42 DIPSACEZ (Sond.) [ Cephalaria. 
times longer than the internodes, 1-14 inch long, 1 line broad; middle nerve im- 
pressed on the upper side. Peduncle 3-4 inches. Head of flowers as large as a 
hazel nut. Involucre of about to scales, Corollas equal, white? or pale rose-coloured, 
nearly 4 inch long, downy outwards, lobes ovate, a little shorter than the tube. Fruit 
unknown. Habit of Lavandula ( Lavender ). 
2. C. rigida (Schrad. 1. c.); stem terete; branches elongate ; leaves 
rigid, ovate-oblong, serrated, often eared at base, upper ones lanceolate ; 
heads nearly globose ; scales ovate, obtuse, ciliated, appressed-pubescent, 
at length glabrous. Scabiosa rigida, L. Mant. p. 328. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 
143. Sieb. Fl. Cap. exs. 252. Ceph. rigida et scabra, EB. Z.! 2331, 2332: 
Herb. Un. Itin. 727. Commel, Hort. Amstel. t. 93. 
Var. a. glabra; quite glabrous. 
Var. f. seabra; scabrous with short, rigid hairs. 
Has. Mts, near Capetown, andin Hottentottsholland ; Natal, Krauss. Dec.—Feb: 
(Herb. Th., Sd., D.) 
Stem 2-3 ft. high ; branches elongate, opposite, leafless in the upper part; lower 
lvs. close, 14-3 in. long, }~-1 in. broad, upper ones smaller, lanceolate, with revolute 
margins. Heads the size of a walnut. Flowers white, downy outside, 4-fid; lobes 
ovate, twice shorter than the tube. Fruit quadrangular, cuneate, silky-pubescent. 
3. C. attenuata (R. & Sch. Syst. Veg. ITT. p. 44); stem striated or 
angular; leaves oblong, lanceolate or sublinear, entire, trifid or pinnati- 
fid; lobes divergent, quite entire; heads globose; scales obtuse, villous ; 
palez acute. 
Var. a. leaves oblong, glabrous or hairy, with ciliate margins ; cauline ones 
entire or pi ifid peta Lar C. decurrens, E. Z.! 2333. C.ustulata, E. Mey. 
and 9554, Herb. Drege. S. rigida, Krauss, Herb. 320. 
Var. 8. glabrous; leaves elongate-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, entire or 
pinnatifid at the base, lobes spreading, acute, quite entire; cauline leaves entire or 
more or less pinnatifid. Scab. attenuata, Lin. fil. Suppl. 118. Willd, Spec. 1, 546. S. 
trifida, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 144. Zeyh. 2333. Ceph. attenuata, E. § Z.! 3234. C. longi- 
folia, E. Mey. 
Var. y. glabrous or hairy; lower leaves pinnatifid; lobes decurrent, linear, acute, 
diverging, quite entire; cauline leaves entire or pinnatifid. Scab. decurrens, Thunb. 
l.c. Se. humilis, Thunb. 1. c. Ceph. decurrens, R. § Schult. C. attenuata, LE. Z. ex pte. 
Has. Wet places and grassy hills ; var. a. in Keiskamma, between Stadesmountains 
and Krakakamma, near Grahamstown, and Port Natal; var. 8. in distr. Uitenhage, 
George and Port Natal; var. y. Albany. Dec.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb., Sd., D.) 
Stem 1-2 feet. Branches angle-furrowed, leafless or nearly so. Petioles of the 
radical leaves 1 inch-1 foot long. Leaves in var. a. about 2 inches long, }~1 inch 
broad, in var. 6 sometimes 1 foot long, 4 lines-14 inch broad, coriaceous; rhachis 
and lobes of var. y 2-3 lines broad. Lower stem leaves sessile, attenuate at the 
base. Heads as large as a small walnut, or smaller. Scales and palew purplish or 
blackish at the apex. 
4, C. ustulata (R. & Sch. Lc p. 43); glabrous or hairy; stem 
striately angular; lvs. lyrate-pinnatifid or serrate-incised, lobes toothed ; 
heads globose ; scales villous, obtuse ; inner palex acute. 
Var. a, glabrous ; stem branched ; lower leaves lyrate-pinnatifid ; lobes ovate 
toothed ; scales and palez purplish at the apex. Scab. ustulata, Th. Fl. Cap. 144- 
Van. 8, pilosa ; stem simple ; lower leaves serrate or lyrate-incised at the base ; 
lobes serrate ; upper leaves pinnatifid. 
