Tas. 6526. 
SCABIOSA prerocupnata. 
Native of Greece. 
Nat. Ord. Drpsacez. 
Genus Scagrosa, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p. 159.) 
ScaBiosa pterocephala; dense late cespitosa, sericeo-tomentosa, basi suffruticosa, . 
ramis procumbentibus novellis foliosis, foliis confertis ovato-oblongis in petiolum 
angustatis v. lyrato-pinnatifidis grosse crenato-serratis, lobis lateralibus brevibus: 
dentatis crenatisve, pedunculis breviusculis, capitulis depressis, involucri bracteis 
pluriseriatis lanceolatis floribus brevioribus v. equantibus, floribus radiantibus 
carneo-purpureis, involucello cylindraceo hirsuto obsolete coronulato, corona in 
aristas breves v. elongatas abeunte, calycis aristis 15-16 involucro multoties 
longioribus. 
S. pterocephala, Linn, Sp. Pl. 146; Sibth. Fl. Grec, t. 113. 
PrerocerHatvs Parnassi, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 384; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
vol. iii. p. 148. 
P. perennis, Vaill. in Act, Paris, 1722, p. 384. 
P. bellidifolia, Boiss. Diagn. ser. 1, vol. ii. p. 109 (forma depauperata). 
A densely-tufted perennial, forming large low cushions, | 
perfectly hardy, and, when in flower, very ornamental. It 
has been long cultivated in Kew, in the open border of the 
herbaceous ground, but I am not aware how or whence it. 
was procured. It is a native of the mountains of Greece, 
growing in dry rocky places at elevations of 3000 to 6000 
feet, and extends from the Ionian Islands (Mount Nero in 
Cephalonia) to Mount Athos in Macedonia, and Parnassus 
in Attica. At Kew it flowers in July and August. 
Descr. Stems and branches woody, tortuous, procumbent, 
sending up very numerous short leafing shoots, the whole 
forming dense patches two to three feet in diameter ; whole 
plants densely hoary-pubescent. Leaves one to one and a 
half inches long, narrowed into a stout petiole, blade simple 
ovate obtuse and deeply crenate-toothed or lyrate-pinnatifid 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1880. 
