^ Mr. Edgeworth on some unpublished Species of 



Ord. DiPSACEiE. 



90. MoRiNA BREViFLORA ; foliis lincaribus sinuato-lobatis spinosis : floralibiis 

 ovatis acuminatis spinosissimis, involiicro truncato spinoso, calycis lobis 

 bifidis ; segmentis acutis spinosis, corollae tubo calyce plus dupl6 lon- 

 giore, filamentis breviter liberis apice pllosiusculis. 



Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 10,000-11,000. Pharkia, prope portum Niti. 



Folia radicalia linearia, sinuato-lobata, glabra (6-9 uncialia), lobis l-S-dentatis, dentibus 

 longe spinosis, sinubus serrulatis spinulosis. Scapus erectus (1-2 pedalis), sub-4-an- 

 gularis, infra glaber, supra pubescens, purpurascens, verticillis (circum 5) superioribus 

 floriferis subapproximatis. Folia caulina verticillata, sessilia, amplexicaulia, inter se 

 connexa, radicalibus similia sed gradatim minora; floralia ovata, acuminata, spino- 

 sissima, basi moUiter villosiuscula, apice glabra, viridia nee (ut in M. longifolid) rubra. 

 Flores numerosi, axillares. Involucrum 1-florum, tubulosum, molliter tomentosum, 6-8- 

 nerve, 6-16-denticulatum, dentibus spinosis; spinis 2 multo longioribus, calycis laci- 

 niis oppositis easque superantibus. Calyx ad apicem ovarii constrictus, villosus, cete- 

 runi subglaber ; limbus tubuloso-campanulatus, bipartitus, lobis bifidis, segmentis acutis 

 spinosis. CoroUae tubus gracilis, calycis limbo plus duplo nee triplo longior, puberulus ; 

 limbus bilabiatus |, lobis obtusis. Staminum filamenta 2, dianthera, antheris obliquis, 

 corollae adnata, brevissime libera vix exserta, apice minute pilosa nee barbata, 2 sterilia 

 in labio inferiore subsessilia. Semen solitarium rugosum. Flores odorati, odore Loni- 

 cera. 



Differt a M. polyphylld verticillis distantioribus, involucro truncato nee dentato ; a M. longi- 

 folid foliis floralibus spinosis ; a M. Wallichiand et M. Persicd staminibus vix nee longe 

 exsertis, pilosis nee barbatis, et corolla multo breviore ; a M. Coulleriand lobis calycinis 

 spinosis. 



Ord. Composite. Trib. Vernoniace^. 



91. Vernonia [Tephrodes) rhomboidea; hirsuta, caulibus erectis ramosis, fo- 



liis petiolatis rhomboideis gross^ mucronato-dentatis, involucri squamis 

 acuminatis mucronatis, receptaculo fimbrillato. 

 Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 5000-6000, in graminosis. In valle fl. Mandagni, Garhwal Ori- 

 entalis. Octobri. 



Herbacea, erecta ; caulis ramosus, ramis teretibus villoso-birsutis. Folia petiolata, alterna 

 vel subopposita, late rhomboidea, grosse dentata, dentibus acutis mucronulatis, subtus 

 lanata, supra hirsuta ; basi longe in petiolum attenuata, petiolo non decurrente ; floralia 



