. Flowers of the field. Botany. TEAZLE FA^^ILY 24S 2. ScABinsA (Scabious).—Leaves entire or: pinnatilid ; heads hemisplierical or flat ; involucre of i or 2 wliorls of bracts ; rnmiunn receptacle scaly ; iiivolucel S-anglecl, 4 - 5-lobed.; outer florets often larger and unsymmetrical ; calyx-lube contracted at the top ; liiiih cup-shaped, with 4—5 stiff persistent bristles ; corolla 4—5-lobed, sometimes bilabiate; jruit nearly cylindrical. (Xanu: from the Latin scabies, the leprosy, for which disease sorne of the species were supposed to be a remedy.) 1. S- Succisa (Fremorse or Devil's-bit Sca
. Flowers of the field. Botany. TEAZLE FA^^ILY 24S 2. ScABinsA (Scabious).—Leaves entire or: pinnatilid ; heads hemisplierical or flat ; involucre of i or 2 wliorls of bracts ; rnmiunn receptacle scaly ; iiivolucel S-anglecl, 4 - 5-lobed.; outer florets often larger and unsymmetrical ; calyx-lube contracted at the top ; liiiih cup-shaped, with 4—5 stiff persistent bristles ; corolla 4—5-lobed, sometimes bilabiate; jruit nearly cylindrical. (Xanu: from the Latin scabies, the leprosy, for which disease sorne of the species were supposed to be a remedy.) 1. S- Succisa (Fremorse or Devil's-bit Scabious).— A slender, little-branched plant, with a short and abrupt rhizome, as if bitten off (premorse) ; a hairy stem; few, mostly entire, oblong leaves; nearly glo- bose heads of purplish-blue or white flowers, with a nearly symmetric, 4-cleft corolla.—Heaths and pas- tures : abundant. John Parkinson, in his " Thea- trum Botanicum " (1640), alludes to the fable " that the Lie vile, envying the good that this herbe might do to mankinde, bit away parte of the roote, and thereof came the name Succisa, Devil'; — Fl, Tuly — October. Peren- nial. 2. 5. Columbd-ia (Small Scabious). — Well distin- guished from the last by its pinnatifid, lighter green leaves ; heads flatter at first; and flowers lilac, rather than purple, with a 5-clelt corolla, the outer ones being larger and very unsvmmetrical.—Pastures, especialh' on a calcareous soil ; not uncoiiuiion.— Fl. Jul_\"— September. Perennial. 3. .S. inariluna, a species with all its leaves pinnatifid, an erect branching panicle of heads, and a 5-cleft corolla, has been found at St. Ouen's Bay, '^CAPl6s.\ COLUMB.^ {Sn^all .^ca^'WuA. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles
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