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Scabiosa—continued. 
flowers (F, d. 8. 1203) ;- foliis 
leaves; nana is not more th 
striata has tlowers spotted an 
flowers white, and purple ma 
Fic. 439. %PPER PORTION OF PLANT OF SCABIOSA 
ATROPURPUREA. 
S., caucasica (Caucasian).* fl.-heads pale blue, fully 3in. in dia- 
meter, radiant ; corollas five-cleft ; involucre very villous. June 
to August. Z., radical ones lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, 
glaucous. h. lft. Caucasus, 1803. See Fig. 440. (B. M. 886.) 
Fic. 440. SCABIOSA CAUCASICA. 
S. c. elegans (elegant). l whitish; cauline ones undivided, 
quite entire or nearly so. (R. G. 1212.) 
Vel. TIL 
‘the form of the corolla). 
Scabiosa—continued. 
S. c. heterophylla (variable-leaved -heads — 
— hd pinnatisect > Seaman Ps oe acute. 
S. Columbaria (Columbaria). fl.-heads lilac or blue-purple, lin. 
to ljin. in diameter; coro] ye t, those of the inner 
flowers regular, of the outer ones rayed; peduncles slender, 
July to September, inne or pubescent, very variable; 
Tana onp PREE 0 
pinnatifid, e segments often cut. 
(Britain), &c. (Sy. En. B. 678.) 
graminifolia (grass-leayed), -heads e blue, very like 
those of S. caucasica, but much —— * to October. 
l. linear-lanceolate, quite entire, of a silvery-white colour. 
Stems suffruticose at . h. lft. South Europe, 1683, This 
species is well adapted for the border or rockery. (B. R. 835.) 
S. pterocephala (wing-henaded). _fl.-heads purple, lin. to jin. 
in diameter; peduncles stout, 2in. to Sin. long, Summer, l 
simple, elliptic, or lyrate-pirnatifid, crenately-toothed. Greece, 
— A very ornamental, dwarf, tufted perennial. (B, M. 
S. succisa (Devil's Bit). Blue Bonnets; Blue Buttons, Wc, /l.-heads 
blue-purple or white, jin. to 14in. in diameter; involucral bracts 
shorter than the hairy corollas; peduncles appressedly-hairy, 
July to October. l. entire, glabrous or paiT s radical ones 
oblong or obovate, pets canina ones few, toothed. A. lft. 
to 2ft. Europe (Britain), &c. (Sy. En, B, 677.) 
S. Webbiana (Webb’s).* jl.-heads creamy-yellow, on long pe- 
duncles; corollas nearly equal, July. l., lower ones petiolate, — 
obovate, crenate ; upper ones p d, with ovate or — 
entire lobes., A. Gin. Phrygia, 1818. Plant clothed with soft, 
silky, hoary tomentum. (B. R. 717.) _ uM el re 
SCABIOUS. See Scabiosa. — 
SCABIOUS, SHEEP'S-BIT. A common name for 
Jasione montana. ; 
SCABIOUS, SWEET. See Scabiosa atropur- 
late, entire or divided ; canline ones 
. lft. to 2ft. Europe 
purea. 
SCABRID. Rather rough. 
SCABROUS. Rough. — 
SCABWORT. An old name for Elecampane (Inula 
_ Helenium). 
SCZIVOLA (from scæva, the left hand; alluding to 
ORD. Goodenovien, A genus 
comprising nearly sixty species of stove or greenhouse 
shrubs, sub-shrubs, or perennial herbs, mostly Australian ; 
eight or ten are found in the Pacific Islands and 
maritime Asia, and one also in Africa and the West Indies. 
Flowers solitary between two bracteoles, sessile or pe- 
dunculate, in the axils of the leaves or subtending bracts, 
or the peduncles dichotomonsly branched with a flower 
in each fork; calyx tube adnate, the limb usually very 
short; corolla oblique, the tube slit open to the base 
on the upper side, the lobes nearly equal or the upper 
ones shorter; stamens free; indumentum stellate or 
simple. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, entire or 
toothed. A selection of the species best known to gar- 
deners is given below. ‘They succeed in a compost of 
turfy loam, peat, and sand. Propagation may be 
effected by cuttings, inserted in similar soil, under 
a hand glass, those of P. Plwmieri being placed in heat. 
Except in the case of the species just named, all those 
here described are Australian, and require greenhouse 
treatment. 
useefolia (Anchusa-leaved). fl. blue, sessile or nearly 
g e rasan eng on spike; calyx limb obsolete ; corolla żin. 
or more long, hairy/outside, bristly within. May. l linear 
or oblanceolate, entire or coarsely-toothed when broad, lin. to 
Zin. or more long; floral ones less than jin. long. An erect or 
prostrate herb or sub-shrub. 
tenuata (attenuated). fl. blue, sessile, in terminal, leafy 
— at length long and ph, tem calyx limb prominent, 
annular ; — jin. bag hairy within, the throat softly bristly. 
June. L petiolate; larger ones broadly lanceolate, few-toothed, 
Zin. to 3in. long; upper ones linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 
entire. A. lift. to 2ft. 1844. An erect shrub or sub-shrub. 
(B. M. 4196.) x 
S. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of Leschenaultia 
linarioides. — Pte a 
, Koonigii (Kænig’s).* Malay Rice Paper t. Je red, 
as axillary an yey much shorter than the leaves; —— lobes 
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