216 Lxxvii. DiPSACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Morma. 



the inyplueel. The aehene may be xecognised by itB short beak crowned by the 

 much wider calyx-limb. 



2. laOXtXKA, JUnn. 



Perennial herbs, resembling spiny Labiatce. Leaver opposite or whorled, 

 narrowly oblong or linear, spinous-toothed, or in M. nepalensis nnarmed. 

 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. Cdlyx-Umb herbaceous, 2-lipped ; lips 

 entire or 2-fid. 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 fertUe. Htyle subexsert, stigma entire. 

 Aehene free in the base of the involucel ; pericarp usually thickened, wrinkled ; 

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



1. m. persica, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. it. 644 ; tall, calyx-lobes subequal obo- 

 vate-oblong entire or emarg^nate, corolla pink, fertile stamens 2, filaments usually 

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

 M. WaUichiana, Moyle III. 245, t. 5b, Jig. 1. M. Toumefortii, Jaub. Sf Spach. v. 

 Ic. PI. Or. 32, t. 429. M. graeca and Aucheri, Jaub. 8f iS^ach. I. v. 



Western Him^iaya, alt. 7-9000 ft. from Kashmir to Kumaon, frequent. — Distrib. 

 From Persia to Greece. 



Stem 3-4 ft., pubescent or villous upwards. I/eaves 6 hy 1 in., sessile, doubly 

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

 and involucels hairy or villous. Calyx-lips ^-^ by J-J in. Corolla-tube 1-1^ in. 



2. UK. long'ifolia, Wall. Cat. 426 ; tall, calyx-lobes unequal 2-fid with 

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

 than the corolla-lobes. DC. iVo*wv. 644; WaU. Fl. As. Far. iii. 1, t. 202; 

 Sot. Reg. 1840, t. 36; ? Bat. Mag. t. 4092. M. elegans, Fiseh. et Lallem. Ind. 

 Sem. Petrop. viii. 67. 



Tbmebbatb and Aj.pwb HrMAtiTA, alt. 9-14,000 ft., from Kashmir to Bhotan. 



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

 spinous-tootTi'ed, pubescent or glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and involucels 

 hairy or villous. Calyx-Ups, one J by i in., the other usually much smaller. C orolla - 

 iube 1 in. — Closely allied to the preceding species. 



3. DK. Coulteriana, Boyle IB. 246 ; tall, calyx-lohes subequal bifid with 

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

 half as long as the corolla-lobes. M. hreviflora, Fdgw. in Trans. Lmn. Soc. xx. 

 62. 



SuBALPiNE Himalaya, alt. 9-13,000 ft., from Kashmir to Gurwhal. Distbib. 



Kashgar. 



Stem 2^3 it ., more or less hairy upwards. Leaves 6 by | in., sessile, spinous- 

 toothed, glabrous. Bracts free or nearly so, and involucels hairy. Calyx-lips i by ^ 

 in. Coralla-t'i ^e \ri in. Seeds ^ by ^ in., with a deep longitudinal furrow on one 

 side. — Brnige itel. ikltmTZ'lX, places this plant in the sect. Acanthocalyx erroneously, 

 for the fertile stamens are 2 only. 



4. UK. polypll^lla. Wall. Cat. 425 ; tall, leaves many in a whorl, bracts 

 to each flower whorl numerous linear-lanceolate, calyx-lips subequal 2-lol>ed. 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 644. 



Tempeeate Himalaya ; Nipal, at Goasainthan, Wallich ; Gurwhal ? Falconer. 

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

 glabrous ; upper similar but much smaller, often 6 in a whorl, Flamer-wharla yery 



