Scabiosa. | DIPSACEA (Sond.) 43 
Has. Var. a, Bocklandsberg, Nov.—Dec., Thunb.; var. 8. Caledonriver and Ma- 
galisberg, and stony places near Commissiepoort, Zey. 779. (Herb, Th., D., Sd.) 
Stem 1-2 feet. Radical leaves petiolate, in var. a, nearly 6 inches long, 14-2 
inches broad ; lobes decurrent, upper ones larger, the terminal ovate, incised-toothed ; 
in var. 8, 3-4 inches long, 6-9 lines broad, sharply-toothed or pinnately-incised ; 
lobes ovate-oblong. Heads nearly the same as in the preceding, subglobose in var. 
8, with more downy but not sphacelate apex. Corolla pubescent. : 
5. C. seabra (R. & Sch. 1c. 44); stem erect, terete, rigid, branched, 
as well as the leaves scabrous-hairy; leaves stiff, pinnatifid or bipinna- 
tifid ; lobes linear, dentately-cut, acute, with revolute margins ; scales 
villous, obtuse ; palese acute. Se. scabra, Th. ! Cap. 144. Linn. f. Sup. 118, 
Has. Hills near Zoetemelksvalley, Thunb.; Winterhoeksberg, 1000-2000 feet, 
Drege. Jan—Feb. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) 
Plant 2-3 feet high; branches elongated, rigid. Leaves sessile, 2 inches long, 
lobes about 4-6 lines long, as well as the rhachis, 1, rarely 2, lines broad. Heads 
the size of small walnuts. Flowers pubescent, white. 
II. SCABIOSA, Linn. 
Involucre of many leaves, nearly biseriate. Receptacle chaffy. Invo- 
lucels usually cylindrical, with 8 foveole, terminated by a campanulate 
or rotate, scarious limb. Jimé of calyx tapering into a neck at the base, 
and ending in 5-awned bristles, or 1-4 by abortion. Corolla 4~5-cleft. 
Stamens 4. Roem. et Schult. Syst. ITI. 2. Asterocephalus, Vaill. Endl. Gen. 
2195. 
Perennial or suffruticose herbs. Leaves variable. Heads of flowers depressed. 
Outer flowers of heads usually radiant. Name from scabies, the itch; which disorder 
the common sort is said to cure. 
Stem herbaceous; lvs. lyrately-pinnatifid or bipinnatifid ... (£) Columbaria. 
Stem herbaceous; Ivs. obovate or obovate-oblong, irregularly 
toothed —... (2) Africana, 
Stem suffruticose; Ivs. spathulate, serrato-dentate at the apex (3) Buekiana. 
1. S. Columbaria (Lin. Spec. p. 143) ; stem branched, smoothish ; [iy 
radical leaves petiolate, spathulate, crenate or inciso-serrate, hairy ons Scand 
both surfaces ; cauline leaves pinnate-parted, with flat, linear lobes o1 ay 
undivided; peduncles elongated, 2~3-fid; corollas radiant, 5—fid, rarely f¢ © 
4-fid; heads of fruit ovate-globose; crown 20-nerved, one-half shorter 
than the tube; bristles of calyx 5, 2-4 times longer than the crown. 
Engl. Bot.t.1311. Reichb. Pl. Crit. 4, t.354. #. Z.! 2338. S.acaulis, ma- 
ritima et ochroleuca, Thund.! Fl. Cap. t45. . 8S. Africana, E. Z., Thunb. 
Herb, S. pallida, HZ. M.c. Herb. Un. Itin. 725. Zey. 778, 2727, 2728, 2729. 
Var. 8. dissecta; glabrous or downy; lower leaves lyrate, unequally and bluntly 
serrated ; upper ones 2~3-pinnatifid ; lobes linear, incised. S. laciniata, Licht. R.G Sch. 
3, 87. E.Z.2339. 8S. anthemifolia, E.Z. 2337. S. pallida, E. Mey. excl. e. 8. ochro- 
leuca, 8. Thunb. Hb. Hb. Un. Itin. 726. Drege, 9852. Zey. 2730 et 2731. 
Van. y. elata; stem elongated, thick, fistulose ; radical leaves on long petioles, 
pinnati-partite ; lobes cuneiform. S. crassicaulis, E. Mey. S. columbaria, Hb. E.Z. expt. 
Var. 6. simplicior; glabrous; radical leaves on elongated petioles, lanceolate, entire 
or toothed or pinnatifid, with a few, distant, much-spreading, linear-cuneate, entire 
lobes, the terminal oblong, acute; cauline leaves linear; heads smaller. Drege, 9553. 
Has. Sandy places throughout whole colony, at Natal, and in Namaqualand, 
