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3. V. Auricula (DC.); fr. subglobose crowned with 1 erect 
membranous leaf, barren cells larger than the fertile one inflated 
contiguous haying a narrow furrow between them, fl. scattered. 
—Fedia E. B. §. 2809. V. dentata DC. Prod. iv. 627.—Fl. di- 
stant, in the forks of a repeatedly dichotomous cyme. Lower 1. 
obovate attenuate downwards, upper |. oblong. Bracts ciliated. 
Section of the fruit nearly round. Crown of one oblong obtuse 
obliquely truncate tooth, sometimes with a minute tooth on 
each side ; or of 3 acute teeth, of which one is much the longest 
and often 3-pointed.—Cultivated land. A. VII. VIII. 
*k* Barren cells 0, or reduced to a rib. 
4. V. dentata (Deitr.) ; fr. oval crowned with the small oblique 
unequally 4-toothed calyx flat in front with an oblong space 
inclosed between 2 elevated curved ribs (barren cells) convex 
behind, cyme lax spreading, its branches long divaricated.— Fedia 
Sm., FE. B. 1370. V. Morisonii DC. Prod. iv. 627.—Teeth of the 
crown spreading or all incurved except the largest, Fr. smooth 
or hairy. Fl. corymbose.—Corn-fields and banks. A. VI. VII, 
5. V. eriocarpa (Desv.); fr. oval crowned with the large ob- 
lique open unequally 5—7-toothed calyx flat in front with an 
oval space inclosed between 2 elevated curved ribs (barren cells) 
convex behind, cyme condensed.—Very different in habit from 
the preceding but scarcely affording any specific character. A 
variety ?—Great Orme’s Head, N. Wales. A. VI. E. 
Order XLIV. DIPSACACE. 
Fl. capitate. Cal. superior, surrounded by an involucel which 
closely invests the ripe fruit. Cor. 4—5-fid with unequal lobes. 
Stam. 4, ingerted in the tube, free, filaments not jointed. Style 1. 
Stigma simple. Ovary 1-celled with a pendulous ovule. Fr. 
crowned with the pappus-like calyx. Embryo in fleshy albumen. 
1. Dipsacus. Calyx cupshaped. Involucel forming a thick- 
ened margin to the ovary. Cor. 4-fid. Receptacle with 
spinous scales shorter than the involucre. Fr. with 4 sides 
and 8 little depressions. 
2. Kwautia. Calyx cupshaped with radiant teeth. Involu- 
cel terminating in 4 small teeth. Receptacle hairy ; scales 0. 
Fr. with 4 sides and 4 little depressions. 
3. Scasrosa. Calyx of 5 bristles. Involucel membranous 
and plaited. Receptacle scaly. Fr. nearly cylindrical with 
8 excavations. 
