. Flowers of the field. Botany. 245 COMPOSITyE 3. Knautia (Field Scabious).—Perennial herbs, nearly related to Scabiosa ; but distinguished by the heniispherical huhy cominon recepliide : the 4-angled mvolucel; and the 8 —16 deciduous bristles of the calyx. (Named in honour of ( 'hristian Knaut, a Saxon botanist.) 1. K. arvciisis (h'ield Scabious).—A tall, bristly plant, 2—3 feet high, not much branched ; radical lem^es simple ; cauline ones jMnnatifid ; heads large, convex; flowers handsome, lilac, with. K'NAUT7A AT^Vfif; 4dobed corollas, the inner ones nearly symmetrical, the outer larger an
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. Flowers of the field. Botany. 245 COMPOSITyE 3. Knautia (Field Scabious).—Perennial herbs, nearly related to Scabiosa ; but distinguished by the heniispherical huhy cominon recepliide : the 4-angled mvolucel; and the 8 —16 deciduous bristles of the calyx. (Named in honour of (_'hristian Knaut, a Saxon botanist.) 1. K. arvciisis (h'ield Scabious).—A tall, bristly plant, 2—3 feet high, not much branched ; radical lem^es simple ; cauline ones jMnnatifid ; heads large, convex; flowers handsome, lilac, with. K'NAUT7A AT^Vfif; 4dobed corollas, the inner ones nearly symmetrical, the outer larger and bilabiate.—Cornfields and Nfraysides ; conniion.—¥1. July—September. Perennial. C)RD. XLI. CoMP(')SIT, l', .—TUE OOMPOSITE F.MILY This is by far the largest of all the Natural Orders, containing as it does nearly 10, 000 species, 111 800 genera, or about one lenth of all known Flowering Plants. These figures serve to illustrate. 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 work.. Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge