216 LXXVI. DIPSACEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Morina. 
the involucel. The achene may be recognised by its short beak crowned by the 
much wider calyx-limb. 
2. MORINA, Linn. 
Perennial herbs, resembling spiny Labiate. Leaves opposite or whorled, 
narrowly oblong or linear, spinous-toothed, or in M. nepalensis unarmed, 
Flowers whorled ; whorls in spikes, surrounded by wide-based floral leaves ; 
bracteoles among the flowers few, spinous; involucel long funnel-shaped, 
mouth truncate, aristate or spinous. Calyx-limb herbaceous, 2-lipped ; lips 
entire or 2-fid. — Corolla-tube elongate funnel-shaped, curved; mouth o lique, 2- 
labiately 5-lobed. Stamens inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 2 fertile 
(with or without 2 rudimentary) or 4 fertile. Style subexsert, stigma entire, 
Achene free in the base of the involucel ; pericarp usually thickened, wrinkled ; 
apex oblique.—Disrrrp, Species 7 or 8, in West and Central Asia. 
1. M. persica, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iy. 644; tall, calyx-lobes subequal obo- 
vate-oblong entire or emarginate, corolla pink, fertile stamens 2, filaments usually 
as long as the corolla-lobes. Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 28; Bois. Fl. Orient. iii. 114. 
M. Wallichiana, Royle IU. 245, t. 55, Jig. l. M. Tournefortii, Jaub. § Spach. v. 
Jc. Pl, Or. 32, t, 429. M. græca and Aucheri, Jaub. & Spach. l. c. 
Western HiwarAYA, alt. 7-9000 ft. from Kashmir to Kumaon, frequent. —Disrni5. 
From Persia to Greece. 
Stem 3-4 ft., pubescent or villous upwards. Leaves 6 by 1 in., sessile, doubly 
spinous-toothed, pubescent or glabrous. Spikes elongate. Bracts free or nearly so, 
and involucels hairy or villous. Calyz-lips è-4 by 4-4 in. Corolla-tube 1-1} in. 
2. M. longifolia, Wall. Cat. 426; tall, calyx-lobes unequal 2-fid with 
rounded not spinous lobes, corolla pink, fertile stamens 2, filaments much shorter 
than the corolla-lobes, DC. Prodr. iv. 644; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. iii. 1, t. 202; 
Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 36; ? Bot. Mag. t. 4092. M. elegans, Fisch. et Lallem. Ind. 
Sem. Petrop. viii. 67. 
TEMPERATE and ALPINE Hrmaraya, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. 
Stem 3-4 ft., pubescent or villous upwards. Leaves 6 by 1 in., sessile, doubly 
spinous-toothed, pubescent or glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and involucels 
hairy or villous.  Calya-lips, one } by 1 in., the other usually much smaller. Corolla- 
tube 1 in.—Closely allied to the preceding species. 
3. M. Coulteriana, Royle Ill. 245; tall, calyx-lobes subequal bifid with 
lobes acute mucronate or s inous, corolla yellow, fertile stamens 2, filaments 
half as long as the corolla-lobes. M. breviflora, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 
62. 
SUBALPINE HrMALAYA, alt, 9-13,000 ft, from Kashmir to Gurwhal.—Disrrip, 
Kashgar. 
Stem 2-3 ft., more or less hairy upwards. Leaves 6 by 3 in., sessile, spinous- 
toothed, glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and involucels hairy, Calya-lips 1 by à 
in. Corolla-tube 3-3 in. Seeds } by # in, with a deep longitudinal furrow on one 
side.— Bunge Rel. Lehm. 321, places this plant in the sect. Acanthocalyx erroneously, 
for the fertile stamens are 2 only. 
4. IK. polyphylla, Wall. Cat. 425; tall, leaves many in a whorl, bracts 
to each flower whorl numerous linear-lanceolate, calyx-lips subequal 2-lobed. 
DC. Prodr. iv. 644. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nipal, at Gossainthan, Wallich; Gurwhal? Falconer. 
Stems 2 ft., pubescent upwards. Lower leaves 12 by 1 in., doubly spinous-toothed, 
glabrous; upper similar but much smaller, often 6 in a whorl. Flower-whorls very 
