DIPSACEvE. III. CEPHALAKIA. 



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FIG. 116. 



f. 6. Scabiosa Transylvanica, 

 Lin. spec. p. 141. Jacq. hort. 

 vind. t. 111. Rchb. pi. crit. 2. 

 p. 121. Succisa pentaphylla, 

 Moench. meth. p. 488. Sca- 

 biosa Transylvanica, Spreng. I. 

 c. Lepicephalus Transylvani- 

 cus, Lag. Corollas white in 

 the disk, and pale deep blue or 

 lilac in the rays. 



Far. ft, semiaristata (Coult. 

 in litt. 1824. ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 648.) alternate teeth of in- 

 volucels awned, the rest as in 

 the species. 



Transylvanian Cephalaria. Fl. 

 July. Clt. 1699. PI. 1 to 3 

 feet. 



4 C. JOPPE'NSIS (Coult. in litt. ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) 

 stems terete, branched ; leaves pinnatifid : lobes serrated ; heads 

 ovate ; scales of involucra roundish ; paleae silky, short-acumi- 

 nated ; teeth of involucels 8, short, equal ; corollas nearly equal. 

 0. H. Native of Joppa, in hedges. Succisa Joppica. Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 1378. Scabiosa Joppensis, Rchb. hort. bot. 1. t. 

 17. Scabiosa Transylvanica, Sieb. in herb. Kunth. Leaves, 

 habit, and fruit of C. Transylvanica. 



Joppa Cephalaria. PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



5 C. SYR!ACA (Schrad. 1. c.) stems more or less hispid ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, serrated ; heads ovate ; paleae broad at the 

 base, membranous, ending each in a long awn ; teeth of involu- 

 cels 8, 4 of which are awned, and the other 4 very short ; co- 

 rollas equal. O- H. Native from Spain to Persia, in fields 

 and woods. Coult. dips. p. 23. tr. f. 7. Scabiosa Syriaca, 

 Spreng. 1. c. There are hispid and glabrous varieties of this 

 plant, with either serrated or nearly entire leaves. Flowers 

 blue. 



Far. a, pedunmlata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) heads of flowers 

 on long peduncles. O- H. Scabiosa Syriaca /3, Lin. spec. 141. 

 Scabiosa Syriaca, Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 105. Scabiosa 

 Sibirica, Lam. ill. no. 1302. Cerionanthus Vaillantii, Schott. 

 Cephalaria Vaillantii, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 46. Succisa 

 lancifolia, Moench. meth. p. 488. Corollas blue. 



Far. /3, sessilis (D. C. 1. c.) heads of flowers almost sessile, 

 rising from the forks of the branches. O- H. Scabiosa Syri- 

 aca a, Lin. spec. 141. Scabiosa dichotoma, Lam. ill. no. 1303. 

 but not of Willd. Lepicephalus Syriacus, Lag. Flowers blue. 



Syrian Cephalaria. Fl. July. Clt. 1633. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



* * * Perennial plants. Outer palece alone blunt or bluntish. 



6 C. DECU'RRENS (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 50.) stems 

 furrowed ; leaves pinnatifid : lobes decurrent, diverging ; brae- 

 teas bluntly acuminated, purplish at the apex, villous ; teeth of 

 involucels 4, purplish at the apex; limb of calyx small, hidden 

 within the involucel ; corollas unequal. 1. G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Scabiosa decurrens, Lag. gen. et spec. 

 p. 8. Cephalaria decurrens, Coult. dips. p. 27. and in litt. 

 1824. Peduncles elongated. Heads about the size of walnuts. 

 Corollas white. 



Decurrent Cephalaria. PI. 1 foot. 



7 C. CENTAURIO!DES (Coult. dips. p. 25. t. 1. f. 8.) steins 

 terete ; leaves pinnatifid ; lobes oblong, quite entire, decurrent ; 

 heads nearly globose ; paleae awnless, whitish-yellow : outer 

 ones obtuse: inner ones acuminated; teeth of involucel 4-8, or 

 obsolete. "J/ . H. Native of the south of Europe, south of 

 Siberia, and the Levant. The following are varieties of this 

 plant, according 10 Coulter and Treveranus, in mag. nat. am. ber. 



1815. Leaves glabrous, ciliated or villous: radical ones entire 

 or variously pinnatifid ; lobes narrow or ovate, straight or divari- 

 cate. Corollas equal or radiant, always yellow. 



