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* MORNA nlvea. 

 Snow-white Morna. 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA JEQUAL1S. 



Nat. ord. Asterace^e or Composite. 

 MORNA. Bot. Res. vol. 23. t. 1941. 



M. nivea ; caule patentim piloso corymboso basi sublanato, foliis linearibus ob- 

 tusis acutisque, Ibliolis involucri candidis integerrimis : lamina intermedio- 

 rum basi lanata stipite glanduloso. 



Herba annua erecta, bipedalis, caule corymboso sulcato pilis laxis 

 patentibus articulatis torulosis intricatis parce tecto, basi quasi lanato. 

 Folia linearia, apice obtusa, aut acuta, quasi arachnoidea, margin e pilis paten- 

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

 omnibus stipitatis, exterioribus scariosis subdiaphanis, interioribus opacis 

 albis ; stipite glanduloso apice sub lamina ovatd lanato. Setce pappi cequi- 

 longce, scabrte, versus apicem pilosce. Ovarium longe rostratum. 



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 in the scales of the 

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

 being quite entire. It approaches near to Leptorhynchus 

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

 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 th^ir shape and colour for years if carefully 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. Recr fol. 1941. 



