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* MORNA nivea. 



Snow-white Morna. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUALIS. 



Nat. ord. Asterace^ or Composite. 

 MORNA. Bot. Reg. vol. 23. t. 1941. 



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tusis acutisque, foliolis involucri candidis mtegerrimis : lamina mtermedio- 



rum basi lanata stipite glanduloso. 



Herba annua erecta. \ipedalis, caule corymboso sulcato pilis laxis 

 vatentibus articulatis torulosU intricatis parc^e tecto, basi quasi lanato. 

 Folia linearia, apice obtusa, aut acuta, quasi arachnoidea, marginepihspaten- 

 tibus ciliata. Capitula terminalia, corymbosa, candidissima, glabra ; foliolis 

 omnibus stipitatis, exierioribus scariosis subdiaphanis, tntenonbus opacis 

 albis ■ stipite glanduloso apice sub lamind ovatd lanato. Seta: pappi <Bqui- 

 long^, scabrcB, versus apicem piloses. Ovarium longe rostralum. 



Another annual flower raised from Swan River seeds 

 in the garden of Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill. 

 It differs from Morna nitida not only m the scales of the 

 flower-heads being white instead of yellow, but also in their 

 being quite entire. It approaches near to Leptorh^^chus 

 suaveolens of Mr. Bentham, but I perceived nothing in his 

 plant that could be called sweet-scented, and it does not alto- 

 gether agree with his description. 



What renders these beautiful species of Morna the more 

 interesting is the unfading brightness of their flowers which 

 will retain their shape and colour for years if careful y pre- 

 pared, and thus form a charming addition to the everlasting 

 flowers already known. ^ 



The plant is a half-hardy annual, growing about eighteen 

 inches high, and flowering freely from May to the end of 



* See Bot. Reg. fol. 1941. 



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