Moricandia—continued. 
arge, glaucous-green; lower ones largest 
4 J duall l 
sessile, Stem oe to 2ft. high, suffruticose below. — 
Fic, 691, UPPER PORTION OF PLANT, RADICAL LEAF, AND FLOWER 
OF MORICANDIA SONCHIFOLIA. 
M. sonchifolia (Sonchus. leaved).“ fl. pale violet-blue, very 
: s in terminal racemes, lin. in diameter. March. 1. sessile, 
acutely auricled at base ; radical ones soon withering, lyrate- 
Pinnatisect, sinuate-serrate ; cauline ones obovate-oblong. sub- 
acute, sinuate-serrate. F. lft. to 2ft. China, 1876. Annual. See 
591. (B. M. 6243.) 
MORINA (named after Louis Morin, 1636-1715, a 
French botanist). Syn. Asaphes. ORD. Dipsacee. A 
genus comprising about eight species of glabrous or 
tuy pubescent, hardy or half-hardy, perennial herbs, 
with the habit of Carduus. They are natives of Central 
and Western Asia. Flowers crowded in whorls in the 
axils of the floral leaves; corolla pink, long, tubular, 
ringent. Leaves oblong, sinuated, dentately spinose, 
rarely quite entire. The species thrive best in a little 
de, and when sheltered from high winds. A sandy 
is most suitable. Propagated by dividing the roots, 
as soon as the plants have done flowering; the divisions 
en become established before winter sets in. The 
young plants should be placed in permanent quarters, 
and shaded, with leafy branches, for a fortnight. The 
two species described below are probably the only ones 
uced. 
riana (Coulter’s).* .- heads pale yellow, in terminal 
Spikes; bracts into a broad cup, rigidly spinous. . 
ge spine-margined, . ein. to 18in. Western Himalaya, 
y. (B. M. 6784.) 
AN ENCYCLOPADIA 
— 
; racemes terminal, 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
| Morina continued. 
margins, somewhat spiny- 
h. ft. Nepaul, 1839, 
R. xxvi. 36.) 3 
MORINDA (from Morus, a Mulberry, and Indica, 
Indian). Indian Mulberry.. Syn. Spherophora. ‘ORD. 
Rubiacee. This genus comprises about forty species of 
stove, erect or scandent, glabrous or rarely pubescent 
shrubs or trees, all natives of the tropics. Flower-heads 
usually white, long or shortly pedunculate; calyx tube 
urceolate, or hemispherical; limb short, truncate or ob- 
securely dentate, persistent ; corolla fannel-shaped or 
salver-shaped ; tube short; throat glabrous or pilose; 
limb usually five-lobed, coriaceous, valvate. Fruit fleshy, 
consisting of the berries of the several flowers in a head, 
united into one compound berry. Leaves opposite, rarely 
three or four in a whorl. The species best known to 
cultivation are those here described. For culture, see 
Hamelia. 
racteata (bractea a white, disposed in small 
ag iei corolla Cih a E ia. throat ; peduncles solitary. 
May. L oblong, shining, on short petioles. India, 1816, ‘A 
small tree. 
citrifolia (Citron- . white, dis d in small heads; 
uncles ton — — 1 leaves, —— fr. combined 
into an ovate mass, creamy-white. l. oblong, attenuated at 
both ends, shining. Branches tetragonal. Tropical Asia, Aus- 
tralia, 1793. A small tree. 
(Jasmine-like).* fl. pale buff; peduncles axil- 
9 bearing two leaves and two capitula, each of from 
