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DIPSACEiE. VI. SCABIOSA. 



Andora, and Sicily. Perhaps a proliferous variety of S. grandi- 

 flora, Guss. or S. atropurpurea. 



Horn-of-Plenty Scabious. PI. 2 feet ? 



25 S. INTEGRA'TA (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 2. p. 88.) lower 

 leaves oblong, entire : inferior ones lyrate : upper ones pinna- 

 tifid or wanting ; corollas 5-cleft, radiant. % . H. Native of 

 Portugal. Said to be allied to S. Columbaria and S. grandi- 

 flora. 



Entire-leaved Scabious. PI. 2 feet. 



* Species belonging to the present tribe of the genus, but are 

 not sufficiently known. 



26 S. LIMONIFO'LIA (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 27.) stem shrubby ; 

 radical leaves coriaceous, obovate, quite entire, glabrous, and 

 green above, but reticulated and clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath ; cauline leaves connate at the base ; corollas equal, 6- 

 cleft ; crown scarious, plicate, denticulated at the apex, broad, ex- 

 tended ; limb of calyx sessile ; bristles of calyx 4-5, exserted. 

 fj . H. Native of Sicily, among the mountains on calcareous 

 rocks. Guss. prod. p. 104. Coult. dips. p. 42. Asterocephalus 

 limonifolius, Spreng. Cup. panpli. 2. t. 247. Lower leaves 

 like those of Stdtice Limbnium. Corollas blue. 



Limonium-leaved Scabious. Shrub. 



27 S. SAXA'TILIS (Cav. icon. 2. p. 68. t. 184.) stem herba- 

 ceous, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, quite entire, green above, 

 tomentose beneath ; cauline leaves very few, connate at the 

 base ; corollas equal, 4-5-cleft ; crown white, ciliated ; bristles of 

 calyx 5, purple. 1] . H. Native of Spain, in the fissures of 

 rocks, in Valentia. Coult. dips. p. 42. Asterocephalus saxatilis, 

 Spreng. Corollas white; anthers violaceous. Very like S. succisa. 



Rock Scabious. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. 1 foot. 



28 S. NI'TENS (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 82.) stem herba- 

 ceous ; leaves undivided, elliptic, serrated, shining, petiolate ; 

 corollas radiant, 5-cleft. y., H. Native of the Azores. S. 

 lucida, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 229. but not of Vill. 

 Asterocephalus lucidus, Spreng. 



Glittering-leaved Scabious. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1779. PI. 



SECT. III. Succf SA (from succido, to cut down ; on account of 

 the praemorse root of the first species). Coult. dips. p. 37. D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 657. but not of others. Base of involucels not dis- 

 tinguishable from the tube ; having the foveolae engraven from 

 the base to the crown. Crown spreading, short, membranous. 

 Limb of calyx sessile, with 5 bristles, of which some are some- 

 times abortive and sometimes all. 



* Corollas 5-cleft. 



29 S. AFRICA'NA (Lin. spec. p. 145.) stem shrubby; leaves 

 lyrate, coarsely toothed, rather hairy ; heads of flowers pedun- 

 culate ; corollas hardly radiant ; tube of involucel obconical ; 

 crown one-half shorter than the tube, 24-28- nerved ; bristles of 

 calyx 5, exserted. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Coult. dips. p. 37. t. 2. f. 12. Shrub evergreen, with the leaves 

 variable in form, sometimes they are obovate-oblong, toothed at 

 the base (Herm. par. t. 219.), sometimes cut at the base (Breyn. 

 icon. 33. t. 26. S. altissima, Jacq. hort. vind. t. 185.), sometimes 

 lyrately pinnatifid (Herm. par. t. 221.). S. indurata, Lin. 

 mant. p. 196. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. S. incisa, Mill. diet, 

 no. 18. Young stems and leaves villous. Heads about the size 

 of walnuts. Corollas white, but in the variety altissima pale 

 purple or blue. 



African Scabious. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1690. Shrub 4 

 to 6 feet. 



30 S. FISCHE'RI (D. C. prod. 4. p. 658.) stem branched, 

 smoothish ; leaves all pinnate, almost glabrous, with linear acute 

 entire lobes ; leaves of involucrum equal in length to the co- 



rollas, which are 5-cleft and radiant; crown of the involucel, 

 which is somewhat cylindrical, membranous, and 3 times shorter 

 than the tube ; bristles of sessile calyx pale, twice the length of 

 the crown. I/ . H. Native of Dahuria. It was sent to Gay 

 from Fischer under the name of S. Dahurica. Perhaps the 

 same as S. comosa, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 84. ? in which 

 the corollas are said to be large, showy, and violaceous, and in 

 this bluish-purple. 



