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SCABIOSA webbiana. 
e Mr. Webb's Scabious. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNI4. 
Nat. ord. DipsacEm. Juss. gen. 194. 
SCABIOSA. Calyx proprius duplex, uterque superus varie divisus et 
persistens. Corolla tubo oblongo, limbo 4-5-lobo sepé maquale. Stamina 4 
exserta. Stigma emarginatum. Semen utroque coronatum calyce, interiore 
aristato aut rarids plumoso, exteriore sepe membranaceo scarioso. Calyx 
communis multiflorus, simplici aut multiplici serie polyphyllus, aqualis aut 
inzequalis, hemisphzricus disco sepé non longior. eceptaculum convexum 
sepils paleaceum. Folia simplicia aut pinnatifida; flores seepé terminales. 
Species quedam suffrutescentes. Calyx proprius exterior, interddm ut 
in Moriné quasi inferus semini circumpositus, non cum ipso concrescens. 
Juss. gen. 194. 
Div. If. Asterocephalus. Involucrum simplici serie polyphyllum, inw- 
quale. Cal duplex : limbo scarioso, plicato, quinquefido. Pappus 5-7- 
aristatus. ceptaculum paleaceum. erbe perennes rard annue. Folia 
radicalia petiolata, indivisa v. pinnatifida; caulina sessilia, pinnati-par : 
tita, nunc simplicia. Flores terminales, solitarit, pedunculosi. Don MSS. 
§. Webbiana, sericeo-cana; foliis inferioribus petiolatis subrotundis cuneatisve 
rugosis crenatis; superioribus pinnatifidis, flosculis uniformibus inyolu- 
cro longioribus. Don MSS. 
Perennis cespitoso-stolonifera, dense sericea atque canescens. Radix 
fusca ramosa, lignosa, capillaceo-fibrosa. Caules numerosi, teretes erecti, 
2-5-unciales, stolonibus sepius non florigeris, foliosis reflexo-villosis, bast 
subfrutescentes atque purpurascentes. Folia plurima, opposita, patula, apice 
stolonum conferta, mollia, sericea, utrinque canescentes, rugoso-venosa; infe- 
riora et stolonum cuneato-obovata, repando-crenata, semunciam longa la- 
titudine fere equali ; summa subsessilia, pinnatifida : laciniis ovatis, integerri- 
mis, terminali maximo sepé dentato nunc 3-lobo. Petioli angusté lineares, 
unciales v. sesquiunciales, supra canaliculati, subtds conveat. Pedunculi 
solitarit, elongati, filiformes, uniflort, strictt, unciales palmares pedalesve, 
villis reflexis sericeo-cani. Flos ochroleucus, magnitudine SCABIOSz colum- 
barize, disco converus. Involucrum incanum, simplici serie 8-10-phyllum: fo- 
liolis inequalibus, lineari-lanceolatis, obtusis, integerrimis nunc dente unico 
utrinque instructis alternis sepits minoribus. Recept. convecum, paleaceum: 
paleis lincari-lanceolatis, acutis, villosis, calycem equantibus. Calyx sim- 
plex, lato-campanulatus, limbo patulus, micatus, erosus. Don MSS. 
a 
The Scasiosa tomentosa of Cavanilles, which agrees in 
several respects with the present species, differs from it 
however in being less pubescent, in having a minuter foli- 
age, and the segments of the radical leaves cuneate and 
deeply crenate, and those of the stem linear, simple or 
