Dipsacus. Scabiosa. 317 



ScABiosA Linn. 



Florcs in rcceptaculo globoso, hemispliacrico vcl co- 

 nico capitato-collecti, inrolucro polyphyllo cincti, bracteis 

 setisvc propriis distincti^ sinjjuli involuccllo proprio, ca- 

 lycifornii, fauce constricto, pcrspicue limbato inclusi. Ca- 

 Ij^ ovariuni arcte vestiens eiquc nunc undique, nunc non- 

 nisi pcr faucem constrictam adnatus; lirobus quasi stipi- 

 tatus, cupuli- vcl patelliformis, pluridentatus, rarius inte- 

 jyer; dentibns plerumque setig^cris. CoroUa cpig-yna, tubn- 

 loso-infundibularis, limbo 4- vel 5-fida, plerumque irre- 

 gularis. Stamiua 4, exserta. Stylus 1, apice bilobus, 

 rarius integer. Achenium limbo calycis in pappum va- 

 rium abeunte coronatum involucelloque persistente multi- 

 formi obtectum. Herbae erectae, rarius suffrutices. Fo- 

 lia opposita, integra vel varie pinnatisecta. Capitula ter- 

 minaliay globosa vel seiniglobosa. Flores conformes vel 

 marginales radiantes. 



1) Receptaculum bracteatum. Involucrum stellato-pa- 

 tentissimum. Involucella tetrag-ona, 8-6ulcata; limbo 

 brevi, herbaceo, lobato. Calycis limbus patelliformis, 

 quinquedentatus vel integ-errimus; dentibus setig-eris; setis 

 scabris. (Succisa Moench,') 



1. Scabiosa succisa Ldnn, Spec. 142. Ftor. Dan. t. 279. 

 Engl. Bot. t. 878. Hai/ne, Arzneigew. 5. t. 37. Mert. et 



Koch. Germ. 1. 743. Coult.Dips. 39. t. 2. /. 17. 

 Cand. Prod. 4. 660. 



Pilosa: caulibus adscendcntibus, subtri-olig-ocephalis; 

 foliis pctiolatis, oblongis vel lanccolatis, intcg-crrimis, in- 

 terdum reoiote grosse dcntatis; superioribus ang-ustiori- 

 bus, aculis; capitulis subgplobosis; receptaculo bracteato; 

 involuccllis 8-suIcatis, pilosis, limbo quadrilobis; caly- 

 cibus 4 — 5-dentatis; dentibus setigeris; coroUis 4-fidis. 

 8ubaequalibus. 



Succisa pratcnsis Moench. Meth. 489. Koch. ^nops. 

 1. 344. 



