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46. DIPSACACE.35. 
tliulate stalked cut or toothed, lower st.-l. lyrate, upper pecti- 
nately pinnatipartite with linear or lanceolate toothed or entire 
segments ; ped. long and slender ; heads in fr. ovoidal or ob- 
long; tl. radiant 5-fid. — WB. ii. 199; Gr. et Godr. ii. 77. — 
Herb. ann. Mad. ; PS., reg. 1, rr. Varr. : 
a. pallidijlora ; fl. pale mostly bluish pink or lilac cream- 
col. or w. — S. maritima L. Sp. PI. 144; Pers. 120; DC. iv. 657. 
S. atropurpurea /3, y DC. 1. c. -S'. grandijlora Desf. i. 123; 
Pers. 120. S. columbaria Buck 195. no. 274 (not Linn.). — Mad. 
Rocks on the W. side of the Rib. de Joao Gomes (Rochas da 
Pena) half a mile above Funchal on a level with the Levada 
de S ta Luzia. Apr. -June. 
/3. atropurpurea ; fl. dark blood-purple. — -S', atropurpurea L. 
Sp. PI. 144, 145 ; BM. t. 247 ; Brot. i. 146; Pers. 121 ; DC. iv. 
657 (excl. varr. /3, y). Scabiosa peregrina rubra Moris. Hist. iii. 
§ 6. t. 14. f. 26. — Mad. in Sweet-potato (Batata) fields at the 
east end of the Levada de S ta Luzia near the Mill. ‘‘PS. 
about the town in cultivated ground,” J. M. Moniz. Aug.- 
Dee. 
St. 1-3 feet high deflexedly pubescent. L. bright gr. smooth, 
the lower with petiole 2-4 in. long, the large terminal lobe 
1-2 in. long. Ped. ribbed 6-12 in. long. Lfts. of invol. 
linear-lanceolate leafy gr. ciliate-pubescent as long as the lower 
fl., deflexed at least ultimately. Fl. fragrant, like honey, not 
less variable in size than colour. Anthers in /3 as dark as the 
fl. before bursting, then w. Pappus of 5 prominent tawny-y. 
rough erecto-setulose awns or bristles, its stalk (i. e. tube of 
cal j inclosed halfway up in a loose ribbed sheath formed from 
the inner coat of the involucel. 
There are no certain characters whatever to distinguish the 
two varr., which are therefore only retained for the clearer 
arrangement of the synonyms, /3 seeming to be more usually 
the result of cultivation, and a occurring in Mad. as in Tene- 
rife (on the N. coast between S. Juan de la Rambla and Icod) 
more truly wild. 
Sect. 2. Sclcrostemma Koch. Tube of involucel 8-ribbed 
throughout, limb membranous. Cal. -limb sessile 5-seti- 
ferous. 
2. S. SuccISA L. 
Rhizome abruptly truncate ; 1. elliptic-oblong or oblong- 
lanceolate undivided ent ire or faintly serrate ; heads on long ped. 
hemispherical or in fr. globose, lfts. of inv. in 2-3 rows, scales 
or bractlets ciliate, involucel silky-hirsute 4-fid the teeth erect 
