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MoRINA LOXGIFOLIA. LONG-LEAVED 

 MORINA. 



Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ortl. — DipsACEiE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Involucellum monophyllum tubuloso-campanulatiim fove- 

 olis destitutum rnargine spinoso-dentatum. Calycis tubus 

 oyatus, limbus foliaceus bifidus, lobis oblongis integrisve 

 bifidis. Corolla Ionge tubulosa ringens. Stamina 4: mmc 

 libera didynama, nunc binatim diadelpha. Stigma peltato- 

 capitatum. Fructus calycis lobis coronatus involucello 

 cinctus. — Herbse perennes Cardui facie simplices erectce. 

 rolia oblongo-sinuata dentato-spinosa rarius integerrima. 

 r lores infoliorum superiorum axillis aggregato-verticillati. 

 FoYmJloralia breviorafere palmato-dentato. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Morina* longifolia; foliis valde elongatis oblongis acutis 

 sinuatis bracteisque cordatis acuminatis spinoso-serra- 

 tis, spica interrupta, floribus verticillatis bracteisque 

 villosis, calycis lobis plerumque bifidis. 



Morina longifolia. Wall. Cat. n. 426. Be Cand. Prodr. 

 4. p. 644. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 36. 



Morina Wallichiana. Royle, Himal. Bot. p. 245. tab. 55 ? 



A very handsome and a hardy plant, which, few per- 

 haps, at the first aspect, would suppose to be a congener 



with 



So named by Tournefort, in honor of M. Morin, a Doctor of 

 Medicine of the Faculty of Paris, of the Royal Academy of Science, who 

 lv »s passionately devoted to Botany. 



