228 Dipsacee—Scabrosa. 
Purple or Sweet Scabious.—A very pretty plant formerly very 
common in gardens. An annual species, 3 or 4 feet high, with 
Fig. 121. Scabiosa atropurpurea, (4 nat. size.) 
very dark purple, rose, flesh, or white flowers according to the 
varieties. There is a ‘double’ variety in which all the florets 
are larger, and nearly regular, and also a dwarf race. East 
Indies. 
Some of the perennial species are worth a place in large 
collections, as S. alpima with yellewish flowers, and S. Cawed- 
sica with bright blue or lilac. 
2. MORINA. 
A small genus of Asiatic herbs resembling the Thistles in 
their foliage. Flowers in dense clusters in the axils of the 
upper smaller leaves. Corolla-tube long, slender, curved ; 
limb irregular. Stamens 4, didynamous, or united in pairs. 
Named in honour of a French botanist. 