Fischer's Scabious. PI. 2 feet. 



31 S. SEMIPAPPOSA (Salzm. pi. exsic. 1825. ex D. C. prod. 4 

 p. 658.) plant hairy, rather canescent; stem herbaceous, 

 branched ; lower leaves oval, coarsely toothed, petiolate : supe- 

 rior ones pinnatifid, with oblong-linear, acute, subdentate lobes ; 

 heads of flowers pedunculate ; leaves of involucrum linear-subu- 

 late, ciliated, at length reflexed ; corollas radiant ; heads ovate ; 

 lower fruit of the heads without bristles : the rest furnished each 

 with 5 long exserted bristles. Native about Tangiers and Mo- 

 godor. S. atropurpurea y, corona erecta, Coult. dips. p. 37. 



Semi-pappose Scabious. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



32 S. LU'CIDA (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 293.) plant glabrous ; stems 

 usually 1 -flowered; leaves shining: radical ones ovate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, crenated ; cauline ones pinnatifid, with linear acute 

 lobes ; involucrum usually exceeding the radiant flowers ; 

 crown 20-24-nerved, 3 times shorter than the tube ; bristles of 

 calyx 5, black, equal in length to the flowers, but 5 times longer 

 than the crown. "U. . H. Native of France, in alpine places, 

 Savoy, Switzerland, Austria, Syria, and Croatia, D. C. fl. fr. 4. 

 p. 228. Rchb. pi. crit. 4. t. 381. S. stricta, Waldst. et Kit. 

 pi. rar. hung. 2. t. 138. S. Norica, Vest. bot. zeit. 1805. no. 

 3. Wahl. fl. carp. p. 39. S. Columbaria a, Coult. dips. p. 38. 

 exclusive of the two synonymes. Asterocephalus strictus, 

 Spreng. Corollas pale blue, or of a pale violaceous colour. In 

 the wild plant the stems usually bear only one head of flowers. 

 This plant, with several of the following, are combined under 

 the name of S. polymorpha, by Wibel, and by Coulter under that 

 of S, Columbaria. 



Shining-leaved Scabious. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



33 S. AMCE'NA (Jacq. fil. eclog. 1. p. 86. t. 59.) stem branched, 

 rather hairy at the base ; radical leaves obovate, toothed or ly- 

 rate, rather hairy : cauline leaves pinnatifid, with lanceolate 

 acute nearly entire lobes ; peduncles elongated, beset with retro- 

 grade villi under the heads; corollas radiant ; crown 20-nerved, 

 3 times shorter than the tube ; bristles of calyx 5, of a rufous 

 brown colour, 4 times longer than the crown. If.. H. Native 

 of Russia. S. nitida, Bernh. ex Roem. ex Schultes, syst. 3. p. 

 68. S. longipedunculata, Fisch. et Jacq. S. Columbaria a, 

 Coult. dips. p. 38. Asterocephalus amce v nus, Spreng. Flowers 

 lilac or rose-coloured. There are varieties of this having the 

 involucrum either longer or shorter than the flowers. 



Pleasing Scabious. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 2. to 3 

 feet. 



34 S. ANOUSTIFOLIA (Hoffm. verz. 1826. p. 206.) stem quite 

 glabrous ; leaves downy : radical ones petiolate, oblong, toothed : 

 lower ones lyrately pinnatifid, serrately cut: superior ones ovate, 

 somewhat lyrately twice bipinnate, with linear lobes ; peduncles 

 scabrous from retrograde hairs at the apex ; leaves of involucrum 

 linear, terminated each by a hair. Tf.. H. Native country un- 

 known. Said to be allied to S. amos'na. 



Narrow-leaved Scabious. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



35 S. OCHROLEU'CA (Lin. spec. p. 146.) stem branched, rather 

 hairy ; radical leaves lyrately pinnatifid, downy on both sur- 

 faces : cauline ones pinnate-parted, with flat linear lobes ; pe- 

 duncles elongated, rather hairy ; crown 20-nerved, one-half 

 shorter than the tube ; bristles of calyx fucescent, 3 times longer 

 than the crown. If., H. Native of Europe, Caucasus, and Si- 



