BELL-FLOWER TRIBE. 



JAsfoNtf MONTANA (Sheep's Scabious, Sheep' s-Ut). 



3. JASIONE (Sheep's Scabious). 



1. J. montdna (Sheep's Scabious, Sheep's-bit). The 

 only British species. Dry heathy places, common. 

 Growing about a foot high, and having a strong resem- 

 blance to a Scabious, from which it may be at once dis- 

 tinguished by its united anthers; or to a Compound 

 Blower, from which it differs in having a 2-celled cap- 

 The leaves are oblong, blunt, and hairy; the 

 flowers, which are blue, grow in terminal heads, with a 

 leafy involucre at the base. The whole plant, when 

 bruised, has a strong and disagreeable smell. Fl. July, 

 August. Biennial. 



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