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periearpio tenui 8-costato, calycis limbo' persistente «coronatum v. demum  denuda- 
tum.—Herbs rudes, biennes v. perennes, setis rigidis hispid; v. aculeolatw. Folia 
opposita, grosse dentata v. pinnatifida, lobo terminali swpius maximo. ^ Involucri 
bractes et pales receptaculi rigide ciliato-hispidz. ^ Flores cxrulei, sepius pallidi (inter- 
dum albi ?). : tis 
^. Species ad 12, Europz, Asiw medi tropiece et occidentalis, Afriere borealis, et Abyssinise eia 
DC. Prod. iy..645.. Walp. Hep. ii. 632; Anm. ii. 802. Jacg. FU, Austr. t. 248, 402, 403. BHeichb, 
Ile. Fl. Germ. t. 104 ad, 107... Wight, Illustr. t. 130 et Jc. (. 1160... Klotzsch, in. Pr. Waldem. eise 
Bot. t. 84. ! f 
Garzpnacox, S. P. Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl, ii. A70, est D. pilosus, Linn., species capitulis glo- 
bosis aliisque notis ad CepAkalariam vergens. 
4. Cephalaria, Schrad. Cat. Sem. Hort. Gott. 1814, ex Coult. Mem. Dips. 24. (Lepi- 
cephalus, Lag. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 7; Succisa, Wallr. Sched. Crit. 46.)—Caàpitula ter- 
minalia, ovoidea globosa v.. depressa.  Involucri bractez uti palez  receptaculi 
rigide paleacez v. vix herbaces, obtussz acutze v. breviter setaceo-acuminatz. — In- 
volucellum 8-costatum, costis in dentes breves productis v. apice parum prominulis. 
Calycis limbus cyathiformis v. disciformis, membranaceus, ciliato-hirsutus, denticulatus 
v. breviter oo-lobus.  Corollz limbus 4-fidus, zqualis v. obliquus. Stamina 4 perfecta. 
Stylus filiformis, stigmate laterali elongato.  Achsnium involucello basi v. ad medium 
adnatum, superne 4- v. 8-costatum, calycis limbo persistente coronatum v. demum 
denudatum.— Herbs annus v. perennes, sepius rigidule, glabrc v. piloss, rarius 
breviter setose nec aculeolats. Folia integra dentata v. lobata. Capitula quam in 
Dipsaco ssepius minora, longe pedunculata v. rarius in dichotomiis sessilia. Flores 
ochroleuei albidi v. rarius pallide ceerulescentes, exteriores interdum corolla ampliore 
magisque irregulari radium capituli formantes. 
Species ad 24, Europee, Asi: occidentalis, Africse borealis et australis, Abyssinieque incole. DC. 
Prod.iv.647.  Walp. Rep. ii. 032 vi. 84; 4mn. ii, 803. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 41. Boiss, 
JDiagn. ser. 2. ii. 122; vi. 95. Waldst. et Kit. Pl. Har. Hung.t. 13, 230 (Seabiosa). Jacq. Hort, 
Vind. t. 11 (Scabiosa). . Heichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 699 ad 103 (Succisa) ; Ieonogr. Bot. t, 121, 314, 
315, et Iconogr. Exot. t. 17 (Seabiosa).  Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 103, 105. (Scabiosa). Tohih. As. Min. t, 
26. JDene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 94. Genus Dipsaco et Scabiose arcte affine, huic forte quam illi 
propinquius, imprimis habitu, bracteis involucri gradatim in paleas receptaculi abeuntibus, utriusque 
consistentia, et calycis limbi forma distinetum. . C. alpina affinesque Dipsaco piloso affinibusque ap- 
proximantur. ^ 
b. Scabiosa, Linn. Gen. n. 115.—Capitula terminalia, depressa subglobosa v. ovoideo- 
conica. Involucri bracteze 1-2-seriatce, herbaces, libere v. rarius in urceolum lobatum 
connais, paleis receptaculi minoribus angustis v. nullis. lInyolucellum 2-4- v. 8- 
costatum, apice 2-co-dentatum v. in limbum 4-dentatum, y. sspius scariosum multi- 
radiatim venosum denticulatumque expansum. Calycis limbus in dentes 5-co breves 
inque setas longas demum radiato-patentes productos rarius muticos divisum. | Corolls 
limbus 4-b5-fidus, subzequalis v. ssepius obliquus v. 2-labiatus. Stamina 4 rarissime 2, 
omnia perfecta. Stylus filiformis, stigmate nune brevi obliquo v. rarius subrecto, nunc 
elongato laterali. Achsenium involucello basi v. ultra medium. adnatum, calycis limbo 
persistente coronatum.—Herb:e anmu:e perennes v. basi plus minus frutescentes, pu- 
bescentes sericeo-incanae v. laxe piloss, rarius glabrze, nec setoso-aculeolatze. Folia 
integra dentata lobata v. dissecta. ' Capitula pedunculata v. rarius in dichotomiis sessilia. 
Involucelli pars ab achzenio libera swpe inter costas profunde foveolata. Flores cswrulei, 
rosei, ochroleuci v. albi. 
Species bene definitas vix 80 recognoscimus, ab auctoribus variis numero plus quam duplicatas; 
"Europam, Asiam et Africam liabitant, in regione Mediterranea et Oriente. maxima copia crescunt, 
pàuez montanis Europe et Asize proprice, nonnullze per regiones temperatas late disperse et in Afriea 
australi iterum obvis, inter tropieos rar. DC. Prod. iv. 690 ad. 654 (Knautia, Pterocephalus, et 
Scabiosa). Walp. Hep. ii. 533, 534; vi. 85, 86; Ann. ij. 803 ad 805; v. 141, 142. (Knautia, Ptero- 
