TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Scabiosa. isl 



S. Blossoms 4-cleft, equal : stem undivided : branches ap- succi'sa. 



proaching; leaves spear-egg-shaped. 



Ludnv. 19$-Curt.-Fl. dan. 279-Fuchs. 715-Trag. 24<f- 

 J. B. iii. n-H. ox. vi. 13. 7-Black-w. U2-Mattf>. 623- 



Dai. 124. 1-rLoB. obs. 295. 2-Ger. em. 726-Park. 492. 1 



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-Ger. 587. 



Stem and leaves rough with hair, generally entire, but those 

 on the stem sometimes serrated. Flowers in globular heads. Pre* 

 per Cup fthe outer cup 0/*Linn.) ^ -cornered, hairy, with 4 shal- 

 low clefts, the segments fringed with white hairs. Nectary (the 

 inner cup of Linn.) inclosing the germen, crowned with 

 concave, glandular receptacle, armed with 4 or o strong reddish- 

 black bristles. Besides the above apparatus, each floret is fur- 

 nished with a green spear-shaped floral-leaf, terminated by a white 

 taper bristle. Bloss. bluish purple, flesh-coloured, or white ; 

 sometimes double. 



Devils-bit Scabious. Fields and pastures, frequent. 



P. June — Aug. 



S. Bio 



and 



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ged : stem rough with strong hairs. 



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Curt. 28S-E. bot.6j$-Kmph. 3-Ludw. 2\-Sheldr. 98,^. 

 Fl. dan. ±±7~Fucbs.7l6-Trag. 242-J. B. iii. 2. 1-Ger. 

 583. A-Black<w. 185-//. ox. vi. 13. 1-Ger. em. 720. 1- 

 Dod. 1 22. \-Lob. obs. 291 . \~Ger. em. 7\$.l-Park. 485.1. 



Sometimes smooth. Flowers sometimes white, and all the 

 leaves entire. Hall, — Proper Cup 4-cornered, hairy ; with 4? 

 small teeth. Nectary fthe inner cup c/Linn.) inclosing the ger- 

 men ; crowned with a concave receptacle, set with shining glands 

 °n the inside, and armed with 8 or 12 spear-shaped, serrated, 

 greenish, bristly substances, hairy at the base. Florets in the 

 circumference larger, with 4 unequal clefts. Florets in the centre 

 re gular. Leaves rough with hairs and tubercles ; spear-shaped, 

 and more or less jagged ; some of them wing-cleft, BIoss. a little 

 woolly ; blue, purple, or white. 



Field Scabious. Pastures and cornfields* P. July, Aug.+ 



S. Blossoms 5-cIeft, radiating: root-leaves simple, scol-columba'ria. 



loped : stem-leaves compound. 



The dried leaves are used to dye wool yellow or green. Linn.— A 

 •trong decoction of it, continued a good while together, is an empirical 

 1 ret for gonorrhxas. 



r * Sheep and Coats eat it. Horses and Cows not fond of it. It is 

 sughUy astringent, bitter, and saponaceous. 



