DIPSACAOE^. 



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

 plant yielding a greenish 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 Golumbaria.* 

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

 S. centauroides * was consideired antisyphilitic and antiscorbutic. S. 

 alxopurpurea ' 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. 



' L. Spec. 142. — S. polymorpha Schm. — Tri- 

 ehera aroensis Schrad. — Knautia arvensis Cout. 

 Dipt. 29. 



' Whence Scaiiosa, from scaiies, scab. 



s L. Spec. 142.-^5. integrifolia Sav. — S. ovati- 

 folia Lagaso. — Knautia sylvatica Due. JBot. Gal. 

 i. 2S7. — Trichera sylvatica Schbad. 



*Tj. Spec. 143. — Asterocephalua Columbaria 

 Walik. Selwd. Ciit. 48. 



' LouK. Fl. Cochineh. (ed. 17«0) 68. 



* Lamk. III. n. 1312. — S. transylvanica Alh. 

 Fl. Pedem. n. 604. — Cephalaria cmtauroitles 

 CoCLT. Dipsae. 25, t. 1, fig. 8.— DC. Frodr. 648, 

 n. 7. — Succisa ambrosioides SpkenB. — Lepidace' 

 phalus centauroides Lagasc. 



? L. Spec. 144.— OuET. Sot. Mag. t. 247.— 

 ?5. maritima L. (vav.)? — Succisa atropurpurea 

 M<ENCH. — Sderostemma atropurpwrea ScH. — i 

 Asteroeephalus atropurpureus- Sj?k. {Mimrtiful 

 widow.) 



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