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I. MONOGYNIA. 



43. DIPSACUS. 



1. D. sylvestris, leaves opposite, serrated ; scales of the recep- 

 tacle straight ; common calyx inflexed, longer than the head. 

 Wild Teasel 



Hob. Road sides very rare. Near Shoreswood, Dr Thomp. 

 son. July. $ 



44. SCAB1OSA. 



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1. S. succisa, corolla in 4 equal segments ; heads of dark pur- 

 plish blue flowers nearly globular ; stem-leaves distantly toothed. 

 DeviFs-bit Scabious. 



Hab. Moist meadows and pastures, common. August 

 October. 7/ 



At one time the root (which is as it were bitten off) is sup- 

 posed to have possessed an almost specific virtue against 

 every kind of scaly eruptions, whence the generic name ; 

 but as " the superstitious people hold opinion," afraid of 

 being deprived by its means of this method of tormenting 

 poor mortal man, " the divel did bite it for envie, be- 

 cause it is an herbe that hath so many good vertues, and 

 is so beneficial to mankinde." And in very verity the 

 malice of the devil, as SMITH observes, " has unhappily 

 been so successful, that no virtues can now be found in 

 the remainder of the root or herb." 



2. S. arvensis, corolla in 4 segments, the marginal flowers ra- 

 diant ; heads large, convex, pale purple ; leaves pinnatifid, cut ; 

 stem bristly. Field Scabious. 



Hab. Corn fields and pastures, common. July. If. 



3. S. columbaria, corolla in 5 unequal segments ; flowers pale 

 purple; radical leaves ovate or lyrate, notched, the rest pinna- 

 tifid with linear segments. Small Scabious. 



Hab. Dry pastures, frequent in this neighbourhood. 

 Banks of the Tweed below West Ordhouse, Dr Thomp- 

 son. Castle hills. Sides of the ravine above Newfarm. 

 Spindlestone Hills. July, August. I/. 



