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JASI'ONE* * 
Linncan Class and Order. I’enta'ndria f, Monogy'niA. 
Natural Order. Lobelia'ceje :£, Juss. — Lindl. Syn. p. 137.; 
Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 187. — Mack. FI. Hibern. p. 138. — 
Campanula'ce.e, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 163. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 
117. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 453. — Loud. Hurt. Brit. p. 522. — 
Don’s Gen. Syst. of Card, and Bot. v. iii. p. 731. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
(4th ed.) p. 411. — Campanacea:, Linn. — Syringales; subord. 
Ericos/e; sect. Campanulinal ; Burn.Outl.of Bot. pp. 900, 937, 
and 938. 
Gen. Char. ( Flowers collected into a head, within a many- 
leaved Involucrum). Calyx (fig. 1.) superior, of 1 sepal, in 5 deep, 
pointed segments. Corolla (see fig. 4.) of 1 petal, wheel-shaped, 
in 5 deep, spear-shaped, equal, straight, moderately spreading 
segments. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 5, awl-shaped, short. Anthers 
oblong, united at their base. Germen (see fig. 2.) roundish, in- 
ferior. Style (see fig. 2.) cylindrical, upright, longer than the 
stamens. Stigma cloven, in some flowers club-shaped, and only 
slightly notched. Capsule (fig. 7.) bladdery, roundish, with 5 an- 
gles, imperfectly 2-celled, opening by a broad hole at top, with 
very short valves. Seeds (fig. 6.) numerous, very minute, elliptic- 
oblong, shining. 
Distinguished from other genera, with a superior calyx, in the 
same class and order, by the wheel-shaped, regular corolla, with a 
very short tube, and 5 long, strap-shaped segments; the united 
anthers ; the bifid stigma; and the 2-celled capsule. 
One species British. 
JASFONE MONTA'NA. Mountain Sheep’s Scabious. Hairy 
Sheep’s Scabious. Common Sheep’s-bit. Mountain Jastone. 
Spec. Char. Leaves strap-shaped, waved, hispid. Peduncles 
solitary, elongated. Bracteas smooth. Root annual. 
Engl. Bot. t. 882. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 245 — FI. Dan. t. 319. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 
1317. — Huds. Ft. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 377. — Willd. Sp PI. v. i. pt. II. p. 888. — Sm. 
FI. Brit. v. i. p. 241. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 296. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. p. 310. — Gray’s 
Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 411. — Lindl. Syn. p. 137.- — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 99. — Maer. Man. 
Brit. Bot. p. 146. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 504. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 85. — Abhot’s 
FI. Bedf. p. 189. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 22. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. ii. p. 418.— Relh. 
FI. Cant. (3rd ed. ) p. 92. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 76. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. iii. p. 733. — FI. Devon, pp. 38 and 154. — Winch’s FI. of Northumberl. and 
Durh. p. 14. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 58. — Murr. Northern FI. p. 135. — Irv. Lond. 
FI. p. 145.— Luxf. Reig. FI. p. 21. — Mack. Catal. of PI. Irel. p. 23. ; FI. Hibern. 
p. 138. — Rapunculus Scabiosce cnpitulo cceruleo, Bauli. Pin. p. 92. — Ray’s 
Syn. p. 278. — Scabiosa minima hirsuta, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 723. 
Localities. — I n dry sandy fields, and on heaths ; not uncommon. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Calyx, Stamens, and Pistil. — Fig. 3. Separate Stamen. — 
Fig. 4. Separate Flower. — Fig. 5. Involucrum and Receptacle, with all the flowers, 
but one, removed. — Fig. 6. Seeds. — Fig. 7. Capsule. — Figs. 5 & 6, a little magnified. 
* From ion , Gr. a violet, from the blue colour of the flowers; but applied by 
Pliny to an esculent plant. Hookes. 
See folio 48, note t. 
t See folio 79, a. 
