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Stem herbaceous, erect, terete, hairy in lines decurrent from the 

 basal edge of the petioles, purplish ; 1st internode undeveloped ; 

 2nd 2 mm. long ; 3rd 6 mm. ; 4th 2 cm. ; 5th 1'7 cm. 



Leaves opposite or verticillate (in threes), simple, cauline, ex- 

 stipulate, petiolate, ciliate and sparsely hairy. When the leaves 

 are verticillate those of the first whorl are spathulate, obtuse, 

 slightly serrate near the apex, gradually narrowed into the slender 

 channelled petioles. 



FIG. 456. Scabiosa rut&folia. 

 Nat. size. 



In the second whorl they are similar but larger. 



Those of the third whorl are oblanceolate, obtuse, serrate along 

 the upper third, narrowed gradually into slender petioles. 



In the fourth whorl they are pinnatipartite with 1-2 segments 

 on each side, and a terminal one ; segments oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 smallest towards the base and the terminal one largest. 



Those of the fifth whorl have two linear segments at each side, 



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