692 
Andora, and Sicily. Perhaps a proliferous variety of S. grandi- 
flora, Guss. or S. atropurpurea. 
Horn-of-Plenty Scabious. Pl. 2 feet ? 
25 S. wreera'ta (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 2. p. 88.) lower 
leaves oblong, entire: inferior ones lyrate: upper ones pinna- 
tifid or wanting; corollas 5-cleft, radiant. 2%.H. Native of 
Portugal. Said to be allied to S. Columbaria and S. grandi- 
flora. 
Entire-leaved Scabious. Pl. 2 feet. 
* Species belonging to the present tribe of the genus, but are 
not sufficiently known. 
26 S. timoniro‘t1a (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 27.) stem shrubby ; 
radical leaves coriaceous, obovate, quite entire, glabrous, and 
green above, but reticulated and clothed with hoary tomentum 
beneath ; cauline leaves connate at the base ; corollas equal, 6- 
cleft; crown scarious, plicate, denticulated at the apex, broad, ex- 
tended ; limb of calyx sessile ; bristles of calyx 4-5, exserted. 
h.H. Native of Sicily, among the mountains on calcareous 
rocks. Guss. prod. p. 164. Coult. dips. p. 42. Asterocéphalus 
limonifolius, Spreng.—Cup. panph. 2. t. 247. Lower leaves 
like those of Stdtice Limònium. Corollas blue. 
Limonium-leaved Scabious. Shrub. 
27 S. saxa’riis (Cav. icon. 2. p. 68. t. 184.) stem herba- 
ceous, glabrous; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, green above, 
tomentose beneath; cauline leaves very few, connate at the 
base ; corollas equal, 4-5--cleft ; crown white, ciliated ; bristles of 
calyx 5, purple. 2/.H. Native of Spain, in the fissures of 
rocks, in Valentia. Coult. dips. p. 42. Asterocéphalus saxatilis, 
Spreng. Corollas white ; anthers violaceous. Very like S. succisa. 
Rock Scabious. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. Pl. 1 foot. 
28 S. nr'rens (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 82.) stem herba- 
ceous ; leaves undivided, elliptic, serrated, shining, petiolate ; 
corollas radiant, 5-cleft. %. H. Native of the Azores. S. 
lucida, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 229. but not of Vill. 
Asterocéphalus licidus, Spreng. 
Glittering-leaved Scabious, Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1779. Pl. 
Secr. III. Succr'sa (from succido, to cut down ; on account of 
the praemorse root of the first species), Coult. dips. p. 37. D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 657. but not of others. Base of involucels not dis- 
tinguishable from the tube ; having the foveolæ engraven from 
the base to the crown. Crown spreading, short, membranous. 
Limb of calyx sessile, with 5 bristles, of which some are some- 
times abortive and sometimes all. 
* Corollas 5-cleft. 
29 S. Arrica‘na (Lin. spec. p. 145.) stem shrubby ; leaves 
lyrate, coarsely toothed, rather hairy ; heads of flowers pedun- 
culate; corollas hardly radiant; tube of involucel obconical ; 
crown one-half shorter than the tube, 24-28-nerved; bristles of 
calyx 5, exserted. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Coult. dips. p. 37. t. 2. f. 12. Shrub evergreen, with the leaves 
variable in form, sometimes they are obovate-oblong, toothed at 
the base (Herm. par. t. 219.), sometimes cut at the base (Breyn. 
icon. 33. t. 26. S. altíssima, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 185.), sometimes 
lyrately pinnatifid (Herm. par. t. 221.). S. indurata, Lin. 
mant, p. 196. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. S. incisa, Mill. dict. 
no. 18. Young stems and leaves villous. Heads about the size 
of walnuts. Corollas white, but in the variety altíssima pale 
purple or blue. 
African Scabious. 
to 6 feet. 
30 S. Fiscne'rt (D. C. prod. 4. p. 658.) stem branched, 
smoothish; leaves all pinnate, almost glabrous, with linear acute 
entire lobes ; leaves of involucrum equal in length to the co- 
Fl. July, Oct. Cit. 1690. Shrub 4 
DIPSACEZ. VI. Scasiosa. 
rollas, which are 5-cleft and radiant; crown of the involucel, 
which is somewhat cylindrical, membranous, and 3 times shorter 
than the tube; bristles of sessile calyx pale, twice the length of 
the crown. 2. H. Native of Dahuria. It was sent to Gay 
from Fischer under the name of §. Dahùrrica. Perhaps the 
same as S. comdsa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 84.? in which 
the corollas are said to be large, showy, and violaceous, and in 
this bluish-purple. 
