1*74 44. DIPSACACE^. 



— "Between Hanleyand Barnard Green, Worcest., Mr. E. Lees !" 

 Mr. J. T. Syme. The Welsh plant is V. dmtata. A. VI.] E. 



Order XLIV. DIPSACACE^; 



Fl. capitate. . i Cal. superior, surrounded by an involucel (or 

 sort of outer calyx) which closely invests the ripe fruit. Cor. 

 4 — 5-fid with unequal lobes. • Stam. 4, inserted in the tube, 

 free ; ' anth. not cohering. Style 1. Stigma simple. Ovary 1- 

 celled, with a pendulous ovule. Fr. crowned with the pappus- 

 like calyx.' Embryo in fleshy albumen. 



1. .DlPSACDS. Involucel forming a thickened margin tq the 



■ oVary. Calyx cupshaped. Cot. 4:-&i.^' Receptacle witfi 

 , ' spinalis scafes shorter than the involucre. Fr. with 4 sides 



and 8 little depressions. 



2, Knautia. Involucel terminating in, 4 small teejtlj, Calyx 

 Citpshaped with radiant teeth. Meceptach hairy ; scales, 0. 

 Fr. with 4 sid^s and -i little depressions. 



! .3. ScABiosA. Involucel membranous or minute. Calyx of 

 4 or 5' bristles. ■■ Receptacle- scaly. Fr. nearly cylindrical 



■ with- 8 excavations. ' ,; " 



, , , ! 1, Dip'sAOTTS Zinm. Teasel. . 



1. D.. eylves'irds (L.) ; 1. opposite undivided sessUe, stem-l. 

 .connate, sdales of the receptacle straight at the end exceeding- the 

 flowers, involucres Curved upwards.— St. 5 — 6 feet' high; prickly, 

 leafy, branched. Heads of pale lilac fli darge, conical, overtopped 

 by the slender ascending involucre.— Hedges and roadsides.. B. 

 VIII. IX. Wild Teasel. : KS.?!. 



[D. Full6num (L.) ; soflles of the receptacle hooked at the end 

 e(iualli7ig the flowers, inpohmres reflexed ; otherwise like D. syhes- 

 tris, \mless the fl. differ. — West of England, but not wild. B. 

 VIII. IX. Teasel.:] , E. 



, 2. D. pildsus (L.) ; I. stalked with a It. at tlie base on each side, 

 scales of the receptacle obovate-cuspidate straight, involucres 

 deflexed.— St. .3—4 feet ,high, slender, branched, rough, leafy. 

 Heads of white, fl. small> globose, exceeding the involucres.— 

 Moist shady places, B. VIII. Shepherd's Rod. E. 



2. Knatji'iI Oovlt. 



1. -ST. arven'sis (Coult.),; lower 1. simple, stem-l. pinnati- 

 ftd,,8ti .bristly, calj'x with about 8 awued teeth. — St. 2 — .3 

 feet high, slightly bj'onched, withfew leaves,' Eadical 1. many, 



