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chem, the flowers are lilac purple, and when fully expanded 
are very pretty ; the lower florets are large, and form a sort | 
of ray around the head. Lower leaves long and narrow, 
slightly cut, and hairy. A common plant in pastures and 
corn-fields, and easily distinguished if the reader is familiar 
with the sweet Scabious of the garden. 
TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
COROLLIFLORZ. DIPSACE®. 
SCABIOSA. (Scasrovs.) 
The generic distinctions are nearly similar to the last; but 
the receptacle is scaly ; the general appearance is the same. 
Scapiosa succisa. Devil’s bit Scabious. Common in 
meadows and pastures. Not unlike the last, the head of 
purplish-blue flowers being somewhat similar. The leaves 
hairy, stiff, toothed, and oblong; root leaves oval, and gene- 
rally stalked. 
SCABIOSA COLUMBARIA. Small Scabious. The leaves of 
this species are much divided, and on long foot-stalks; the 
small leaves under the flower, called the involucre, are much 
larger than in the last; the flowers are purplish-blue, but 