Fischer’s Scabious. Pl. 2 feet. 
31 S. semrpappdsa (Salzm. pl. exsic. 1825. ex D. C., prod. 4 
p. 658.) plant hairy, rather canescent; stem herbaceous, 
branched; lower leaves oval, coarsely toothed, petiolate : supe- 
rior ones pinnatifid, with oblong-linear, acute, subdentate lobes ; 
heads of flowers pedunculate ; leaves of involucrum linear-subu- 
late, ciliated, at length reflexed ; corollas radiant ; heads ovate ; 
lower fruit of the heads without bristles: the rest furnished each 
with 5 long exserted bristles—Native about Tangiers and Mo- 
godor. S. atropurpiirea y, corona erecta, Coult. dips. p. 37. 
Semi-pappose Scabious. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
32 S. ru'cipa (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 293.) plant glabrous ; stems 
usually 1-flowered; leaves shining: radical ones ovate-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, crenated: cauline ones pinnatifid, with linear acute 
lobes ; involucrum usually exceeding the radiant flowers ; 
crown 20-24-nerved, 3 times shorter than the tube; bristles of 
calyx 5, black, equal in length to the flowers, but 5 times longer 
than the crown. 2%.H. Native of France, in alpine places, 
Savoy, Switzerland, Austria, Syria, and Croatia, D. C. fl. fr. 4, 
p- 228. Rchb. pl. crit. 4. t. 381. S. stricta, Waldst. et Kit. 
pl. rar. hung. 2. t. 138. S. Nérica, Vest. bot. zeit. 1805. no. 
3. Wahl. fl. carp. p. 39. S. Columbaria a, Coult. dips. p. 38. 
exclusive of the two synonymes, Asterocéphalus strictus, 
Spreng. Corollas pale blue, or of a pale violaceous colour. In 
the wild plant the stems usually bear only one head of flowers. 
This plant, with several of the following, are combined under 
the name of S. polymérpha, by Wibel, and by Coulter under that 
of S. Columbaria. 
Shining-leaved Scabious. 
1 to 2 feet. 
33 S. ama'wa (Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 86. t. 59.) stem branched, 
rather hairy at the base; radical leaves obovate, toothed or ly- 
rate, rather hairy: cauline leaves pinnatifid, with lanceolate 
acute nearly entire lobes; peduncles elongated, beset with retro- 
grade villi under the heads; corollas radiant; crown 20-nerved, 
times shorter than the tube; bristles of calyx 5, of a rufous 
brown colour, 4 times longer than the crown. 2%. H. Native 
of Russia. S. nítida, Bernh. ex Roem. ex Schultes, syst. 3. p> 
68. S. longipedunculata, Fisch. et Jacq. S. Columbaria a, 
Coult. dips. p. 38. Asterocéphalus amce‘nus, Spreng. Flowers 
lilac or rose-colored. There are varieties of this having the 
involucrum either longer or shorter than the flowers. 
Pleasing Scabious. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 
feet. ? 
34 S. ANGustIFÒLIA (Hoffm. verz. 1826. p. 206.) stem T 
glabrous; leaves downy : radical ones petiolate, oblong, toothed : 
lower ones lyrately pinnatifid, serrately cut: superior ones lle 
somewhat lyrately twice bipinnate, with linear lobes ; peduncles 
scabrous from retrograde hairs at the apex ; Jeaves of involucrum 
linear, terminated each by a hair. 2%. H. Native country W- 
known. Said to be allied to S. amee‘na. 
Narrow-leaved Scabious. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
35 S. ocuroxev'ca (Lin. spec. p. 146.) stem branched, r 
hairy ; radical leaves lyrately pinnatifid, downy on both ne: 
faces: cauline ones pinnate- parted, with flat linear lobes ; he 
duncles elongated, rather hairy; crown 20-nerved, one- sa 
shorter than the tube; bristles of calyx fucescent, 3 times ey 
than the crown. %. H. Native of Europe, Caucasus, and St 
Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. Pl. 
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