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TAB. 6526.
SCABIOSA PTEEOCEPHALA.
Native of Greece.
Nat. Ord. DIPSáCEA.
Genus SCABIOSA, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL vol. ii. p. 159.)
SCABIOSA pterocephala ; dense late caespitosa, sericeo-tomentosa, basi suffruticosa,
ramis procumbentibus novellis foliosis, foliis confertis ovato-oblongis in petiolum
angustatis v. lyrato-pinnatifidis grosse crenato-serratis, lobis lateralibus brevibus
dentatis crenatisve, pedunculis brevïusculis, capitulis depressis, involucri bracteis
pluriseriatis lanceolatis floribus brevioribus v. •quantibus, floribus radiantibus
carneo-purpureis, involucello cylindraceo birsuto obsolete coronulato, corona in
aristas breves v. elongatas abeunte, calycis aristis 15-16 involucro multoties
longioribus.
S. pterocepbala, Linn. Sp. PL 146 ; Sibth. Fl. Grrcec. t. 113.
PTEBOCEPHALUS Parnassi, Spreng. Syst. Veg. vol. i. p. 384; Boiss. Fl. Orient.
vol. iii. p. 148.
P. perennis, Vaill. in Act. Paris, 1722, p. 384.
P. bellidifolia, Boiss. Diagn. ser. 1, vol. ii. p. 109 (forma depauperata).
A densely-tufted perennial, forming large low cushions,
perfectly hardy, and, when in flower, very ornamental. It
has been long cultivated in Kew, in the open border of the
herbaceous ground, but I am not aware how or whence it
w T as procured. It is a native of the mountains of Greece,
growing in dry rocky places at elevations of 3000 to 6000
feet, and extends from the Ionian Islands (Mount Nero in
Cephalonia) to Mount Athos in Macedonia, and Parnassus
in Attica. At Kew it flowers in July and August.
DESCR. Stems and branches woody, tortuous, procumbent,
sending up very numerous short leafing shoots, the whole
forming dense patches two to three feet in diameter; whole
plants densely hoary-pubescent. Leaves one to one and a
half inches long, narrowed into a stout petiole, blade simple
ovate obtuse and deeply crenatc-toothed or lyrate-pinnatifid
NOVEMUKR 1ST, 18SÖ,