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Scabiosa — continued. 



flowers (K. il. S. 1203); /nliig-aurei'n has very distinct, yellow 

 leaves ; nana is iKit more than 1ft. hif;h, and very compact ; 

 striata has flowers spotted and streaked; two other forms have 

 flowers white, and iturple margined with white, respectively. 



439, 



Ui'PKR Portion of Plant op Scadiosa 



ATIIOPUUPUUEA. 



S, caucaslca (Caucasian).* Jt.-heada pale blue, fully Sin. in dia- 

 meter, railiant ; corollas five-deft ; involucre very villous. -Tune 

 to August. /., radical ones lanceolate, acuminate, (^uite entire, 

 glaucous, il. 1ft. Caucasus, 1803. See Fig. 440. (B. M. 886.) 



Fig. 440. Scabiosa caucasica. 



S. c. elegans (elegant), 

 quite entire or nearly so. 



Vol. in. 



I. whitish ; cauline ones undivided, 

 (R. U. 1212.) 



Scabiosa — co nfinued. 

 S. c. heterophylla (vari.able-Ieaved). j!.-hcaiis pale purple, 



large (. hairv. jiinnatisect ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute. 



1883. (R. (i. 1084.) 

 S. Columbaria (Columbaria), fl.-he.ads lil.ac or blue-purple, lin. 



to 14in. in diameter ; corollas pubescent, those of the inner 



flowers regular, of the outer ones rayed ; peduncles slender. 



.Inly to September. (. glabrous or pubescent, very variable ; 



radical ones narrow, petiolate, entire or divided ; cauline ones 



pinnatifid, the segments often cut. It. 1ft. to 2ft. Europe 



(ISritaiu), Ac. (Sy. En. B. 678.) 

 S. graminlfoUa (grass-leaved). Jf.-hmds pale blue, very like 



those of ,s'. raucasica, but much smaller. June to October. 



;. linear -lanceolate, quite entire, of a silvery- white coloin-. 



Stems sulfruticose at base. h. 1ft. South Europe, 1683. This 



species is well adapted for the border or rockery. (B. R. 835.) 

 S. pterocephala (wing-headed). fi.-heads purple, lin. to IJin. 



in diameter ; peduncles .stout, 2in. to 3in. long. Summer. I. 



simple, elliptic, or lyrate-pinnatifld, crenately-toothed. Greece, 



1881. A very ornamental, dwarf, tufted perennial. (B. M. 



6526.) 

 S. 8UCClsa(nevil's liit). Blue Bonnets; Blue Button.s, &c. Jh-heads 



blue-purple or white, jin. to Uin. in diameter; involucral bracts 



shorter than the hairy corollas ; peduncles appressedly-hairy. 



July to October. I. entire, glabrous or hairy; radical ones 



oblong or obovate, petiolate ; cauline ones few, toothed, h. 1ft. 



to 2ft. Europe (Britain), Ac. (Sy. En. B. 677.) 

 S. Webbiana (Webb's).* fi.-hcads creamy-yellow, on long pe- 



iluiicles; corollas nearly equal. July. I., lower ones petiolate, 



obovate, crenate ; upper ones pinnatifld. with ovate or oblong, 



entire lobes, h. 6in. Phrygia, 1818. Plant clothed with soft, 



silky, hoary tomentum. (B. K. 717.) 



SCABIOUS, ffee Scabiosa. 



SCABIOUS, SHEEP'S-BIT. A common name for 



Jayioue nuulfaiia. 



SCABIOUS, SWEET. See Scabiosa atropur- 

 purea. 



SCABBID. Rather rough. 



SCABROUS. Rough. 



SCABWORT. An oUl name for Elecampane (Inula 

 Helenium). 



SCSVOIiA (from srwva, the left hand; alluding to 

 the form of the corolla). Ord. Guodenoview. 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 dichotomously 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. Plumieri being placed in heat. 

 Except in the ease of the species jnst named, all those 

 here described are Australian, and require greenhouse 

 treatment. 



S. anchusaefolia (Anchusa-leaved). /I. blue, sessile or nearly 

 so, in a terminal, leafy spike ; calyx limb obsolete ; corolla iin. 

 or more long, hairy outside, bristly within. May. (. linear 

 or oblanceidate, entire or coarsely-toothed when broad, lin- to 

 2in- or inoie long ; floral ones less than Jin. long. An erect or 

 Ijrostrate herb or sub-shrub. 



S. attenuata (attenuated), fl. blue, sessile, in terminal, leafy 

 spikes, at length long and interrupted ; calyx limb prominent, 

 annular ; corolla Jin. long, hairy within, the throat softly liristly. 

 .luiie. /. petiolate; larger ones broadly lanceolate, few-toothed, 

 2in to 3iii. long ; upper ones linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 

 entire. Ii. lift, to 2ft. 1844. An erect shrub or sub-shrub. 

 (B. M. 4196.) 



S. grandiflora (large-flowered). A synonym of LeschenauUia 

 thntrioides. 



S. Koenigii (Kienig's).* Malay Rice Paper Plant. Jl. pale red, 

 in axillary cymes, much shorter than the leaves ; calyx lobes 



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