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M or ic andia con tinned. 



M. Ramburii (Rambnr's). fl. purple ; calyx with the sepals 

 erect, two opposite ones deeply bisaccate, two other opposite ones 

 longer, and tapering to a mucronate point ; racemes terminal, 

 many -flowered. 1. large, glaucous-green ; lower ones largest, 

 broadly obovate, petiolate ; cauline ones gradually smaller and 

 sessile. Stem 1ft. to 2ft. high, suffruticose below. Spain. Bien- 

 nial. (B. M. 4947.) 



Morina continued. 



FIG. 591. UPPER PORTION OF PLANT, RADICAL LEAP, AND FLOWER 

 OF MORICAXDIA SO.NCHIFOLIA. 



M. sonchifolia (Sonchus-leaved).* fl. pale violet-blue, very 

 showy, in terminal racemes, lin. in diameter. March. I. sessile, 

 acutely auricled at base ; radical ones soon withering, lyrate- 

 pinnatisect, sinuate-serrate ; cauline ones obovate-oblong, sub- 

 acute, sinuate-serrate, h. 1ft. to 2ft. China, 1876. Annual. See 

 Fig. 591. (B. M. 6243.) 



MORINA (named after Louis Morin, 1636-1715, a 

 French botanist). STN. Asapnes. OBD. Dipsaceae. A 

 genus comprising about eight species of glabrous or 

 softly 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 

 shade, and when sheltered from high winds. A sandy 

 loam is most suitable. Propagated by dividing the roots, 

 as soon as the plants have done flowering ; the divisions 

 then 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 

 introduced. 

 M. Coulteriana (Coulter's).* fl.-heads pale yeljow, in terminal 



spikes ; bracts connate into a broad cup, rigidly spinous. I. 



narrow, spine-margined, h, 6in. to 18in. Western Himalaya, 



1884. Hardy. (B. M. 6734.) 



FIG. 592. FLOWERING STEM OF MORINA LOXGIFOLIA. 



M. longifolia (long-leaved).* fl.-heads white whilst in bud, 

 changing to a delicate pink, and ultimately becoming a lovely 

 crimson, lin. long, and tin. across, disposed in crowded whorls 

 in the axils of the upper leaves. June and July. 1. about 1ft. 

 long, liin. wide, pinnatifid, with wavy margins, somewhat spiny- 

 ciliated. Stem terete, not furrowed, h. 2ft. Nepaul, 1839. 

 Hardy. See Fig. 592. (B. M. 4092; B. B. xxvi. 36.) 

 MORINDA (from Morus, a Mulberry, and Indica, 

 Indian). Indian Mulberry. STN. Sphceroplwra (of Blume). 

 OBD. Rubiacecc. A genus comprising 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 

 nrceolate, or hemispherical ; limb short, truncate or ob- 

 scurely dentate, persistent; corolla funnel-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. 



M. bracteata (bracteate). fl. pure white, disposed in small 

 heads ; corolla with a very villous throat ; peduncles solitary. 

 May. I. oblong, shining, on short petioles. India, 1816. A 

 small tree. 



M. citrifolia (Citron-leaved). /. white, disposed in small heads ; 

 peduncles short, opposite the leaves, bractless. fr. combined 

 into an ovate mass, creamy-white. I. oblong, attenuated at 

 both ends, shining. Branches tetragonal. Tropical Asia, Aus- 

 tralia, 1793. A small tree. 



M. jasminoides (Jasmine-like).* fl. pale buff ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, forked, bearing two leaves and two capitula, each of from 



