260 Lxxii. DiPSACEiE (hikrn). [Dipsacus. 



of the involucre several, usually exceeding the palese of the receptacle. 

 Involucel 4-sided. 



A genus of a few species, occurring chiefly in Europe and Western Asia. 

 Stem and branches aculeate or sparsely setose above. Invo- 



lucral bracts several, f in. long 1. B. pinnatifidus. 



Stem and branches setose-tomentose above. Involucral bracts 



few, ^ in. long 2. D. setosus. 



1. D. pinnatifidus, Steud. in Hh. Schimp. Abyss, sect. ii. n. 665. 

 Erect branched stout herb, 3-5 ft. high ; stem hollow, shining, glau- 

 cescent, glabrous or as well as the branches aculeate or sparsely setose 

 above and angular. Branches elongate. Leaves- oval ovate or lanceo- 

 late, acute or acuminate, dentate, scattered with appressed setsB ; the 

 upper ones sessile, more or less connate at the base, the lower ones 

 petiolate, ranging up to 6 in. long by 3 in. wide or more. Heads sub- 

 globose, 1-1^ in. in diameter ; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, shortly pubescent, setose-ciliate, | in. long, deflexed ; common 

 receptacle narrowly ellipsoidal, ^ in. long by ^ in. thick ; scales lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, ciliate above, ^ in. lonj?, equalling or exceeding the 

 flower, tips deflexed or ultimately so. Calyx pubescent, one lobe occa- 

 sionally produced and linear. Corolla pubescent, much narrowed 

 downwards. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 367 ; D. appendiculatus, Steud. 

 I.e. ii. n. 865 ; A. Rich. I.e. ; D. Schimperij A. Br. in Schweinf. et 

 Aschers. Enum. p. 287, et in Tnd. Sem, Hort. Berol. Append. (1867), 

 fide Vatke in Linnsea xl. p. 199 (1876). 



Srile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper! 



Nearly allied to D. pilosus, Linn., from which it diifers by the decided deflection 

 of the upper part of the receptacle-scales, at least in full flower. A poor specimen in 

 Hb. Kew from Abyssinia collected by Dr. Roth appears to belong to D. pilosus. 



2. D. setosus, Hiern. Erect slightly branched herb, 3 J ft. high ; 

 stem glabrous glaucescent and terete below, setose-tomentose ' and 

 angular above. Leaves ovate or oval or the uppermost ones lanceolate, 

 dentate, glabrous or with patches of setose tomentum beneath ; upper 

 acutely acuminate, sessile, connate at the base, the lower ones nar- 

 rowed at the base into a long petiole, ranging up to 5 in. long by 2 in. 

 wide or more. Heads globose, nearly 1 in. in diameter ; involucral 

 bracts few, lanceolate, puberulous, acute, not strongly ciliate, rather 

 more than ^ in. long, spreading ; receptacle- scales obovate, terminated 

 by an abrupt shortly ciliate linear- subulate tip, straight, | in. long. 

 Calyx pubescent. Corolla much narrowed below into a slender tube, 

 pubescent. 



M'ile Iiand. Abyssinia, at Chir6, Q. Dillon ! 



2. CEPHALABIA, Schrad. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 159. 



Calyx-tube adhate to the ovary ; limb cup-shaped or disk-like. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-fid ; lobes somewhat unequal, of moderate 

 length. Stamens 4. Ovary inferior ; stigma obliquely dilated. — Erect 

 perennial herbs without prickles or setae, and often elongated branches. 

 Leaves opposite, entire dentate or pinnatifid. Flowers capitate, in- 



