430 LV. MORINGEJK. 
Species 3, Africz borealis, Asiz ealidee oocidentalis et Indie orientalis incole, unica late per re- . 
giones calidas orbis totius eulta. 
Moringa genus efformat omnino anomalum, et plane nulli Ordini arcte affine. Aspectus totus 
est Leguminosearum, quibus congruit forma floris, staminibus perigynis, sepalis petalisque imbricatis, 
et (primo intuitu) forma ovarii; sed longissime recedit petalo quinto antieo, antheris 1-locularibus, 
ovario 3-earpellari, ovulisque anatropis. Me/iantho multis notis accedit, sed ab omnibus Sapinda- 
ceis differt staminibus et ovario. Griffithius Moringam comparat cum Xanthophyllo inter Polyga- 
leas, in quo stamina et petala libera, ovula parietalia et semina exalbuminosa, et antherz etsi 2-locu- 
lares in Xanthophyllo, 1-loculares in Salomonia evadunt. 
Cum Violarieis multis notis Moringa congruit, videlicet floribus irregularibus, petalo quinto antico, 
stylo tubuloso apice cavo pervio, ovario 3-earpellari, ovulis plurimis placentis parietalibus 2-seriatim 
affixis * sedtiopie ; sed longe distat habitu, foliis compositis, antheris 1-locularibus cum conneetivo 
non p il exalbuminosis, Grisebachius enumerat Moringa;. inter Capparideas 
(Fl. Brit. 'W. Ind. 16) quibus certe (e& Zesedaceis) characteribus nonnullis accedit etsi habitu diversis- 
sima est. 
l. Mtoringa, Juss. Gen. 348. (Hyperanthera, Forsk. Fl. ZEg. Arab. 607. noma, Lour. 
Fl. Coch. 278.)—Genus unicum, Character Ordinis. 
Species uti supra 3. DC. Mem. Leg. t. 21; Prod.ii. A78. — Decaisne, in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. iv. 
203. 7.4. Wight, Ill. t. 17. Griff. Not. iv. 572. t. 609 (Hyperanthera). 
On» LVI. CONNARACEZ. 
Endl. Gen. 1139; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 468 ; Planch. in Linnza, xxiii. 411. 
Flores scepissime hermaphroditi, regulares v. subirregulares. Calyz 5-fidus v. 4—5-par- 
titus, ssepe persistens et fructus basin amplectens, imbricatus v. valvatus. Petala b, lineari- 
oblonga, libera, v. interdum medio leviter connata, imbricata, rarissime valvata. Stamina 
perigyna v. hypogyna, interdum manifeste declinata, 5 v. 10, alterna (petalis opposita) stepis- 
sime breviora non raro imperfecta; filamenta filiformia, basi sepius monadelpha.  4nthere 
breves, didymse, introrsum dehiscentes v. rarius post anthesin extrorsum verse. Discus O. v. 
tenuis, basin staminum extus cingens, annularis v. incompletus. Gynccii carpella 5, rarius 
1-3, globosa, libera, hirsuta, l-locularia. Styli subulati v. filiformes; stigmata capitellata, 
simplicia v. 2-loba. —Ovula 2, collateralia, e basi anguli interioris loculi adscendentia, ortho- 
tropa. Capsula swpissime solitaria, sessilis v. stipitata, follicularis, ventre rarius a dorso 
dehiscens, l- rarissime 2-sperma. Semen erectum, arillatum v. exarillatum ; testa crassa, 
interdum infra medium carnosa arilliformis; arillus carnosus, coloratus, integer dimidiatus 
v. eupularis. Embryo v. exalbuminosus eotyledonibue amygdalinis, v. albuminosus Mibe- 
mine carnoso cotyledonibus foliaceis; radicula supera, rarissime ventralis. 
Arbores v. frutices, erecti v. scandentes. Folia persistentia v. decidua, alterna, exstipu- 
lata, 1—3-foliolata v. imparipinnata; foliola coriacea, integerrima. Flores racemosi v. pa- 
niceulati, inter minores, nune punetati, Capsula intus glabra v. pilosa. 
Connaraces, quarum vix 140 adnumeravimus, omnes tropieze, Americam meridionalem Asiamque 
austro-oceidentalem maxima copia incolunt, in Africa tropica non rarc, ab Australia et America bo- 
reali excepto Mexico omnino exsules; species unica insulas Pacificas habitat. 
Ordo affinitatis valde complex:e, et hine in serie directa Ordinum ségre disponendus ; 4nacardiaceis 
certe affinis est, sed differt floribus hermaphroditis ovulis geminis orthotropis et radieula semper su- 
pera; Leguminosis characteribus fere omnibus quadrat, sed diserepat ecarpellis 2 v. pluribus, ovulis 
eollateralibus orthotropis, seminibus sepe albuminosis, foliisque exstipulatis; Ozalideis multis 
rotis aeeedit, sed sestivatio non est contorta, earpella omnino disereta sunt, ovulorum situs numerus 
et forma differunt, cotyledonesque semper maghze, 
FORMJE ABNORMES, 
Petala in Connaro et Agelza interdum cohzrent; in Tricholobo valvata, 
Carpella 5-7 in Cnestide platantha, Griff. 
Ovula anatropa in Tricholobo (fide Blumei). 
Cotyledones ereberrime laeunosz in Byrsocarpo, lacunis mucilagine repletis, 
