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DIPSACE^E. VI. SCABIOSA. 



lobes; corollas 5-cleft, radiant. Native of Tauria. S. Ucra- 

 nica, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 97.? S. incana, Schultes, obs. 19. 

 Hardly distinct from S. columbaria, or S. svaveolens. Radical 

 leaves quite entire and lyrate, ciliated ; leaves of involucrum ob- 

 tuse. Corollas radiant, violaceous. Pappus 5-awned. 

 Hoary Scabious. PI. 8 to 2 feet. 



48 S. RHIZA'NTHA (Viv. fl. lib. spec. p. 6. t. 3. f. a. b.) radical 

 leaves elliptic : cauline ones pinnate-lobed : lobes all linear ; 

 central peduncle rising from the root, bearing one head: the 

 rest rising from the tops of the branches ; leaves of involucrum 

 5, linear; corollas 5-cleft, radiant; bristles of calyx 5. I/ . H. 

 Native of Cyrenaica, on the mountains. 



Root-flowered Scabious. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



49 S. HLADNIKIA'NA (Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 195.) stem 

 straight, branched, downy ; leaves hispid : lower ones obovate, 

 crenated : upper ones pinnate-parted : lobes jagged ; leaves of 

 involucrum linear; corollas 5-cleft, radiant ; bristles of calyx 5, 

 dark purple. I/. H. Native of Carniola, on the mountains. 

 Rchb. pi. crit. 5. p. 30. Corollas purplish. 



Hladnilci's Scabious. PI. I to 2 feet. 



50 S. HU'MILIS (Host, fl. austr. 1. p. 195. but not of Thunb.) 

 stem branched, glabrous, ascending ; lower leaves oblong, cre- 

 nated or jagged : superior ones pinnate-parted : lobes jagged ; 

 peduncles beset with reflexed hairs; leaves of involucrum linear- 

 subulate ; corollas 5-cleft, radiant ; bristles of calyx 5. If.. H. 

 Native of the alps of Austria, about Gemona. Corollas white, 

 suffused with purple. Rchb. pi. crit. 5. p. 30. 



Humble Scabious. PL ^ foot. 



51 S. NEGLE'CTA (Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 127.) leaves all ly- 

 rate or pinnatifid ; peduncles very long ; leaves of involucrum 

 exceeding the corollas, which are 5-cleft and radiant. I/. H. 

 Native of Italy. Flowers red or lilac. The plant we have in 

 the gardens under this name appears to be nothing but S. Gra- 

 miintia. 



Neglected Scabious. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1825. PL 1 to 

 2 feet. 



52 S. LACINIA'TA (Licht. in Roam, et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 87.) 

 plant downy ; stem dichotomous ; lower leaves obovate-oblong, 

 unequally and bluntly serrated : superior ones pinnatifid ; lobes 

 cut, acute ; corollas 5-cleft, radiant Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Leaves of involucrum downy, linear, acute, and 

 sometimes bifid, one-half shorter than the corollas, which are 

 pale violet. 



Jagged-leaveA Scabious. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



53 S. PYHENA'ICA (All. ped. 1. p. 140. t. 25. f. 2. and 26. f. 

 1.) the whole plant clothed with cinereous tomentum ; stem a 

 little branched, few-flowered ; radical leaves oblong, crenated : 

 upper cauline ones bipinnatifid : lobes linear, quite entire ; co- 

 rollas radiant ; leaves of involucrum lanceolate ; crown 3 times 

 shorter than the tube, 20-nerved ; bristles of calyx 5, 4 times 

 longer than the crown. If. H. Native of the south of Europe, 

 on the lower mountains and hills ; and of Caucasus, on the Ta- 

 lusch Mountains, in dry fields. Dub. bot. gall. p. 256. S. 

 columbaria, var. Coult. dips. p. 38. exclusive of the synonymes. 

 Corollas frequently reddish purple, but most often of a bluish 

 purple. 



Var. a, cinerea (D. C. prod. 4. p. 659.) plant clothed with 

 hairy down. Of. H. Native of the Pyrenees. S. cinerea, Lam. 

 ill. no. 2319. S. maritima, Vill. dauph. 2. p. 225. S. Pyre- 

 naica, D. C. fl. f. 4. p. 229. 



Var. ft, mollissima (D. C. 1. c.) plant clothed with hoary to- 

 mentose velvety down. I/ . H. Native from Nice to Sarzana. 

 S. mollissima, Visiani, ann. 2. p. 161. Asterocephalus mollis- 

 simus, Spreng. S. laxiflora, Link. enum. 1. p. 128. The plant 

 in the gardens, under the name of S. mollissima, has white 

 flowers. 



Var. y, tomentosa (D. C. 1. c.) lower leaves lyrately pinnatifid, 

 obtuse: superior ones divided into linear acute lobes. Tf,. H. 

