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 Herbs, erect, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leaf Margins Toothed. 



Petals United. 



Morina longifolia, very like the last species, but with larger leaves, 



DiPSACEiE. flowers more pink, calyx lobes not spinous, and 



F. B. I. iii. 216. stamens shorter. 



Himalaya, 9-14,000 ft. 

 Mahasu Theog, Hattu 

 (Oollett). 



Morina coulteriana, 



Dipsace^;. 

 F. B. I. iii. 216. 

 Himalaya, 9-13,000 ft. 

 Patarnala (Clarke). 



Scabiosa olivieri, 



Scabiosa Candoliiana, 

 Scabious. 



Dipsace^e, 



F. B. I. iii. 219. 



Himalaya, 3-5,000 ft. 



Scabiosa speciosa, 



very like the last species, but smaller, flowers 

 yellow, leaves singly, not doubly spinous, toothed, 

 calyx lobes spinous. 



Flowers, Minute, in Heads. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



medium size, rootstock perennial, stems tufted, 

 little branched ; leaves If by £ in., linear, slightly 

 toothed, flowers J-| in. long, purple in terminal 

 half round small heads, f in. diam. surrounded by- 

 short overlapping ovate bracts, ^-g- in,, calyx 

 mouth with 5 short teeth, barbed, bristles f in. 

 long, corolla tubular, 5-toothed or in some expand- 

 ed into long rays, stamens 4, styles threadlike, 

 stigma round ; achenes crowned with the involucel 

 and the persistent calyx bristles. 



see Herbs, Erect, Opposite, Exstipulate, Lobed. 



Ageratum conyzoides. medium size, annual, softly hairy ; leaves 3 by 



Composite. If in., lanceolate or ovate, stalked, minutely round- 



F. B. I. iii. 243. toothed ; flower heads many, all the flowers alike, 



The Plains to 5,000 ft. \ in. diam., in dense rounded clusters, bracts round , 

 Sutlej Valley (Collett). the flowers narrow, nearly equal, ribbed, short- 

 pointed in 2 series, flowers tubular, pale blue, calyx 

 (pappus) of 3-5 linear, short pointed, minutely barb- 

 ed scales, united in a toothed cup-like ring, corolla 

 tube dilated upwards, lobes 5, short, style arms 

 short ; achenes ^ in., angled black, sticky. 



