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PHYTEUMA SCORZONERIFOLIA. ScORZONERA- 

 LEAVED RAMPION. 



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Gfas* a«rf Order 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic CJiaracter. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. rotata, 5-partita, laciniis lineari- 

 bus. Stigma 2- s. 3-fidum. Caps. %~ s. 3-locularis, 

 infera. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Phyteuma scorzanerifolia ; spica elongata cylindrica, foliis 



lineari-lanceolatis canaliculatis dentato-serratis, stig- 



mate bifido. 

 Phyteuma scorzonerifolium ; spica elongata cylindrica, flori- 



bus inferioribus remotis, foliis lanceolatis crenatis ; 



superioribus linearibus. Willd. Enum. p. 215. 

 Phyteuma scorzonerifolia ; foliis omnibus oblongis leviter 



crenatis ; supremis linearibus, spica elongata. ViUars 



Dauph. 2. p. 519. t. 12. / 2. Excluso synonymo 



Allioni. De Cand.fi. franc. 3. p. 713. 



Descr. Stem erect, simple, smooth. Leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, decurrent down the footstalk, dentate-serrate, sides 

 folded inwards, smooth. Spike oblong. Flowers crowded 

 together, subsessile. Bractes shorter than the small, cam- 

 panulate, five-toothed Calyx with linear distant segments. 

 Corolla 5-cleft : lacinice linear, united at the point and 

 bulging open downwards ; but after flowering distinct the 

 whole length and twisted about irregularly. Stamens 

 five : Anthers oblong, red, quickly shedding their purple 

 Pollen ; with which the style is entirely covered when first 

 projected and appears club-shaped, but afterwards the 



Stigma 



