688 DIPSACE Æ. 
Salcedi’s Knautia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Pl. 1to2 ft. 
12 K. ovATIFòLIA ; superior leaves broad, ovate, acuminated, 
serrated, sessile. 2. H. Native of Spain? K. ovatifòlia, 
Lagasca, gen. et spec. nov. diagn. p. 9. no. 116. Very like K. 
Legionénsis, but more slender in every part. Said to be nearly 
allied to K. sylvática. 
Ovate-leaved Knautia. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. The species of this genus are of the most easy culture 
and propagation. They will grow in any soil and situation. 
V. PTEROCE'PHALUS (from zrepor, pteron, a wing, and 
xepary, kephale, a head; in reference to the receptacle of the 
flowers being villous or chaffy). Vaill. act. acad. Par. 1722. p. 
184. t. 13. f. 23. f. 24. Coult. dips. p. 31. Wallr. sched. p. 47. 
Spreng. syst. no. 378. D. C. prod. 4. p. 652.—Scabidsa and 
Knaitia species, Lin, —Pterocéphalus and Knaitia, Lag. gen. et 
spec. 9. 
To. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Involucrum double, each 
series of 4-6 leaves. Heads many-flowered (f. 118. a.). Re- 
ceptacles villous (f. 117. b.) or chaffy. Involucels toothed or 
awned (f. 117. a.) Limb of calyx ending a in many-rayed 
pappus (f. 117. c. f. 118. d.), which at length become feathery 
(f. 117. i. f. 118. i). Corollas 5-cleft (f. 117. f. f. 118. e.). 
Stamens 4 (f. 118. f.), rarely 2-3.—Herbs or subshrubs. 
§ 1. Annual plants. 
Leaves pinnatifid, particularly the su- 
perior ones. 
1 P. papposus (Coult. dips. p. 32. t. 1. f. 17.) stem herba- 
ceous, erect; leaves bipinnatifid, with lanceolate lobes ; recep- 
tacle paleaceous; involucels drawn out into 1-3 long awns; 
bristles of calyx 20-24, plumose, about equal in length to the 
awns of the involucel. ©. H. Native of Portugal, Spain, Greece, 
and Candia. Pter. annuus, Vaill. act. par. 1722. p. 183. Pter. 
Vaillanti, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 9. Scabidsa papposa, Lin. spec. 
p- 146. Scabidsa involucrata, Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 112. 
Scabidsa divaricata, Spreng. neue entd. 3. p. 163. Corollas 
red. Leaves of involucrum pinnatifid. Plant villous. 
Var. B, diéndrus (D.C. prod. 4. p. 652.) smaller; flowers 
di-triandrous. ©. H. Native of Spain, at Aranjuez, and of 
Portugal. Scabidsa diandra, Lag. var. 2. p. 39. Pterocéphalus 
diandrus, Lag. nov. gen. p. 9. Cephalaria diandra, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 3. p. 52. Flowers blue. 
Pappose-seeded Pterocephalus. Fl, July. Clt. 1597. Pl. 
1 to 2 feet. 
2 P. Bre‘vis (Coult. dips. p. 32. t. 1. f. 16.) plant clothed 
with soft villi; stems herbaceous, erect; leaves pinnatifid ; 
corollas hardly exceeding the involucrum; crown of involucels 
membranous, hardly denticulated, very short, spreading ; bristles 
of calyx 14-16, feathery, a little longer than the involucel. 
©.H. Native country unknown. Very nearly allied to the 
following. 
Short-involucelled Pterocephalus. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 P. pLumosus (Coult. dips. p. 31. t. 1. f. 15.) plant downy ; 
stem herbaceous, erect ; lower leaves broad-lanceolate, serrated : 
middle ones lyrate: upper ones pinnatifid ; corollas longer than 
the involucrum ; crown of involucel obsolete; bristles of calyx 
11-18, plumose, hardly twice the length of the involucel. ©. 
H. Native of the Levant, Iberia, Candia, Samos, and Caucasus, 
in arid places of mountains, &c. Knatitia plumésa, Lin. mant. 
p. 197. Scabidsa plumosa, Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 111. 
Scabidsa papposa, Geertn. fruct. t. 86. Willich. in Rchb. op. 1. 
p- 160. Scabidsa Willichii, Link, in Reem. coll. 2. Cephalaria 
Willichii and Scabidsa plumòsa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 
53. and p.70. Pter. marcéscens, Mcench. meth, p. 491. exclu- 
sive of the synonymes. Flowers rose-coloured or purplish. 
