158 LXXXVI. DIPSACEJZE. 
capitulis magnis oblongis ovoideis v. rarius globosis.—£Ewr., 45ia med. et occid., Ind. or., Afr. 
bor., Abyssinia. 
4. CEPHALARIA. Involueri bractes efe ptaeuli rigide pal rarius subherbace:e, 
obtuse acutz v. rarius breviter setaceo-acuminatz.  Corolle 4-fidme. ^ Herbs palen y. pilose 
rarissime breviter setosc,—Eur., 4sia occid., Afr. bor. austr. et orient, trop. ; 
5. ScaBrI0sA, Involueri bractes foliacez, sub-2-seriatz, liberze v. basi connatz. Recopta- 
culi paleze breves v. angustissimee v. abortive.  Corolle 4—-5-fidm. Herb: suffrutices v. rarius 
frutices, pilosi cano-sericei tomentosi v. rarius glabri.—Eur., Asia, Africa. 
1. Triplostegia, Wall. in. DC. Mem. Fülér. 19, 1. b et Prod. iv. 642. Flores 'cymosi. 
Involucellum duplex, exterius 4-partitum, interius 8-costatum, costis vix in dentes brevis- 
simos productis. Calycis limbus brevissimus, disciformis, 4-5-dentatus.  Corolle limbus 
4-fidus (v. 5-fidus?) parum in:equalis, Stamina 4 perfecta, stylus filiformis, stigmate 
recto capitato. Achsnium intra involucellum liberum, superne vix conspicue 4-costatum; 
calycis limbo parvo coronatum.— Herba erecta, gracilis, pilosula et superne glandulosa, 
ut videtur perennis, rhizomate tenui repente. Folia duplicato-dentata v. inciso-pinpati- 
fida, ima ad basin caulis conferta petiolata, summa distantia sessilia. Flores minimi in 
dichotomiis et ad apices ramorum cym:e brevissime pedicellati, cymis dichotomis ad 
apicem. caulis in panieulam laxam 'trichotomam dispositis | Involucella exteriora pilis 
apice capitato-glanduliferis ornata, interiora glabra. Seminis albumen copiosum, em- 
bryone dimidio breviore. 
Species 1, Himalayiea. Genus hucusque ad Valerianeas quibus inflorescentia accedit adscriptum, 
sed involucellum, semen albuminosum, folia et indumentum omnino Dipsacearum, et odore Valeriane- 
arum caret. S 
2. Wtorina, Linn. Gen. n. 41. (Asaphes, Spreng. Syst. Cur. Post. 222.)-—Flores in verti- 
cillasiris sessilibus dense aggregati, foliis floralibus bracteisque spinoso-dentatis. In- 
voluceéllum insqualiter spinoso-dentatum. Calycis limbus herbaceus, 2-labiatus, lobis 
integris 2-lobisve. Cerolle limbus oblique v. sub-2-labiatim 5-fidus. Stamina 2, infe- 
rioribus omnino deficientibus, v. 4 didynama, inferioribus nunc brevioribus at perfectis, 
nune minimis antheris parvis cassis v. rudimentariis. Stylus apice zequalis, globosus v. 
demum in discum peltatum intus v. supra stigmatosum expansus.  Achenium intra in- 
volucellum liberum, a dorso compressiusculum, pericarpio ssepius inerassato rugoso, apice 
obliquum, calycis limbo persistente coronatum v. demum denudatum.—Herb:e perennes, 
glabrw v. molliter pubescentes. Folia opposita v. verticillata, interdum floralibus exceptis 
subradiealia, more Carduorum sinuato-pinnatifida et spinoso-dentata v. rarius integra 
spinoso-ciliata y. nuda, floralia caulinis szepius breviora latiora magisque spinosa. Florum 
capitula seu glomeruli ad axillas foliorum floralium sessiles, verticillastra formant more 
Labiatarum plurima dissita in spicam terminalem interruptam disposita, v. pauca ad 
apicem caulis conferta. Bractere intra folia floralia pauese. ^ Calycis limbi lobi sepius 
latiusculi, obtusi v. acuti. Corolle roses (v. albz 7), nunc tubo longo gracili exserto, 
nune vix videndi superantes. 
Species ad 8, Asiz medie et occidentalis incole. DC. Prod. iv. 644. Walp. Hep. ii. 532; vi. 
84; Ann. v. 140. . Boiss. Diagn. ser. 2, vi. 94. Sibth. Fl. Gr. t£. 28... .Wall. Pl. 4s. Rar. t. 202. 
Hoyle, Il. Bot. Himal. t. 55. | Jaub. et. Spach. Ill. Pl. Or. t. 429. Bot. Mag. t. 4092... Bot. Reg. 
1840, £. 36. Bunge i in Reliq. Lehm. 321 (145) species enumerat 9, quarum tamen 2 nobis reducendze 
videntur, sed. speciem novam insignem detexit Hook. f. in Sikkim, in ejusd, Ie. Pl. mox illustrandam. 
3. Dipsacus, Linn. Gen. n. 114.—Capitula terminalia, globosa v. oblonga. .Inyolucri 
bractes ssepius herbacesm, uti paleze receptaculi apice rigide subulatz v. spinescentes. 
Involucellum 4- v. 8-costatum, apice in limbum patentem v. concavum membranaceum 
denticulatum v. breviter iohsizs inermem scpiusque villosum plus minus expansum. 
Calycis limbus cyathiformis, 4-dentatus v. 4-lobus. Corolle limbus 4-fidus, sub- 
squalis, obliquus v. sub-2-labiatus. Stamina:4 perfecta. Stylus filiformis, stigmate 
obliquo v. laterali. . Achsnium intra involucellum liberum v. ei plus minus adnatum, 
