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380. SCABIOSA. 



5. crenata. Lower L. lineari-cuneate, entire 

 or toothed at the top ; upper pinnatifid, toothed. 

 Setse of inner Cal. twice crown. Fl. radiant. 

 w. 6-8. Cole, rocks. Capri. Cal. Sic. DC. 

 2mts this among the S2)ecies -whose fruit is even 

 at the base. Bertoloni's descri])tioii would 

 have induced me to suppose the contrary. 



** Root annual or biennial. 



6. prolifera. Annual. Heads nearly ses- 

 sile in the forks of the stem ! L. nearly en- 

 tire. Setfe of Cal. hardly equalling crown. PI. 

 radiant, a. Sea-shore. Palermo. Not found 

 by Gussone. 



7- steiiafca. Heads stalked. L. incise or 

 somewhat lyrate : terminal division very large, 

 obovate, dentate. Inner Cal. stalked. Setse not 

 exsert. PL radiant, a. 5, 6. I) ry fields. Prov. 



8. monspeliensis. Heads stalked. Lower 

 L. undivided, dentate ; middle pinnatifid, with 

 linear divisions ; upper simple. Inner Cal. 

 stalked. Setse far exceeding crowTi. PI. nearly 

 alike, a. b. 5, 6. Dry fields. Prov. Sard. 



9. argentea. " Hirsute, rough. Root-L. 

 nai-row spatulate, cuneate; upper pinnatifid. 

 Segments linear, channeled, entire : uppermost 

 simple. Common Cal. about equal to head; 

 outer Cal. bearded at base. Pits large, about as 

 long as crown. Border acutely denticulate. 

 Setse three times as long as border, p. 6-9. 

 Italy." — Beet., whose description I follow, 

 as it includes the differences by which he dis- 

 tinguishes it from S. ucranica. Malesherbes. 

 I find the common Gal. longer than Read. 



10. ebiirnea. Hirsute. Root-L. narrow 

 spatulate ; u.pper pinnatifid, with entire, linear 

 segments; uppermost simple. Involucre ex- 

 ceeding flowers. Pr. bearded at base, downy 

 ahove. Pits narrow, twice as long as crown, 

 Setse twice crown, b. p. 5, 6. Shores. Be- 

 tween Croton and Ciro in Calabria. 



11. rutBefolia. Common Cal. of one L. ! 

 in 5 segments. L. fleshy. Lower stem-L. pin- 

 natifid, segments linear, ohtuse ; uppermost 

 simple. Crown crenate. Setse twice crown, 

 sessile (sometimes wanting, Bert.), b. 6, 7. 

 Dry shores, w. It. 



ii. Galyx furrowed to the base. 



a. Teeth of crown incurved. Furrows at base 



of caly.v not strongly marked. 



12. ambig'ua. Ptoot-L. ohovate, crenate. 

 Lower stem-L. lyrate, segments elongated ; 

 upper quite entire, lineari-spatulate. Branches 

 of Pan. very spreading. Heads on long stalks. 

 z,, b. 7- Rocky, s. Fr. It. occ. 



13. atropurpurea. Root-L. lanceolato- 

 obovate. Lower stem-L. lyrate; upper pin- 

 natipartite, or with a few large teeth. Branches 

 of Pan. erecto-patent. a. b. 7, 8. Dry hills 

 of coast. Cal. Sic. 



14. xnaritima. All L. pinnatifid. Divi- 

 sions toothed or subdivided. Branches of Pan. 

 nearly erect, a. b. 6, 7. Dry coasts, s. Fr. 

 Italy, Bert, unites these three. 



b. Grown spreading, undivided. Calyx 

 strongly furroioed to the base. 



In this division I have endeavom-ed to amal- 

 gamate the descriptions of Koch and Bertoloni, 

 but the plants vary so much in their foliage, 

 their involucres, and the proportional length 

 of the setse of the inner calyx, that I have little 

 confidence in the species. Pauciseta, with 

 some of the setse deficient, lucicla, with large 

 black setse, each with an evident margin, and 

 sttaveolens, in which they are always short, 

 seem the most distinct from S. cohmibaria. 



* Stem-L. pinnatifid. 



15. ochroleuca. Crown half as long as 

 tube, one-third as long as setse, brown. Root- 

 L. lyrato - pinnatifid. Stem-L. pinnatipartite. 

 Divisions flat, linear (all acuminate, Bert.). 

 Head of Fr. ovate, according to Koch, but I 

 do not find it so. p. b. 7, 8. Hills. G. and 

 s. Fr. occ. 



16. Golranbaria. Cro^^^l half as long as 

 tube, half as long as setse. Root-L. crenate, 

 obtuse. Stem-L. pinnatipartite. Divisions flat, 

 nearly entire. Cor. radiant. (Head of Fr. glo- 

 bose, Koch.) b. p. 6-9. Dry grassy. 



17. pyrenaica. Crown equal to one-thu-d 

 of tube, one-fom-th of setse, cinereo-tomentose. 

 Root-L. crenate. Stem-L. bipinnatifid. Di- 

 visions linear, quite entire. Fl. radiant, p. 

 7, 8. Stony hills, s. Eur. According to 

 Koch, S. pyrenaica of Bert, is not that of DC. 



18. holosericea. Velvety. Crown equal 

 to one-third of tube, half of setse. Root-L. 

 crenate. Stem-L. pinnatifid. Divisions ovato- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acute. Fl. radiant, p. 

 7, 8. Mountains of Carrara. Pyr. Cal. 



19. lucida. Crown equal to one-third of 

 tube, one-fifth of setse (which are hroad at the 

 base and furnished with a midrib, Koch). L. 

 shining. Root-L. crenate. Stem-L. pinnati- 

 partite, with linear, acute divisions, p. 8. 

 Grassy hills. Alps. 



20. hladnickiana. " Crown equal to one- 

 third or one-fourth of setse. Root-L. crenate. 



