CULPEPER'S COMPLETE HERBAL

DEVIL'S BIT SCABIOUS

Name. Called also blue devil's bit.

Description. The lower leaves of this scabious are rough and hairy, four or five inches long, an inch or more in breadth, sometimes deeply cut in, and often almost whole, and without any incisions, upon breaking asunder, drawing out into long threads. The stalks grow to be two or three feet high, round and hairy, having two smaller and more finely cut leaves set at a joint, and on their tops are placed the flowers, which are of a fine cærulean blue.

Place. It imay be found in dry fields, but it is not so plentiful as the field scabious.