The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Morina (To the species described on p)

To the species described on p. 383, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

M. betonicoides (Betony-like). fl. sessile; involucre bristly; corolla bright rose-red, crimson at the bases of three or four of the lobes, the limb 1/2in. in diameter; spikes sub-capitate, subtended by opposite bract-leaves tinged with red. June. l. 4in. to 8in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, with very long prickles on the margins. Stem erect or sub-erect, or sub-erect, 10in. to 18in. high. Sikkim-Himalaya, 1883. Hardy rock plant. (B. M. 6966.)

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