DIPSACACE^. 529 



poisonous ; it has also been noted as a febrifuge. It is a tinctorial 

 plant yielding a gi^enish colour and is sufficiently astringent to be 

 used in tanning skins. S, arvensis ^ has been recommended in pul- 

 monary and scorbutic ^ diseases, as also S. sylvatica ^ and Golumharia,* 

 S. cochinchinensis ^ used to be employed as a country medicine, and 

 S. centaur oides ^ was considered anti syphilitic and antiscorbutic. S. 

 atropurpurea '' and some other species are frequently cultivated in our 

 gardens, as also several species of Dipsacus, highly ornamental plants 

 and furnishing elegant models for decorative art. No particular 

 properties are known of the Boopidece. 



1 L. Spec. 142. — S. polymorpha Schm. — Tti- * Lamk. III. n. 1312. — S. transylvanica All. 

 chera arvensis ^CKKKD. — Knautia arvensis Covl. Fl. Pedem. n. 504. — Cephalaria centaiiroides 

 Dips. 29. CouLT. Dipsac. 25, t. 1, fig. 8.— DC Prodr. 648, 



2 Whence Scabiosa, from scabies, scab. n. 7. — Succisa ambrosioides Spreng. — Zepidoce- 



3 L. Spec. 142. — S. integrifolia Sav. — 8^ ovati- phalus centauroides Lagasc. 



folia Lagasc. — Knautia sylvatica Dub. Bot. Gal- ' L. Spec. 144. — Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 247. — 



i. 257. — Trichcra sylvatica Schrad. ? S. maritima L. (var.) ? — Succisa atropurpurea 



^ L. Spec. 143. — Aster ocephalus Columbaria M(ench. — Sclerostemma atropurpurea Sch. — 



Wallr. Sched. Grit. 48. Asterocephalus atropurpureus Spr. {Mournful 



* Lour. Fl. Ccchinch. (ed. 1790) 68. widow.) 



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