JASIO'NE MONTA'NA. 
MOUNTAIN SHEEP’S SCABIOUS. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CAMPANULACEAS. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Britain. 
1 foot. 
June. 
Annual. 
Pastures. 
No. 1 136. 
The name of this genus has descended to us from 
the Greeks, hut is of uncertain derivation. There 
is scarcely any foundation for supposing it to have 
come from ion, a violet. 
This is an annual plant of little pretension, but 
in the mass, when well grown, produces considera- 
ble effect, hence it becomes suitable for entire beds. 
Most of the Campanulaceae are furnished with 
hairy styles, the hairs being arranged in exact 
relation to the position of the anthers, so that they 
are supplied with the means of readily collecting 
the pollen. In the Jasione this evidence of design 
is still more interestingly displayed. The florets of 
the disk have fertile stamens, but barren club-shaped 
pistils. On the contrary, the florets of the circum- 
ference have fertile pistils, but ban-en stamens, 
hence the barren pistils, in their gradual extension 
between the fertile anthers, collect the pollen, and 
transmit it to the fertile ones, which from their 
position, would not otherwise receive it. How 
could the purpose be more beautifully accomplished! 
Jasione Montana is propagated as other hardy 
annuals. 
