250 LXXII. DIPSACEZ (HIERN). [ Dipsacus. 
of the involucre several, usually exceeding the pales of the receptacle. 
Involucel 4-sided. 
A genus of a few species, occurring chiefly in Europe and Western Asia. 
Stem and branches aculeate or sparsely setose above. Invo- 
lucral bracts several, 3 in.long . . . - . + + « + 
Stem and branches setose-tomentose above. Involucral bracts 
few, in.long . 2. 1 ee ee ee ee ee 2D, setoses. 
1. D. pinnatifidus, Steud. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. sect. ii. n. 665. 
Erect branched stout herb, 3-5 ft. high; stem hollow, shining, glau- 
cescent, glabrous or as well as the branches aculeate or sparsely setose 
above and angular. Branches elongate. Leaves oval ovate or lanceo- 
late, acute or acuminate, dentate, scattered with appressed sete ; the 
upper ones sessile, more or less connate at the base, the lower ones 
petiolate, ranging up to 6 in. long by 3 in. wide or more. Heads sub- 
globose, 1-14 in. in diameter; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 
acute, shortly pubescent, setose-ciliate, # in. long, deflexed ; common 
receptacle narrowly ellipsoidal, 4 in. long by } in. thick ; scales lanceo- 
late, acuminate, ciliate above, 4 in. long, equalling or exceeding the 
flower, tips deflexed or ultimately so. Calyx pubescent, one lobe occa- 
sionally produced and linear. Corolla pubescent, much narrowed 
downwards.—A. Rich, Fl. Abyss. i. p. 367; D. appendiculatus, Steud. 
le. ii. n. 865; A. Rich. Le.; D. Schimperi, A. Br. in Schweinf. et 
Aschers. Enum. p. 287, et in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. Append. (1867), 
fide Vatke in Linnea xl. p. 199 (1876). 
Mile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! : 
Nearly allied to D: pilosus, Linn., from which it differs by the decided deflection 
of the upper part of the receptacle-scales, at least in full flower. A poor specimen 1D 
Hb. Kew from Abyssinia collected by Dr. Roth appears to belong to D. pilosus. 
2. D. setosus, Hiern. Erect slightly branched herb, 33 ft. high; 
stem glabrous glaucescent and terete below, setose-tomentose &D 
angular above. Leaves ovate or oval or the uppermost ones lanceolate, 
dentate, glabrous or with patches of setose tomentum beneath ; uppe 
acutely acuminate, sessile, connate at the base, the lower ones Dat 
rowed at the base into a long petiole, ranging up to 5 in. long by 21m. 
wide or more. Heads globose, nearly 1 in. in diameter; involue 
bracts few, lanceolate, puberulous, acute, not strongly ciliate, rather 
more than } in. long, spreading ; receptacle-scales obovate, termin® 
by an abrupt shortly ciliate linear-subulate tip, straight, g in. long: 
Calyx pubescent. Corolla much narrowed below into a slender t0?® 
pubescent. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, at Chiré, Q. Dillon! 
2. CEPHALARIA, Schrad.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. P- 159, 
Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary; limb cup-shaped or disk-like. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-fid; lobes somewhat Pnequal, of moderate 
length. Stamens 4. Ovary inferior; stigma obliquely dilated.—E 
perennial herbs without prickles or sete, and often elongated branches: 
. 
Leaves opposite, entire dentate or pinnatifid. Flowers capitate, ™ 
1. D. pinnatifidus. 
