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Dipsacecz Scabiosa. 



Purple or Sweet Scabious. A very pretty plant formerly very 

 common in gardens. An annual species, 3 or 4 feet high, with 



Pig. 121. Scabiosa atropurpurea. (J nat. size.) 



very dark purple, rose, flesh, or white flowers according to the 

 varieties. There is a ' double ' variety in which all the florets 

 are larger, and nearly regular, and also a dwarf race. East 

 Indies. 



Some of the perennial species are worth a place in large 

 collections, as 8. alplna with yellowish flowers, and S. Cauca- 

 sica with bright blue or lilac. 



2. MOElNA. 



A small genus of Asiatic herbs resembling the Thistles in 

 their foliage. Flowers in dense clusters in the axils of the 

 upper smaller leaves. Corolla-tube long, slender, curved ; 

 limb irregular. Stamens 4, didynamous, or united in pairs. 

 Named in honour of a French botanist. 



