. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1622 SCABIOSA SCAPHOSEPALUM late; those of the stem pinnately divided with linear lobes, the upper linear-lanceolate: involueral bracts ob- tuse: fls. lilac or blue, 1-2 in. across. Jxine-Aug. Not known to be in the trade, S. varia, Hort., being presum- ably mixed varieties of S. atropurpnren. ^M. 2262. Scabios
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1622 SCABIOSA SCAPHOSEPALUM late; those of the stem pinnately divided with linear lobes, the upper linear-lanceolate: involueral bracts ob- tuse: fls. lilac or blue, 1-2 in. across. Jxine-Aug. Not known to be in the trade, S. varia, Hort., being presum- ably mixed varieties of S. atropurpnren. ^M. 2262. Scabiosa atropurpurea (X /^). 3. Columbiria, Linn. A hardy perennial quite variable in character, 2 ft. high: stem branching, glabrous or nearly so: radical Ivs. ovate-obtuse, crenate, membra- nous, pubescent on both sides; stem-lvs. glabrous, pin- nately parted, the segments linear, entire or slightly Incised: fls. blue, in ovate-globular heads on long pu- bescent peduncles. June-Sept. Eu., Asia, Afr. —Var. diba is cult. 4. atropurptirea, Linn. (S. nicijor, Hort.). Sweet Scabious. Fig. 2262. An annual branching plant about 2 ft. high: radical Ivs. lanceolate-ovate, lyrate, coarsely dentate; stem-lvs. pinnately parted, the lobes oblong, dentate or cut: fls. dark purple, rose or white, in long- peduncled heads, becoming ovate or oblong in fr. July-Oct. , :1203. — Vars. candidissima, coccinea, compacta, mijor, nana and pAmila are often offered as if they were distinct species, as S. nana, etc. 5. stellata, Linn. An annual plant, hairy, simple or somewhat branched, G-18 in. high: Ivs. cut or somewhat lyrate, the terminal lobe large, obovate, dentate, the upper ones often pinnately parted : fls. blue, in long- peduncled heads ; corolla 5-cleft, the lobes radiate. June and later. S. Eu. C. brachiata, Sibth. & Sra. An annual species about 1 ft. high: lower Ivs. ovate-oblong, the upper pinnately cut, lyrate; the lower lobes decurrent, the terminal larg
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