174 44. BIPSACACE^. 



Morisonii DO. — Teeth of the crown spreading or all incnrve'd 

 except the largest. Fr. smooth or hairy. Fl. corymhose. — 

 Oorn-fields and banks. A. VI. Vn. E. S. I. 



[F. eriocar'pa (Desv.) ; fr. pilose crowned with the large 

 toothed open nearly regular rather obliquely truncate net-veined 

 calyx ; otherwise like V. dentata. — Sy. E. S. 673. R. xii. 712. 

 Coss. Atl. 24 B. — " Between Hanley and Barnard Green, Wor- 

 cest., Mr. E. Lees !" Mr. J. B. Syme. The Welsh plant is F. 

 dentata. A. VI.] E. 



Order XLIV. DIPSACACE^. 



Fl. capitate, involncrate. Gal. superior, surrounded by ao 

 involuoel (or free outer calyx) which closely invests the ripe 

 fruit. Cor. 4 — 5-fld with unequal lobes. Stam. 4, inserted in 

 the tube, free ; auth. not cohering. Style 1. Stigma simple. 

 Ovary 1-celled, with a pendulous ovule. Fr. crowned with the 

 pappus-like calyx. Embryo in fleshy albumen. — No stipules. 



1. DrpSACUS. Involucel forming a thickened margin to the 

 ovary. Oalyx cupshaped. Cor. 4-fid. Receptacle with 

 spinous exserted scales shorter than the involucre. Fr. 

 with 4 sides and 8 little depressions. 



2. Knatitia. Involucel terminating In 4 smaU teeth. Calyx 

 cupshaped with radiant teeth. Receptacle hairy ; scales 0. 

 Fr. with 4 sides and 4 little depressions. 



8. ScABioSA. Involucel membranous or minute. Calyx of 

 4 or 5 bristles. Receptacle with stmhen scales. Fr. nearly 

 cylindrical with 8 excavations. 



1. Dip'sAcrs Linn. Teasel. 



1, D. syltes'tris (L.) ; 1. opposite simple sessile, stem-1. con- 

 nate, scales of the receptacle straight at the end exceeding the 



Jlowers, involucres curved wpwards. — R. £. 1032. — St. 6 — 6 feet 

 high, prickly, leafy, branched. Heads of pale lilac fl. large, 

 conical, overtopped by the slender ascending involucre. — Hedges 

 and roadsides. B. VHI. IX. Wild Teasel. E. S.? I. 



[2). FulUmim (L.) ; scales of the receptacle hooked at the end 

 equallinq the fioweirs, involucres reflexed, otherwise like -D. sylves- 

 tris (unless the fl. differ).—^. B. 2080.— West of England, but 

 not wild. B, VIII. IX. Teasel] E. 



2. D. piUsus (L.) ; I. stalked ttrith a It. at the base on each side, 

 scales of the receptacle obovate-cuspidate straight, involucres 

 deflexed. — E. B. 877. — St. 3 — 4 feet high, slender, branched, 



