62 Mr. EpcEwonrH on some unpublished Species of 
Ord. DIPSACEÆ. 
90. Morna BREVIFLORA ; foliis linearibus sinuato-lobatis spinosis: floralibus 
ovatis acuminatis spinosissimis, involucro truncato spinoso, calycis lobis 
bifidis; segmentis acutis spinosis, corollæ tubo calyce plus dupld lon- 
giore, filamentis breviter liberis apice pilosiusculis. 
Hab. Himala, ad alt, ped. 10,000-11,000. Pharkia, prope portum Niti. | 
Folia radicalia linearia, sinuato-lobata, glabra (6-9 uncialia), lobis 1-3-dentatis, dentibus 
longè spinosis, sinubus serrulatis spinulosis. Scapus erectus (1-2 pedalis), sub-4-an- 
gularis, infrà glaber, suprà 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 molliter villosiuscula, apice glabra, viridia nec (ut in M. longifolia) 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- 
rùm subglaber; limbus tubuloso-campanulatus, bipartitus, lobis bifidis, segmentis acutis 
spinosis. Corolle tubus gracilis, calycis limbo plus duplo nec triplo longior, puberulus ; 
limbus bilabiatus $» lobis obtusis. Staminum filamenta 2, dianthera, antheris obliquis, 
corollæ adnata, brevissimè libera vix exserta, apice minutè pilosa nec barbata, 2 sterilia 
in labio inferiore subsessilia, Semen solitarium rugosum. Flores odorati, odore Loni- 
cere. 
Differt a M. polyphyllá verticillis distantioribus, involucro truncato nec dentato; a M. longi- 
Solid foliis floralibus spinosis ; a M. Wallichiand et M. Persicá staminibus vix nec longè 
comers, pilosis nec barbatis, et corollà multo breviore; a M. Coulteriand lobis calycinis 
spinosis. 
Ord. Composirz. Trib. VERNONIACE E. 
91. i j 
VERNONIA ( Tephrodes) RHOMBOIDEA ; hirsuta, caulibus erectis ramosis, fo- 
liis petielatis rhomboideis grosse mucronato-dentatis, involucri squamis 
acuminatis mucronatis, receptaculo fimbrillato. 
Hab. Himala, ad alt. ped. 5000—6000, in i : : 
entalis. Octobri, REC. enu D NIE HR Garhwal Ori- 
H eee E 
Eee os Seve NM ramis teretibus villoso-hirsutis, Folia petiolata, alterna 
a. OK, grossé dentata, dentibus acutis mucronulatis, subtüs 
Pe suas basi longe in petiolum attenuata, petiolo non decurrente ; floralia 
