p. 142. Gaud. fl. 
helv. 1, p. 389. Scabidsa polymoérpha, Schmidt, boh. 3. p. 77. 
Trichéra arvénsis, Schrad. Flowers bluish purple, and verging 
to white or purple. Perhaps Scabidsa dubia, Moench. hass. no. 
a t3. which is said to have a 5-cleft corolla, is only a variety 
of this species. This plant may rather be considered a trouble- 
Some weed in corn-fields, but in grass-fields it may be considered 
rather useful, as it produces a large quantity of foliage, which is 
hot refused by kine, sheep, or horses. The plant varies much 
1n the divisions of the leaves, and in its hairiness. It sometimes 
ed with white flowers. ‘The flowers held over the smoke of 
to acco in a few minutes become a beautiful green. The plant 
ad slightly astringent, bitter, and saponaceous. The root creeps 
deep in the ground. 
ha a, vulgaris (D. C. prod. 4. p. 651.) leaves downy: 
radical ones pinnatifid or entire; cauline ones always pinnatifid. 
E H. Native of Europe, in corn-fields and meadows. Sower- 
: engl. bot. t. 659. Curt. lond. 4. t. 13. Fl. dan. t. 447.— 
“ae t. 185. Flowers bluish, and varying from purple to 
White, outer ones more or less radiant. 
5 KR B, collina (Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 257.) leaves nearly all 
adical and pinnatifid; stems nearly naked. %4. H. Native of 
: urope, on dry hills. Scabidsa collina, Req. in Guer. vaucl. ed. 
: p. 248. D.C. fl. fr. 5. p. 487. Scabidsa hirsùta, Lapeyr. 
ant canescent. Flowers bluish. 
hai ar. y, canéscens (Coult, l. c. var. 3.) leaves canescent from 
erg lower ones ovate, acuminated, toothed : upper ones pin- 
ifid ; outer flowers of the heads hardly radiant. 2. H. Native 
Country unknown. Scabidsa canéscens, Hort. taur. 
Corn-field Knautia. Fl. July, Oct. Britain. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
le 6 K. sytva’tica (Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 257.) stems hispid ; 
rag tapering into the dilated winged connate bases of the pe- 
‘oles, all undivided, oblong or lanceolate; radical ones entire, 
cauline ones crenated or toothed ; leaves of involucrum acutish. 
in ans Native of Europe, in mountain woods, and sometimes 
a elds, Kn. arvénsis y, Coulter, dips. p. 29. Scabiòsa sylva- 
tea, Lin, spec. p. 142. Jacq. obs. 1. p. 28. 3. p. 20. t. 72. fl. 
wustr. t, 362. Gaud. fl. helv. 1. p. 387. Scabiosa Pannénica, 
font vind. p. 22. Trichéra sylvatica, Schrad. Scabidsa integri- 
lia, Savi, fl. pis. 1. p. 162, t. 2. f. 1. Scabidsa ovatifolia, Lag. 
gen. et spec, p. 9, Flowers red: outer flowers radiant. There 
IV. Knavrta. 687 
is a variety of this with smooth stems, and another with white 
flowers. 
_ Var. B, longifolia (Duby, bot. gall. 1. c.) leaves oblong, en- 
tire, quite glabrous ; heads of flowers nearly equal, lilac-coloured. 
4. H. Native of Hungary and the alps of Jura. Scabidsa 
longifolia, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 4. t. 5. Scabidsa integri- 
folia, Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. $87,.—Scabiosa sylvatica 3, Gaud. fl. 
helv. 1. p. 387. Scabidsa Carpatica, Wahl. Stem glabrous be- 
low, and hairy above. 
Var. y, integrifolia (Coult. under K. arvénsis, l. c. var. y,) 
leaves undivided, toothed or quite entire. Y%. H. Native of 
Europe. Scabidsa integrifolia, Lin, spec. 142. Scabidsa dip- 
sacifolia, Schott. Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 191.  Scabidsa pubés- 
cens, Willd. enum. 1. p. 146. Trichéra pubéscens, Schrad. 
