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XLV. DIPSACACE^E. 



{,Knautia. 



depressions. — Named from scaUes, the lenrosri • nr. inf„.v 



decoclion of some of tho .pecies baring fo^eK^ Cc^fSo",.:^ 

 m curing cutaneous diseases. ^p^ujca 



\.^ succisa 1. (^DcviVs-bit S.) • segments of corolla 4 nearly 

 equal, fruit angled with the depressions reaching nearly to th^ 

 base and a very short crown, calyx-bristles connivino- caulin^ 

 leaves dentate, heads of flowers nearly globose, leaves of tho 

 involucre in 2—3 rows. E. B. t. 87S. ^ 



Meadows and pastures, common. 2/.. 7 10. 



Root as it were 



cut off abruptly or bitten (raA> ;3ra!»;o;-sa). Stems nearly simnle' 

 iea^es hairy, rather stiff; radical ones ovate, mostly petiolate thosP 



of the stem oblonir. 



Flowers purplish-blue, or white. 



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diatmg, fruit subcylindrical with the depressions reachino- to 

 the base, limb of the involucel membranaceous entire patent 

 about 20-nerved half the length of the fruit, stem hairy, radical 

 leaves ovate crenate or lyrate, those of the stem pinnatifid with 

 linear segments. E. B. t. 1311. 



_ Pastures and waste places, most abundant on the east coast. Rare 

 m Scotland; near Arbroath, with white fl.; plentiful near Montrose 

 and at Blackford; Berwickshire, ir. 7, 8. _ Scarcely a ft. hioh' 

 hairy. Lower haves on rather long footstalks ; cauline ones cut 

 into narrow, linear, or setaceous pinna;. Flowers purphsh-blue /». 

 volucre of narrow leaves, longer than the flowers. 



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3. Knautia Linn. Knautia. 



Recej)tacles hairy, without scales. Involucel with a 4-toothed 

 minute Lmb C«Z. cup- shaped with radiating teeth. Stam. 

 distmct, nearly equal. Fruit upon a short stalk, 4-ano-led, with 

 4 pores or depressions. - A^amed in honour of Christopher 



i^?ifl«A a botanist of Saxony, who flourished in the latter half 

 01 the 17th century. 



1. K. arvemis Coult. {Field K.) ; heads of many flowers, 

 fruit crowned with very minute teeth, calyx with 8-16 some- 

 what awned teeth. Scabiosa Z, ; E. B t' (\r,() 



hiffh. 



Pastures and corn-fields, frequent, l^. q—q. 



Stem 2—3 ft. 



Radical /e«fes lanceolate, slightly serrate, hairy. Heads of 

 flowers large, convex, l.lac-purple : outer florets large, with their seg- 

 ments unequal, so that the lower ones form a sort of ray around the 

 head ; inner florets with equal segments. 



Ord. XL VI. COMPOSITiE 



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CaZy.r adherent with the ovary, the limb entire or toothed 

 or mostly expanded into a pappus which crowns the fruit. 



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