Dipsacus. DIPSACUS. 445 
fid. Heads terminal, oblong-ovate, or roundish. Corolla lilac-coloured, yel- 
low or whitish. 
1365. (1) D. Leschenaultii (Coult.:) stem even, slighty hairy, without ` 
prickles: leaves lyrately pinnatifid, acuminated, deeply serrated at the apex, 
villous or hairy on both sides ; lower ones petioled ; the lobes 3-nerved at the 
base : leaflets of the involucre patulous, shorter than the globose head, scarce- 
ly longer than the hairy oblong acuminated pales: involucel slightly pro- 
duced beyond the furrows into a membranaceous crown.—Coulter in DC.! 
prod. 4. p. 647 ; Wight ! cat. n. 1875.—Scabiosa Brunoniana, Wall.! L. n. 429. 
Neelgherries. Dindygul. 
So very closely allied to Cephalaria alpina, that we can scarcely bring our- 
selves to consent to their being referred to different genera: in Cephalaria, 
however, the involuere is not foliaceous as in our plant. 
