216 LXXVII. DIPSACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) \_Morina. 



the involucel. The achene may be recognised by its short beak crowned by the 

 much wider calyx-limb. 



2. IKORXNA, Linn. 



Perennial herbs, resembling spiny Labiates. Leaves opposite or whorled, 

 narrowly oblong or linear, apinous- toothed, or in M. nepalensis unarmed. 

 Flowers whorled ; whorls in spikes/ surrounded by wide-based floral leaves ; 

 bracteoles among the flowers few, spinous ; involucel long funnel-shaped, 

 mouth truncate, aristate or spinous. Calyx-limb herbaceous, 2-lipped ; lips 

 entire or 2-tid. Corolla-tube elongate funnel-shaped, curved ; mouth oblique, 2- 

 labiately 5-lobed. Stamens inserted at the mouth of the corolla-tube, 2 fertile 

 (with or without 2 rudimentary) or 4 fertile. Style subexsert, stigma entire. 

 Achene free in the base of the involueel ; pericarp usually thickened, wrinkled ; 

 apex oblique. DISTRIB. Species 7 or 8, in West and Central Asia. 



1. BX. persica, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 644 ; tall, calyx-lobes subequal obo- 

 vate-oblong entire or emarginate, corolla pink, fertile stamens 2, filaments usually 

 as long as the corolla-lobes. Sibth. Fl. Gfresc. t. 28; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iii. 114. 

 M. Wallichiana, Royle III. 245, t. 55,^. 1. M. Tournefortii, Jaub. $ Spach. v. 

 Ic. PI. Or. 32, t. 429. M. graeca and Aucheri, Jaub. $ Spach. I. c. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, alt. 7-9000 ft. from Kashmir to Kumaon, frequent. DISTRIB. 

 From Persia to Greece. 



Stem 3-4 ft., pubescent or villous upwards. Leaves 6 by 1 in., sessile, doubly 

 spinous-toothed, pubescent or glabrous. Spikes elongate. Bracts free or nearly so, 

 and involucels hairy or villous. Calyx-lips % by - in. Corolla-tube I-l in. 



2. Itt. lon^ifolia, Wall. Cat. 426 ; tall, calyx-lobes unequal 2-fid with 

 rounded not spinous lobes, corolla pink, fertile stamens 2, filaments much shorter 

 than the corolla-lobes. DC. Prodr. iv. 644; Wall. PL As. Rar. iii. 1, t. 202; 

 Hot. Reg. 1840, t. 36 ; ? Bot. Mag. t. 4092. M. elegans, Fisch. et Lallem. Ind. 

 Sem. Petrop. viii. 67. 



TEMPERATE and ALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. 



Stem 34 ft., pubescent or villous upwards. Leaves 6 by 1 in., sessile, doubly 

 spinous-toothed, pubescent or glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and involucels 

 hairy or villous. Calyx-lips, one by | in., the other usually much smaller. Corolla- 

 tube 1 in. Closely allied to the preceding species. 



3. IK. Coulteriana, Royle IU. 245 ; tall, calyx-lobes subequal bifid with 

 lobes acute mucronate or spinous, corolla yellow, fertile stamens 2, filaments 

 half as long as the corolla-lobes. M. breviflora, Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 

 62. 



SUBALPINE HIMALAYA, alt. 9-13,000 ft., from Kashmir to Grurwhal. DISTRIB. 

 Kashgar. 



Stem 2-3 ft., more or less hairy upwards. Leaves 6 by f in., sessile, spinous- 

 toothed, glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and iiivolucels hairy. Calyx-lips by 

 in. Corolla-tube ^-f in. Seeds \ by in., with a deep longitudinal furrow on one 

 side. Bunge Rel. Lehm. 321, places this plant in the sect. Acanthocalyx erroneously, 

 for the fertile stamens are 2 only. 



4. IKE. polyphylla, Wall. Cat. 425 ; tall, leaves many in a whorl, bracts 

 to each flower whorl numerous linear-lanceolate, calyx-lips subequal 2-lobed. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 644. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; Nipal. at Crossainthan, Wallich ; Grurwhal ? Falconer. 

 Stems 2 ft., pubescent upwards. Lower leaves 12 by 1 in., doubly spinous-toothed, 

 glabrous ; upper similar but much smaller, often 6 in a whorl. Flower-whorls very 



