94 ILOKA TKLM K. 



tospennum and Evea must be added to Dipsa- 

 cea; but the Valerianides of Dec. are quite a 

 peculiar family, 'i'he G. Scahiosa L. the most 

 numerous in species offered a crowd of anoma- 

 lies and yet has been left nearly untouched ex- 

 cept by Vaillant and Necker ; the linneists 

 blending to this day 16 fine Genera into Scabi- 

 osa, which I have distinguished since 1815, and 

 shall now enumerate, having verified most of 

 them alive or dry. 



1084. ScABiosA Necker, Raf. non L. nee auct.. 

 Periantho multipartito, patens ineq. phorantho 

 piloso, corollis 5fidis ineq. radiatis. stam. 4, 

 akena angulata denticulis coronata — Types 

 Sc. columbaria, eburnea, argentea, atropur- 

 purea, prolifera, alba, grandiflora, ucranica, 

 cretlca, graminif, pumilci ? indurata, mariti- 

 tna Slc\ 



1085. AsTROcEPHALus Vail. Ad. Chetastrum 

 Neck, diffl Scabiosa, Phorantho paleaceo, cor. 

 camp. 4fidis, ineq. akena globosa, coronatis setis 

 Slongis patulis — Types Sc, sylvatica, ciliata^ 

 rigida, tatarica, uralensis, integrifolia 6^c. 



1086. Pterocephalus Vail. Ad. Pteropogon 

 Neck. diff*. Scabiosa, Phorantho nudo, cor. camp. 

 5fidis ineq. akena globosa, corona duplici ext. 

 marginata, int. papposa, pappus plumosus — 

 Types 1 Pt. incanus Raf. Sc, pteroceph L. 

 auct. 2 Pt. plumosus R. Sc. plumosa Sm. 

 Knantia do L. this forms a subg. Trichopteris 

 Necker by Per, aphyl. pappus 1*2 pilose. 



1087. SiJccisA Neck. diff. Scabiosa, Per. im- 

 bricato, phorantho paleaceo, corollis 4fidis 

 subeq. akena ventricosa obi. 4dentata — Types 

 1 S. vidgaris R. Scab, succisa L. 2 S, ambro- 

 sioides, 3 dichotoma, 4 arvensis, 5 ciliata, 6 

 scabra kc. 



