252 .Lxxii. DiPSACEiE (hiern). [Scabiosa. 



pedunculate, depresso-globose, involucrate. Common receptacle pale- 

 aceous or hair J. Involucel cylindrical, truncate. 



A genus of numerous species growing chiefly in Europe, Central Asia and South 

 Africa. 



Calyx-limb setose. 



Corolla 5-lobed. Leaves dentate or pinnate-lobed . . . 1. 8. Columbaria. 



Corolla 4-lobed. Leaves entire 2. S. succisa. 



Calyx-limb pappose -plumose (Pterocephalus) 3. S.frutescens. 



1. S. Columbaria, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 658. Erect or 

 ascending perennial herb, 1-2^ ft. high ; root-stock not premorse ; 

 branched especially below ; slightly pubescent stem and branches sub- 

 terete, leafy below. Leaves just connate at the base, the upper ones 

 ovate, generally deeply pinnatifid, 1-3 in, long, acute, lobes narrow, 

 sessile, the lower ones oblanceolate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed at 

 the base into the petiole, dentate or sublyrate, pinnatifid, 2-3 in. long. 

 Heads subhemispherical, f-l^ in. in diameter, on peduncles 4f-16 in. 

 long, in a few-headed cyme. Involucral scales uniseriate, about 10, 

 linear, subacute, hairy, ^J in. long. Scales of the receptacle pubes- 

 cent, linear, much shorter than the involucral scales. Involucel with 

 a membranous limb. Calyx-lobes setaceous. Corolla 5-lobed, pubes- 

 cent outside, lobes unequal, in the outer flowers radiant. 



XTile Xiand. Ahyssiwipk, Schimpcr / Q. Dillon and Petit ! 

 Jmo-wct Guinea. Huilla, Welwitsch! 

 Widely scattered over Europe and the East. 



A poor specimen, collected by T, Baines in the South African Gold-fields, appears 

 to belong to this species. 



2. S« succisa, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. p. 660. Erect, herbaceous, 

 perennial, about 1 ft. high ; root-stock premorse ; stem subterete, more or 

 less pilose with deflexed hairs, leafy at the base. Leaves connate and 

 sheathing at the base, entire or subentire, more or less pilose with 

 ascending hairs, the uppermost ones lanceolate, about 1 in. long, 

 acute, sessile, the lower and radical ones oval or oblong, obtuse or 

 subobtuse, narrowed at the base into the alate clasping petiole, 2-6 in. 

 long by ^1 in. wide. Heads subglobose, | in. in diameter, on pe- 

 duncles 2-4 in. long or more, with ascending hairs, arranged in a few- 

 headed dichotomous cyme. Involucral scales pluriseriate, linear- 

 lanceolate, pilose, the inner ones shorter and falling short of the 

 flowers. Scales of the receptacle hairy at the top, shorter than 'he 

 flowers. Involucel thickly pilose, terminated by 4 ovate acute teeth. 

 Calyx-lobes filiform-subulate, barbate. Corolla funnel-shaped, 4-lobed, 

 pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Ovary glabrous except the base. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 10,500 ft. alt., Mann! 

 Widely distributed over the temperate regions of the Old World. 



3. S. frutescens, Hiern. CsBspitose and fruticose at the base, 

 procumbent or ascending, ^2 ft. high, perennial ; branches terete, 

 glabrous or above puberulous or clothed with short white curved 

 hairs. Leaves linear or somewhat lanceolate, acute, narrowed to a 

 sessile or quasi-petiolate base, glabrate or with short white curved 



