160 DIPSACE^. 



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V. Spica. Vahl Enum. 1, p, 13. 



Hab. in Bhotaniae^ alpibus. Wallich* %^ Jatamangsi 



IndigetiiSf - * 



Planta caespitosa. Radices fusiformes, loDgae, crassitie 

 S£epiiis digiti minoris, dimidio superiore rudimentis reti- 

 formibus follorum marcidoruoi densd vestitae, infern^ 

 fibris numerosis brevibus instrucfce: facie ad caudam 

 ^ aliquoruin animalium non paulo referunt. Caules erecti, 

 simplicissimi, teretes, fistulosi, pube brevi juxta folia et 

 apicem versus densiore undique vestiti, 3-5-pollicares. 

 Folia lanceolata, acuta^ integerrima, coriacea, laevitfer pu- 

 bescentia, nervosa, 2-7 poUices longa, serai v. unciam 

 lata, basi in petiolum attenuata ; cauluia supetnora multo 

 breviora, basi in vaginam brevissimam juncta. Flores 

 terminales, dens^ faseiculati, purpurci, niajuscuii* Pedi- 

 celli et Gvaria tomentosu Calyces 5-d«ntali : dentibtts tri' 

 angulari-ovatis, acutis, brevissimis, hirsutis. Corolla tubo 

 dilafato, limbo inaequali, 6-lobo i/auce villis clausft. Sta* 

 tnina exserla. Filamenta barbata. Stilus iis loBgior. 

 jS/ig^ma simplex, capitatum. 



Obs. Hteo planta est Nardo-stachyon et Spica Nardi Anti' 

 quorum. Conf. Jones et Lamb, in ]. c. 



DIFSACE^. juss. 



DIPSACUS. Linn. Gen. 48. Juss. Gen. 194, 



1- D. strictuSy foliis simplicibns lanceolatis* acutis dentalo* 



£erratis bast connatis utrinque papilloso-setosis, paieis 



cuneato-obiungis canescentibus apice rectis ciliatis flosfU" 



lis brevioribus, caulo bexagono ramoso retrorsilm his- 

 pido. 



DipsacHS inermis a. Wall, in Roxb. FL Ind. 1. p. 367. 

 Hab. in Nepalift. Wallich. S' Barberi v. Guoja Indi' 



gents. 



Caidis strictus, gracilis, bexangularis, 4-5-pedalis, fistu- 

 losus, ramosus, undiqtie aculeis setosis extrorsis in- 

 sequalissimis basi tuberculatis asperatus. Rami elongatii 

 strictissimi, 5-anguIi, aphjlli, uniflori. Folia spithaniaea, 

 i s, poUieem lata. Jnvo/ucrum spbsericam, J>ipsaci pilos^B^ 

 bractealum. Flosculi ochroleuci, paleis plurimum loogi- 

 ores. 



Obs. p/pilosum, cui accedit preecedens, differt; caale 

 nuQ^is alto aculei^quc setosis patulis hispido, ramis flori- 

 feris brevioribus, ioliis ternatis v. trilobis ter brevioribus 