 Native of Spain, in the kingdom of Valentia. S. tomentosa, 

 Cav. icon. 2. t. 183. Asterocephalus tomentosus, Spreng. Co- 

 rollas pale violaceous. 



Pyrenean Scabious. FL June, July. Clt. 1819. PL 1 ft. 



54 S. HOLOSERICEA (Bertol. dec. 3. p. 49.) plant clothed with 

 soft hoary tomentose velvety down ; lower leaves lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, crenated : superior ones pinnatifid, with lanceolate acute 

 entire lobes ; leaves of involucrum linear ; corollas radiant ; 

 crown 20-nerved, 3 times shorter than the tube, which is hairy ; 

 bristles of calyx 5, black, twice longer than the crown. If. . H. 

 Native of the Appenines, Abruzzo, Dalmatia, and the Pyrenees. 

 D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 480. Dub. ench. 1. p. 256. S. columbaria 

 holosericea, Coult. dips. p. 39. Asterocephalus sericeus, Spreng. 

 Leaves sometimes all simple. Corollas bluish purple. 



Whole-silky Scabious. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



55 S. WEBBIA'NA (D. Don, in bot. reg. t. 717.) plant clothed 

 with soft silky hoary tomentum ; lower leaves petiolate, obovate, 

 crenated : superior ones pinnatifid, with ovate or oblong entire 

 lobes ; heads on long peduncles ; corollas nearly equal ; crown 

 4 times longer than the tube ; bristles of calyx 5, black. I/ . H. 

 Native of Phrygia, on the top of Mount Ida. Asterocephalus 

 Webbianus, Spreng. Flowers cream-coloured. 



Webb's Scabious. Fl. July. Clt. 1818. PL | foot. 



56 S. MOLLIS (VVilld. enum. suppl. p. 7.) lower leaves supra- 

 decompound : superior ones bipinnate-parted ; lobes of all very 

 slender and filiform, smoothish, except the margins, which are 

 rather pilose ; peduncles very long, scabrous ; involucrum equal 

 to the corollas, which are 5-cleft and radiant ; crown spreading ; 

 bristles of calyx 3-5, short. I/. H. Native country unknown. 

 Rchb. pi. crit. 4. t. 353. S. capillata, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 

 3. p. 64. Lower leaves lyrate, soft, tomentose, ex Link. enum. 

 1. p. 128. Flowers pale violaceous, ex Willd. Perhaps only a 

 variety of S. columbaria or S. Pyrenaica. 



Soft Scabious. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PL 2 to 3 ft. 



57 S. PU'MILA (Poir. diet. 6. p. 723.) plant hispid from grey 

 pili ; stem short, almost simple ; radical leaves lyrate or pinna- 

 tifid, with obtuse toothed lobes : cauline leaves pinnate-parted, 

 with linear acute lobes, which are sometimes trifid at the apex ; 

 leaves of involucrum lanceolate, villous, shorter than the corollas, 

 which are 5-cleft and radiant ; bristles of calyx 5, black, nearly 

 equal in length to the corollas. If . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Asterocephalus pumilus, Spreng. S. acaulis, Lin. 

 mant. 196. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 145. S. nudicaulis, Lam. ill. no. 

 1331. Corollas cream-coloured or nearly white. Plant very hairy. 



Dwarf Scabious. PL -1 foot. 



58 S. SUAVE'OLENS (Desf. cat. hort. par. p. 110.) plant rather 

 canescent from short down ; stems straight ; radical leaves ob- 

 long, attenuated at the base, quite entire : cauline ones pinnate- 

 parted, with linear-thickish quite entire lobes, smoothish ; heads 

 of fruit ovate ; flowers radiant ; tube of involucel cylindrical ; 

 crown very short, 16-nerved; bristles 5, spreading, hardly ex- 

 serted. If. H. Native of France, Germany, Sweden, Hun- 

 gary, &c. on the higher hills. D. C. fl. fr. no. 3307. Coult. 

 dips. p. 39. t. 2. f. 14. S. asterocephala, Thrill, herb. S. 

 columbaria odorata, Thrill, fl. fr. 1. p. 72. S. canescens, Waldst. 

 et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 1. t. 53. Asterocephalus canescens, Lag. 

 Spreng. Asterocephalus suaveolens, Wallr. sched. crit. p. 51. 

 S. media, Ger. hist. p. 720. Corollas of a bluish lilac colour, 

 having a scent like O'rchis nigra. 



Snieet-scented-fiov/ered Scabious. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1802. 

 PL 1 to 1| foot. 



59 S. DICHOTOMA (Ucria. pi. lin. add. 249. Willd. enum. 1. 

 p. 144.) smoothish ; stem dichotomous ; heads almost [sessile at 

 the sides, globose ; leaves oblong, entire : radical ones petiolate 



