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Scabiosa continued. 



flowers (F. d. S. 1203); foliis-aurei* has very distinct, yellow 

 leaves ; nana is not more than 1ft. high, and very compact ; 

 ftriata has flowers spotted and streaked ; two other forms hare 

 flowers white, and purple margined with white, respectiTely. 



Fin 



439. UPPER PORTION OF PLAXT OF SCABIOSA 

 ATROPCRPUREA. 



S. cancaslca (Caucasian).* ft.-htadt pale blue, folly 3in. in dia- 

 meter, radiant ; corollas five-cleft ; involucre very villous. June 

 to August 1., radical ones lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, 

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



Scabiosa continued. 

 S. O. heterophylla (variable-leaved). Jt.-headt pale purple, 



large. L. hairy, pinnatisect ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute. 



1883. (B. G. 1084.) 

 S. ColmnbarU (Columbaria). JL-headt lilac or bl 



to liin. in diameter; corollas pubescent, those of 'the _ 



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



July to September. J. glabrous or pubescent, very variable ; 



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



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



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

 S. graminifolia (grass-leaved). 'JL-headt pale blue, very like 



those of S. eaucasiea, but much smaller. June to October. 



L linear -lanceolate, quite entire, of a silvery - white colour. 



Stems suffrnticose at base. A. 1ft South Europe, 1683. This 



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



S. pterocepnala (wing-headed), JL-keadt purple, lin. to liin. 

 in diameter; peduncles stout, 2in. to Sin. long. Summer. L 

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

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



S. succia* (Devil's Bit). Blue Bonnets; Blue Buttons, Ac. l-tead* 

 blue-purple or white, Jin. to liin. in diameter; involucral bracts 

 snorter than the hairy corollas; peduncles appressedly-hairv. 

 July to October. L entire, glabrous or liairy; radical 

 few, toothed. A. 



oblong or obovate, petiolate ; cauline ones few, 

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



1::. 



A common name for 



atropur- 



S. c. elegans (elegant). I. whitish ; 

 quite entire or nearly so. (B. 0. 1212.) 



whitish; cauline ones undivided, 



Yol TIL 



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

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

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

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

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



SCABIOUS. See Scabiosa. 

 SCABIOUS, SHEEP S-BIT. 



J<m'on montana. 



SCABIOUS, SWEET. See Scabiosa 

 purea, 



SCABBID. Bather rough. 



SCABROUS. Bough. 



SCABWOBiT. An old name for Elecampane (Imila 

 flelenium). 



SCJEVOLA (from scava. the left hand; alluding to 

 the form of the corolla). ORD. Goodenoriece. A genus 

 comprising nearly sixty species of store 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 ni'mila.!- soil, under 

 a hand glass, those of P. Plwnieri being placed in heat. 

 Except in the case of the species just named, all those 

 here described are Australian, and require greenhouse 

 treatment. 



S. anchn&aafolia (Anchnsa-leaved). JL blue, sessile or nearly 

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

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

 or oblanceolate, entire or coarsely-toothed when broad, lin. to 

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

 prostrate herb or sub-shrub. 



S. attennata (attenuated). *. blue, sessile, in terminal, leafy 

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

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

 June. 1. petiolate ; larger ones broadly lanceolate, few-toothed, 

 2in. toSin. long; upper ones linear or linear-lanceolate, mostly 

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

 (B. M. 4196.) 



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



S. Koanigii (Kcenig's).* Malay Bice Paper Plant JL pale red, 

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



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