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Centaurea—continued. 
but is a dwarfer grower, and has brighter-coloured flowers. 
Hardy herbaceous. (B. M. 3662.) C. stricta comes very near this, 
if indeed, anything more than a dwarf variety. 
Fig. 397. CENTAUREA BABYLONICA. 
С. Fenzlii (Fenzls)* Ј..Леайз canary-yellow, large, terminal; 
flower-stems erect, branching from the base. /. large, handsome, 
cordate-ovate, glaucous E radical A. 4ft. Armenia, 1868. 
Hardy biennial. (B. M. 6592.) 
macrocephala (large-headed).* pem my yellow, larger than 
most others ; scales of involucre jagged. July. i. oblong-lanceolate, 
shortly decurrent, undivided, rough, somewhat serrated, ending 
ina short sharp point. Stem simple, hollow, and thickened under 
the flower. №. 3ft. Caucasus, 1805. Hardy perennial See 
Fig. 400. (В. M. 1248.) 
montana (mountain).* /l.-heads blue, large, handsome ; florets 
deeply cut into four or five segments. Early summer, 1, lanceo- 
ie, entire, decurrent, cottony. Stem usually simple, sometimes 
Fie. 399. CENTAUREA DEALBATA. | 
Centaurea—continued. 
sparingly branched. h. 2%. Europe, 1596. Hardy perennial. 
(B. M. 77.) There are also white-flowered (alba) and rose-coloured 
(rosea) varieties, both of which are well worth growing. 
FIG. 398. FLOWER AND BUD oF CENTAUREA CYANUS. 
C. moschata (musky). Sweet Sultan JL -heads le ; involu 
roundish, smooth ; scales egg-sha "d. July. D Inaiedocth vi 
^. 2ft. Persia, 1629. Faray uM. : 
, FtG. 400. CENTAUREA MACROCEPHALA. 