Far. a, communis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) teeth of involucels 

 4-8, erect. I/. H. Coult. 1. c. Scabiosa centaurioides, Lam. 

 ill. no. 1312. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3297. Succisa centaurioides, S. 

 laevigata, and S. ambrosioides, Spreng. 1. c. Scabiosa Transyl- 

 vanica, All. ped. no. 504. t. 48. Scab, ambrosioides, Smith and 

 Sibth. fl. graec. t. 103. Scab, laevigata, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 

 3. t. 230. Cephalaria centaurioides and C. ambrosioides, Rcem. 

 et Schultes. Cephalaria laevigata, Schrad. Lepicephalus cen- 

 taurioides, Lag. Flowers yellow. Radical leaves simple ; can- 

 line ones bipinnatifid ; all ciliated. In C. ambrosioides the leaves 

 are downy, and the cauline ones bipinnatifid. 



Far. /3, corniculata (D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) teeth of involu- 

 cels distorted. If. . H. Coult. 1. c. Scabiosa corniculata, 

 Waldst. et Kit. 1. t. 13. Rchb. pi. crit. 4. t. 315. Cephalaria 

 corniculata, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. Lepicephalus corniculatus, 

 Lag. Stems tetragonal. Leaves pilose. Flowers pale yellow. 



Far. y, Uralensis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) paleae at length 

 squarrose. I/. H. Native of Siberia, on the Ural Mountains, 

 and of Caucasus. Scabiosa Uralensis, Murr. comm. gcett.1782. 

 p. 13. t. 4. Rchb. pi. crit. 4. t. 314. Stem hexangular, hairy. 

 Corollas pale yellow. 



Far. S, cretacea (D. C. prod. 4. p. 648.) teeth of involucels 

 abortive. If. . H. Coult. 1. c. Scabiosa cretacea, Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 93. Scabiosa coriacea, Willd. enum. 1. p. 145. 

 Cephalaria cretacea, Rcem. et Schultes. Leaves glabrous, usu- 

 ally all entire. 



Centauria-like Cephalaria. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. PI. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



8 C. LEUCA'NTHA (Schrad. 1. c. Coult. dips. p. 26. t. 1. f. 9.) 

 stem nearly terete ; leaves pinnatifid : lobes linear or oblong ; 

 heads nearly globose ; outer paleae adpressed, silky, obtuse : 

 inner ones hardly acuminated ; crown of involucel membranous. 

 7. H. Native of the south of Europe, the Levant, Siberia, &c. 

 Scabiosa leucantha, Lin. spec. p. 142. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3298. 

 Rchb. pi. crit. 4. t. 356. Succisa leucantha, Spreng. 1. c. 

 Flowers of all white. 



Far. a, angust'doba (D. C. prod. 4. p. 649.) glabrous ; lobes 

 of leaves linear, almost quite entire. 1. H. Cephalaria leu- 

 cantha, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 47. Lepicephalus leucan- 

 thus, Lag. gen. et spec. p. 7. Clus. hist. 2. p. 4. f. 1. Flowers 

 white. 



Far. j3, inclsa (D. C. prod. 4. p. 649.) glabrous ; lobes of 

 leaves oblong or oval, deeply serrated. 7(. H. Cephalaria leu- 

 canthema, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 48. Lepicephalus leu- 

 canthemus, Lag. 1. c. Corollas white. 



Far. y, albescens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 649.) lobes of leaves lan- 

 ceolate, deeply toothed, ciliated. !{.. H. Native of Siberia. 

 Scabiosa albescens, Willd. enum. p. 144. Cephalaria albescens, 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 48. Cauline leaves ternate or 

 simple. Corollas cream-coloured. 



Far. d, Scopolii (Vis. pi. dalm. p. 3.) hairy ; leaves lyrately 

 pinnatifid ; lobes of lower leaves ovate, toothed : of the superior 

 ones linear. If.. H. Native of Dalmatia, in the fissures of 

 rocks. Scabiosa leucantha, Scop. earn. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 95. 

 Flowers white. Fruit 3-4-angled. Foveolse of the receptacles 

 villous. Perhaps a proper species. 



White-Jlonered Cephalaria. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1739. PI. 

 2 feet. 



9 C. RIGIDA (Schrad. 1. c.) stems terete; leaves oval- oblong, 

 serrated ; heads nearly globose ; paleae obtuse ; crown of invo- 

 lucel membranous. If.. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 44. Coult. dips. p. 26. Scabiosa 

 rigida, Lin. mant. p. 328. Sieb. fl. cap. no. 252. Lepicephalus 



