ScABK 
SCABIOSA Lin. Gen. PI. Tetrandria monogynia. 
tOSA ARVENSIS. FlELD SCABIOUS» 
scabiosA 
SCABIOSA 
SCABIOSA 
SCABIOSA 
SCABIOSA 
SCABIOSA 
polyphyllus ; proprim duplex, fuperus. Staff, paleaceum Eve 
Rail Syn. Gen. 8. Herbie feore composito DlsfcolDE, seminibus pappo destitutis, 
corymbifer.® dict®. 
arvmfu corollulis quadrifidis radiantibus, foliis pinnatifidis incifis, caule hifpido. Lix. Svfi 
Vegetat, p. , 3I . Sf. Piant, p. 143. FI. Same. n. n 7 . ' V 
foliis petiolatis, ovato-Ianceolatis, dentatis, fuperioribus femipihnatis. Haller. HiJ. 206. 
ar vends. Scopoh FI. Carn. n. 135. 
pratends hirfuta qu® officinarum; Batti, pin. 269. 
major vulgaris. Ger. emac. 719. 
ij>t. Common Field Scabious. Rudfon. FI. 
Angi. ed. II. p. 62. Lightjoot FI. Scot. p. 1 14. Oeder FI. Dan. t. 447. 
RADIX perennis, ramofa, fublignofa, difficulter evulfa. 
CALLIS pedalis vel ultra, teres, dmplex feu ramofus, 
fcaber, fuperne nudus, pubefeens, inferne ni- 
gro punCtatus, liifpidus ; pilis albidis. 
FOLIA oppodta, hifpida, acuta, inferiora integra, ovali- 
oblonga, remote ferrata ; fuperiora feffilia, am- 
plexicaulia, pinnatidda : laciniis linearibus, op- 
pod tis, fubferratis ; intermedia duplo majore, 
lanceolata, utrinque attenuata, in medio ler- 
rata. 
FLORES terminales, longius pedunculati, folitarii. 
CALYX communis polyphyllus, imbricatus, foliolis ova- 
tis, acutis, pubefeentibus, ciliatis, plano-pa- 
tentibus ; interioribus paulo minoribus. 
COROLLA compodta hemifph®rica; dilute violacea, 
radiata; propria radii tubulata, longitudine ca- 
lycis, intus villofa; quadridda ; laciniis eredis, 
oblongis, obtuds, inaequalibus ; exteriore paullo 
majore ; duabus lateralibus, oppodtis, aequali- 
bus ; intima duplo minore, Jig. 1. ; difei minor, 
ore quadriddo, obtufo, inaequali. 
STAMINA : FilAmenta quatuor, fetacea, tubo co- 
rollae inferne adnata, longitudine corollae ; An- 
ther® exftantes, lineares, incumbentes, co- 
roll® concolores. Jig. 2 . 
PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, tetragonum, villofo- 
hifpidum, coronatum pappo campanulato, vil- 
lofo-fetaceo, cinereo. Stylus cylindricus, fu- 
perne incraflatus, corolla longior, ereCtus. 
Stigma exfertum, clavatum, emarginatum. 
f l S- 3 - 
• ■ ROOT perennial, branched, fomewhat woody, with 
difficulty pulled up. 
1 ; STALK a foot or more in height, round, dmple or 
branched, rough, above naked of leaves, and 
downy below, dotted with black and hifpid : the 
hairs whitiffi.* 
; ; LEAVES oppodte, hifpid, pointed ; the lower ones eh- 
tire, of an oval oblong ffiape, remotely ler- 
rated ; the upper ones feffile, embracing the 
ftalk, and pinnatidd ; the fegments linear, op- 
podte, flightly ferrated, the middle fegment 
twice the dze of the others, lanceolate, tapering 
. at ea ch extremity, and. ferrated in the middle. 
; ; FLOWERS terminal, {landing on lohg foot-ftalks. 
CALYX common to all the florets compofed of many leaves, 
imbricated, the leaves ovate, pointed, downy* 
edged with hairs, flat and fpreading ; the inner- 
moftfomewhat the fmallefl. 
: : COROLLA compound, hemifpherical, of a pale violet 
colour, radiate ; the florets in the circumference 
tubular, the length of the calyx, villous within, 
divided into four fegments which are upright’ 
oblong, obtufe and unequal; the outermofl 
fomewhat the larged: ; the two dde ones oppo- 
dte, and equal ; the innermolt twice as fmall, 
Jig- f'", the central florets {mailer, the mouth 
e . dudded into {our, obtufe, unequal fegments. 
; STAMINA: Filaments four, tapering, growino- to 
the lower part of the tube of the corolla, °and 
of the dune length as the corolla. Anther® 
projecting, linear, incumbent, of the fame 
colour as the corolla. Jig. 2. 
; ; PISTILLUM : Germen below the corolla, four-cornered. 
Covered with numerous ftiffifli hairs and 
crowned with a bell-ffiaped pappus formed of 
numerous afh-coloured briftles. Style cylin- 
drical, thickened above, longer than the co- 
rolla, upright. Stigma projecting, club- 
RECEPTACULUM barbatum, pilis germinibus brevi- i; RECEPTACLE braMed^ The tore (horter than the 
SEMEN viUofiim, fcbtetragonum, pappo villofo-fe, aceo f SEED vill^ fomewhat four-cornered, crowned with a 
^ ^ bnftly villous down or pappus. Jig. 4. 
a t rgmTptS; the M :r s - In ti ^ 
during a large quantity of foliage, whi’h is 
Or Sheep , it may perhaps be conddered rather as ufeful. 8 -penments by Kim, Horfes , 
Dr. Rutty, in his Materia Medica, remarks, that the Bo,,- r , 
indpid ; but, on a more accurate examination, they are found to be bitteriffi with {bmp in °. d ° roUS an f 
aftringency. Medicinally this fpec.es as well as Ljuccifa, 
• malignant Fevers, Lues venerea, Epilepfy, &c. • and extermllv in t-L* ^ t. . A , • ^- ou g ns > Altnmas, 
.rrifittsate - - 
jagged. It flowers much earlier, and it affefis a drier fixation. 6 Scabwja facc,J a ; its leaves are more 
