TAB. 429'
MORINA TO U RNEFORTII, Nobv
M O R IN A , To urn-. — D. C., P ro d r ., vol. 4 , p- 644* (Charactëribus emendandrs.)— Spach, Hist,
d es P h a n ., vol. 10, p. 3 14 -
MORINA TOURNEFORTH, Nob.
Morina armeniaca, Carlin.® folio, Herb. Tourn. !.
Mobina orientalis, Carlinæ folio, Touru.r Cor.,, p, 4&;,Poyv . vol. : 3„ j>. i3'2.(descrj|Hio cum icone Fedu.Gta),<,AV<
Mobina persica, Linn., Spec., p.-3g. (Pro parte.) — Poir.,,iu,L;im., Eric., vol. 4,.p* 313. -— D. C .,Prodr., vol. 4, p- 644-
(Non Moriua persica, Sibth. et Sm.)
Morina persica, Lam., Til., p. 3 4 4 , tab. 21.
Morina orientalis, Mill., Diet. ?
Morina verticillata, Moench, Meth. ?
Planta herbacea, perennis, habitu Acanthi. Radix descendens, crassa, cylindrica, subpedalis, ramosa. Caulis i i/2-3-pe-
dalis', simplex, erectus, firm us, strictus, medulla farctus, angulosus, stria tus, infiorescentia indefinite progrediente interrupte
verticillata terminatus, foliosus, ad partem fibrigenam molliter subincano-villosulus (pilis patentibus v. retrorsis, inæqualibus,
simplicibus, plerisque glanduliferis), inferne (saltern planta adultiori) glaber. Folia coriacea, rigida, lucida, læte viridia,
spinoso-cuspidata, sinuato-pinnatilobata ; lobi varie dentati v. inciso-dentati, dentibus longe spiuoso-aristatis. Folia radicalia
1/2-1-pedalia, i 1/2-3 pollices lata, conferta, glabra, lanceolata, in petiolum alatum v. marginatum setoso-ciliatum angustata,
unicostata, obsolete pennivenia; lobi rotundati, palmatim 3-5-fidi. Folia caulina terna v. quaterna, sessilia, gradatim minora
; inferiora radicalibus conformia, basibus angustatis libera ; floralia plus minusve pubescentia, ovata v. ovato-lanceolata,
sinuato-dentata (dentibus spinoso-aristatis), in spiuam sæpe 5-7 lineas longam desinentia, 3-5-nervia, reticulata, basibus
dilatatis plus minusve concreta. Flores axillares, glomerato-fasciculati , ebracteolati, inæqualiter pedicellati. Verticilli plus
minusve remoti (præsertim inferiores), multiflori. Involucellum persistens, accrescens (sub anthesi 3-4 lineas longum, fructi-
ferum dimidio auctum), calyce brevius, subcoriaceum, striatum, efoveolatum, reticulatum, dense v. Iaxius villosulum, obco-
nico-tubulosum, subcompressum, ore inæqualiter i2-i5-dentatum : dentibus omnibus spinuloso-v. spinoso-aristatis ; aristæ
rectæ : duæ (suboppositæ) multo longiores et validiores, plus minusve divergentes, involucello æquilongæ v. longiores, caly-
cis limbum æquantes v. paulo superantes; cæteræ tenues. Calvcis limbus 5-6 lineas longus , superus, foliaceus, marcescens,
reticulatus, campanulatus, profunde bilabiatus, basi barbatus et articülatus, demum deciduus. Labia oblonga v. obovato-
oblonga,rotnndato-v. truncato-obtusa, mutica,subæqualia, erecta, nunc integerrinia, nuncretusav. leviterbilobulata; raro
labium superius profundius bilobum. Corolla purpurea v. alba, tubulosa, bilabiata, ringens, sesquipollicaris, extus glandu-
loso-puberula et villosa, intus glabra. Tubus longissimus, gracilis, fauce ampliatus et decurvus. Labia inæqualia, dissimilia,
tubo multo breviora. Labium superius 4-5 lineas longum, arrectum, profunde obeordatum (Iobis obtusissimis), basi conca-
vum. Labium inferius superiori subdimidio majus, deflexum, replicatum, profunde trilobum, circumscriptione subrotundum ;
lobi rotundato-obovati, subæquales. Stamina 2 (nec quatuor connata), libera, corollæ fauci inserta, labiis interposita, decli-
nata, labio superiore paulo longiora. Filamenta plus minusve villosa, filiformia , arcuata, decurrentia. Anthebæ parvulæ,
glabræ, obliquæ, cordato-subrotnndæ, retusæ, basi affixæ, introrsæ, dithecæ; thecis subinæqualibus. Stamina abortiv a 2,
minima, inclusa, secus tubi mediam partem inserta. Ovarium ordinis more inferum, uniloculare, uniovulatum. Stylus fili-
formis, glaberrimus, elongatus, stamina paululo superans, extra corollæ faucem declinatus. Stigma terminale, peltatum, disci-
forme, crassiusculum. Nucula calycis limbo (facile soluto) coronata, 2 1/2 lineas longa, sesquilineam lata, crassa, subturbi-
nata, obtuse trigona, umbonata, cartilaginea, brunnea, opaca, transverse rugosissima, latere convexiori obsolete tricostata,
trisulca, latere opposito esulca et sub apice bifoveolata, basi umbilicata. Semen exalbuminosuml adhærens. (Exam. s. sp.\
Crescit Armenia (circa urbemErzeroum : Tourneforl!) et Asia Minore (Jucher-Éluy! — Jaubert! —
Pinard!).