It flowers with us in July and August, and being a hardy perennial, and
perhaps the most elegant species of the genus, appears to us highly
deserving a place in the gardens of the curious.




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CENTAUREA MONTANA. GREATER BLUE-BOTTLE.


_Class and Order._

SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA FRUSTRANEA.

_Generic Character._

Receptaculum setosum. Pappus simplex. Corollæ radii infundibuliformes,
longiores, irregulares.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CENTAUREA montana calycibus serratis, foliis lanceolatis decurrentibus
caule simplicissimo. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 785._

CYANUS montanus latifolius S. Verbasculum cyanoides. _Bauh. Pin. 273._

CYANUS major. _Lobel. icon. 548._