Corollas cream-coloured. Anthers fulvous. Perhaps Scabiòsa 
hýbrida, Bouch. fl. abb. Perhaps Scabiòsa Uralénsis, Rchb. pl. 
crit. 4, t. 332. The plant is more or less downy, and the up- 
per leaves are sometimes jagged at the base. 
Wood Knautia. FI. June, July. Cit. 1633. Pi. 1 to 3 feet. 
7 K. montana (D. C. prod. 4. p. 651.) stems hispid, 
brachiate ; leaves oblong, serrated : lower ones entire and jagged ; 
heads of flowers radiant; leaves of involucrum acute, narrow, 
4%. H. Native of Caucasus, in mountain meadows. Scabidsa 
montana, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 95. Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. t. 60. Kn. 
arvénsis var. Coult. dips. p. 29. and in litt, 1824. Leaves hairy. 
Flowers white. 
Mountain Knautia. Fl. July. Clt. 1820. Pl. 3 to 6 feet. 
8 K. criara (Coult. dips. p. 30.) stems very hispid ; leaves 
ovate, hispid, lower ones petiolate, entire, auricled or pinnati- 
fid : cauline ones deeply toothed, cordately stem-clasping or per- 
foliate; leaves of involucrum ciliated. 4. H. Native of 
Moravia, in meadows. ‘Trichéra ciliata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
3. p. 37. Scabidsa ciliata, Spreng. in Schrad. journ. 1800, 2. 
p. 199. Rchb. pl. crit. 3. t. 273. Scabiòsa Kitaibèlii, Schultes, 
obs. p. 18. Scabidsa pubéscens, Wahl. f. carp. p. 38. Trichèra 
leucantha, Schrad. S. hispida, Porter’s mss. Perhaps Scabiòsa 
ciliàta, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 125. is the same, although said 
to be annual. Flowers dirty white ; outer ones radiant. Anthers 
violaceous. 
Ciliated Knautia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1802. PI. 2 feet. 
9 K. piversiròLIa (D. C. prod. 4, p. 652.) stems branched, 
hispid ; radical leaves pinnatifid : lobes rather falcate, quite en- 
tire; lower cauline leaves petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, bluntly 
toothed; superior leaves lyrate; uppermost leaves stem-clasp- 
ing, quite entire; leaves of involucra ovate-cordate. yee > 
Native of Transylvania, in mountain meadows. Scabiosa diver- 
sifdlia, Spreng. neu. entd. 1. p. 279. Corolla 4~cleft, radiant, 
of a lilac-colour, ex Spreng., violaceous and blue, ex Baumg. 
Divers-leaved Knautia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Pl. 2 ft. 
10 K. recione’nsts (D.C. prod. 4. p. 652.) stems hispid from 
retrograde hairs; leaves lanceolate, Jong-acuminated, remotely 
toothed: lower ones entire; leaves of involucrum 18, exceeding 
the flowers. %.? H. Native of Spain, on the mountains of 
Leone. Scabidsa Legionénsis, Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 9. 
Asterocéphalus Legionénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 379. Flowers 
There is a variety of this with pinnatifid leaves and white 
flowers. Said to be nearly allied to A. sylvdtica. 
Leone Knautia. Fl. June, July. Pl. 2 feet. 
11 K. Satce'p1; stem scabrous from hairs; leaves all undi- 
vided, Janceolate : lower ones entire: upper ones sharply tooth- 
ed in the middle. 4%. H. Native of Spain, on the mountains of 
Leone. Scabidsa Salcédi, Lagasca. Leaves downy on both sur- 
faces, hoary beneath. Peduncles long, beset with rufous villi 
under the bead of flowers. Involucrum of many lanceolate 
pilose leaves, the length of the flowers, which are of a lilac 
colour. 
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