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scorzonera purpurea, j3. grandiflora. 

 Large Purple-flowered Viper's-Grass. 



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 C/ass «wrf Order. 



SYNGENESIA PoLYGAMIA jEQUALIS. 



Generic Character. 



Recept. nudum. Pappus plumosus, substipitatus. Calyx 

 imbricatus squamis margine scariosis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Scorzonera purpurea ; foliis lineari-subulatis canaliculato- 



triquetris, caule ramoso. fVilld. Sp. PL 3. p. 150. 



Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 4. p. 435, 

 Scorzonera purpurea ; foliis lineari-subulatis integris pla- 



nis, pedunculis cylindricis. Lin. Sp. PL 1113. Lam. 



Encycl. Bot. 7. p. 15. Ejusdem Illustr. t. 647. / 3. 

 Scorzonera purpurea; foliis lineari-subulatis integris cana- 



liculato-triquetris, pedunculis cylindricis. J acq. Austr. 



1. p. 23. t.35. 



Scorzonera caule ramoso tereti, foliis linearibus acuminatis, 



calycibus obtusiusculis. Gmel. Sib. 2. p. 7. t.2. 

 Scorzonera angustifolia subcserulea. Bauh. Pin. 275. 

 Scorzonera angustifolia elatior pannonica 4. Clus. Hist. 



2. p. 139. S. pannonica 5*- Clus. Pan. p. 639. 

 Scorzonera sylvestris, foliis angustis,, flore c«ruleo. Mentz. 



Pugil. t.l.f.l. 



The plant from which our drawing was made was raised 

 at the Fulham Nursery from seeds gathered on the Carpa- 

 thian Mountains by Mr. Howe. It is a showy plant when 

 the flowers are expanded, but appears to us to be only a 

 variety of Scorzonera purpurea, although a much stouter 

 plant,, with larger flowers, than that figured by Jacquin in 

 his Flora Austriaca. 



A hardy perennial. Flowers in May. Cultivated by 

 Philip Miller in 1759. Communicated by Messrs. Whit- 

 ley. Brame, and Milne. 



