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on each side ; or of .3 acute teeth, of which one is much the 
loDsrest and often 3-pointed. — Cultivated land. A. YII. VIII. 
E. S. I. 
*** BatTcn cells 0, or reduced to a rib. 
4. V. de7ifdfa (Deitr.) ; fr. oval crowned with the small oblique 
unequally 4-toothed calyx fiat in front with a space inclosed 
between 2 elevated ciu-ved ribs convex behind, cjnue lax spread- 
ing its branches long: divaricate. — Fedia Sni., F. B. 1370. R. xii. 
710. V. Morisonii DC. — Teeth of the cro'WTi spreading or all 
incurved except the largest. Fr. smooth or liaii-j'. Fl. cor^Tu- 
bose. — Corn-tields and banks. A. YI. VII. E. fe. I. 
[I', eriocar'pa (Desv.); ft", pilose cro^^'ned with the large 
toothed open complete rather ohliqueh/ truncate net-veined calyx, 
otherwise like V. dentata. — R. xii. 712. Coss. Atl. 24. e. — " Be- 
tween Ilanlev and Barnard Green, Worcest., Mr. E. Lees!" 
Mr. J. T. Syine. The Welsh plant is V. dentata. A. VI.] E. 
Order XLIV. DIPSACACE^. 
Fl. capitate. Cal. superior, suiTounded by an involucel (or 
sort of outer cah-x) which closely invests the ripe fmit. Cor. 
4 — 5-fid with imequal lobes. Stam. 4, inserted in the tube, 
free; filaments not jointed. Style 1. Stigxna simple. Ovar}' 
1-ceUed, with a pendulous ovide. Fr. crowned with the pappus- 
like caljTc. Embryo in fleshy albumen. 
1. DiPSAcrs. Involucel forming a thickened margin to the 
ovarJ^ Calyx cupshaped. Cor. 4-iid. Receptacle with 
sjnnous scales shorter than the involucre. Fr. with 4 sides 
and 8 little depressions. 
2. Knautia. Involucel terminating in 4 small teeth. Calyx 
cupshaped with radiant teeth. Receptacle hairy ,■ scales 0. 
Fr. witn 4 sides and 4 little depressions. 
3. ScABiosA. Involucel membranous or minute. Calyx of 
4 or 5 bristles. Receptacle scaly. Fr. nearly cylindrical 
with 8 excavations. 
1. Dip'sACTis Linn. Teasel. 
1. D. sylves'tris (L.J ; 1. opposite undivided se.ssile, stem-1. 
connate, .scales of the receptacle straight at the end exceeding the 
Jloioers, involucres curved upwards. — R. 1032. — .St. 5 — 0 feet 
high, prickly, leafy, branched. Heads of pale lilac fl. large, 
conical, overtopped bv the slender ascending involucre. — Hedges 
and roadsides. B. VIH. IX. Wild Teasel. E. S. ? I. 
