C 956 ] 



Scalia Jaceoides. Knap-Weed Scalia. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia Superelua. 



Generic Charaaer. 



Receptaculum nudum. Pappus \>\\o{\is i fcaber, fcffilis. CorolU 

 radii infundibuliformes, irregulares. 



Sx&xia?-, nomen a Theophrafio cuidam hujus ordinis plant* 

 adhibitum. 



SCALIA jaceoides. 



Descr. Root flefhy, tap-fhaped ? perennial. Stem erect, 

 round, fomewhat woolly, a little branched at the upper part. 

 Leaves alternate, feflile, fpatulate lanceolate, with rough mar- 

 gins, obfcurely three-ribbed ; the midrib much ftouter than 

 the lateral ones. Flowers uniformly yellow, folitary, on long, 

 more or lefs fcaly peduncles. Calyx fubglobofe, imbricate, 

 fcales linear, terminated with a broader, ovate- acuminate, 

 fcariofe appendix. CorolU of. the radius female, funnel-fhaped : 

 tube filiform : limb fomewhat irregularly cut into from three 

 to five narrow laciniae. CorolU of the difk many, hermaphrodite, 

 funnel-fhaped : tube filiform below. Receptacle naked, dotted, 

 fiat. Seed! oblong, rough, crowned with a feflile hairy 

 fcabrous pappus, thofe of the difk and of the radius fimilar. 



In habit, but not colour, this plant much refembles CeH- 

 taurea nigra, and has the fame rigid rough afpeft; but be- 

 longing 10 a different order in the Linnean fyftem, and having 

 a naked receptacle, it will not unite in the fame genus witn 

 it. A native of New South- Wales, and boafts no great 

 beauty, but as few fyngenefious plants have as yet found their 

 way from that country into our gardens, it may be admitte 

 for its rarity. May be treated as a hardy greenhoufe plant* 

 Propagated by feeds, which however are not always pe f ' 

 fefcled with us. Flowers in May and continues a long time » n 

 bloom. Introduced by Mr. Loddiges of Hackney. 