IV. Kwnavtia, 
V, PrerocePHALus. 
Feathered-calyxed Pterocephalus. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
4 P. Parxstinus (Coult. dips. 
p. 31. t. 1. f. 14.) plant clothed 
with silky villi; lower leaves 
obovate-oblong, quite entire, the 
rest lyrately pinnatifid: lower 
lobes small, decurrent : terminal 
lobe large, obovate-oblong ; in- 
volucel having 8 foveola at the 
base ; crown of involucel mem- 
branous ; bristles of calyx 8-10, 
subulate, spreading, irregularly 
pilose at the sides. ©.H. Na- 
tive of the islands of Cyprus and 
Scio; and of Palestine. Knaitia 
Palestina, Lin. mant. 117.— 
Jacq. hort. vind. 1. t. 96. Sca- 
bidsa brachiàta and Scabidsa Sib- 
thorpiana, Sibth. et Smith, fl. 
grec. t.109. Flowers white or pale purple. The rays of the 
corollas in S. Sibthorpiana are entire, while in those of P. Pa- 
lestinus, they are jagged ; they are, therefore, probably distinct 
species. : 
Var. B, Calébricus (D.C. prod. 4. p. 653.) leaves all entire 
or lyrate. ©. H. Native of Calabria, on arid hills. Scabiosa 
brachiata, Guss. pl. rar. p. 66. Flowers purplish. 
Var. B, Dalmdticus (D.C. 1. c.) plant hairy; lower leaves 
lyrate; upper ones pinnate, with oblong-linear acute lobes. 
@.H. Native of Dalmatia. Scabidsa multiséta, Vis. pl. dalm. 
p. 1. t. 1. Perhaps Scabiòsa silenifolia, Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung, 
2. p. 157. and therefore Asterocéphalus silenifòlius, Spreng. p 
Palestine Pterocephalus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1771. Pl 1 
to 2 feet. 
Fl. June, July. Clt.1819. 
FIG. 117. 
§ 2. Perennial or frutescent species. Leaves jagged or toothed. 
5 P. Lusrra’nicus (D.C. prod. 4. p. 653.) stems ascending, 
sparingly pilose; lower leaves bipinnatifid; superior ones e 
natifid ; segments of all linear; paleæ of the receptacle an 
leaves of involucrum scarious and hairy; involucels many- 
toothed; awns of calyx 6-9, feathery. ©. H. H. __ Native 
of Portugal, between Abrantes and Casabranca. Scabiosa plu- 
mòsa, Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 2. p. 91. Cephalaria plumosa, 
Reem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 70. Scabidsa Gramuntia, Brot. 
fl. lus. 1. p. 145. Flowers pale red. Perhaps Asterocéphalus 
intermédius, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 8. which is the Scabiosa m- 
termèdia, Roem. et Schultes, 3. p. 76. is referrible to this 
species, as also Scabiòsa maritima and Se. tenuifolia, Lag. 
elench. hort. madr. 1803. and 1805. Pid 
Portugal Pterocephalus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. +% 
to 2 feet. 
6 P. Brovussone'r (Coult. in litt. 1824, ex D. C. prod. 4. p- 
653.) leaves bipinnate; corollas equal; awns of calyx 6-7, 
linear, feathery, hardly twice the length of the involucel. Hi i 
Native of Gibraltar, about San Roque, where it was collected DY 
Broussonet. pS 
Broussonet’s Pterocephalus. PI. 1 foot. 
7 P. romento'sus (Coult. in litt. 1824, ex D. C. prod. aa 
653.) stems procumbent, shrubby ; leaves dentately ponin 
hoary from tomentum; leaves of involucrum bluntish ; b 
of calyx 6, short, scabrous. 2%. H. Native of Candia, on t 
Spaciotic mountains. Scabiòsa tomentòsa, Sibth. et Smith, prod. 
fl. grec. 1. p. 85. but not of Cav. Scabidsa Spacidtica, Reem. 
et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 86. Asterocéphalus Spacidticus, Spreng: 
syst. 1. p. 382. Herb tufted. Flowers blue. 
Tomentose Pterocephalus. PI. 4 foot. 
