MORUS 433 



Morass weed (W.I.), Ceratophyllwn. 



Morelia A. Rich. Rubiaceae (1.8). i trop. Afr. 



Morella Lour. (Myrica p.p.). Myricaceae. 4 U.S. 



Morenia Ruiz et Pav. (Chamaedorea p.p. BH.). Palm. (iv. r). 5 Andes. 



Moreton Bay chestnut, Castanospermum australe A. Cunn. 



Morettia DC. Cruciferae (4) 4 Arabia to Morocco. 



Morgania R. Br. Scrophulariaceae (H. 6), 4 Austr. 



Moricandia DC. Cruciferae (4). 10 Meclit. 



Moriche, Mauritia. 



Moriera Boiss. (Aethiontma p.p. EP.). Cruciferae (2). 7 VV. As. 



Morierina Vieill. Rubiaceae (i. i). 2 New Caled. 



Morina Tourn. ex L. Dipsacaceae. 10 E. Eur. , As. Inrl. like 

 Labiatae. 



Morinda L. Rubiaceae (n. 9). 45 sp. trop. Fls. in heads; the 

 ovaries united. Several yield dye-stuffs. 



Morindopsis Hook. f. Rubiaceae (i. 8). i Burma. 



Moringa Burm. The only genus of Moringaceae. 3 Medit., India. 

 Trees with deciduous 1.; fls. in racemes, ), 5-merous. P and A on 

 cupule-like disc; G on gynophore, i-loc. with 3 parietal plac. Cap- 

 sule pod-like. Seeds winged, exalbum. M. oleifera Lam. cult, for 

 the oil (ben-oil) obtained from the seeds. 



Moringaceae (EP., BH.). Dicotyledons (Archichl. Rhoeadales). 

 Only genus Moringa (q.v.). It forms a connecting link to the 

 Resales (Leguminosae). BH. place it as an anomalous order at the 

 end of Disciflorae. 



Moringeae (BH.) - Moringaceae. 



Morisia J. Gay. Cruciferae (2). i Sardinia, Corsica. 



Morisonia L. Capparidaceae (n). 4 W.I., S. Am. 



Moritzia DC. ex Meissn. Boraginaceae (iv. 4). 4 trop. S. Am. 



Morkillia Rose et Painter (Chitonia p.p.). Zygophyllaceae. 2 Mex. 



Mormodes Lindl. Orchidaceae (n. n). 20 trop. Am. Fl. complex; 

 the column is bent to one side, the labellum to the other. The 

 pollinia, with their viscid disc, are violently shot out if an insect 

 touches the articulation of anther to column. See Darwin's Orchids 

 p. 208. Cf. Calasetum and Cycnoches, allied genera. Cult. orn. fl. 



Mormolyce Fenzl. Orchidaceae (n. 18). i Mexico. Cult. orn. fl. 



Morning glory, Iponioea purpurea Roth. 



Morocarpus Sieb. et Zucc. = Debregeasia Gaudich. (Urtic.). 



Morongia Britton (Schrankia p.p-). Leguminosae (i. 3). 6 Am. 



Moronobea Aubl. Guttiferae (v). 4 Guiana, N. Brazil. 



Morphaea Nor. Inc. sed. Nomen. 



Morphin, an alkaloid from opium. 



Morphixia Ker-Gawl. = Ixia L. p.p. (Irid.). 



Morphology, the comparative study of form and structure ; cf. Cactaccae, 

 Euphorbia. 



-morphous (suff.), -shaped. 



Morrenia Lindl. Asclepiadaceae (11. i). 2 Argentina. 



Mortonia A. Gray. Celastraceae. 4 N. Am. 



Morus (Tourn.) L. Moraceae (i). 12 N. temp. Fls. monoec. or 

 dioec., the <? in catkins, the ? in pseudo-spikes, wind-pollinated. Each 

 ovary gives an achene enclosed in the P whose 1. become completely 



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