248 FLORA OF JAMAICA Moringa 



MORINGA Juss. 



M. oleifera Lam. Ennjc i. 398 (1783) Sz III t. 337; Urh. in 

 Fl. Bras. xii. pt. 1, 490, t. Ill ct Sijrnh. Ant. iv. 257; Pax in 

 Engl.-Prantl Pflzfam. Hi. i)t. 2, 243, jig. 146. M. ptervgosperma 

 Gaertn. Friict. ii'. 314, /. 147, /. 2'(]7d\); Marf. Jam. i. 324; 

 Griseh. FL Br. W. Ind. 16. M. ben oleifera Tuasnc FL Ant. iv. 

 46, /. 16. Giiilandiiia Moringa L. >^j>. PL 381 (1753); Descourt. 

 Fl. Ant. i. 131, t 27. 



Horse-radish Tree. 



Introduced by Hinton East in 17S4 ; Lindsay ! common in sea-side 

 country near Kingston, and eastwards, Campbell ! Macfadyen ! Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. G45i, 7716; Porus, Lloyd; Bog Walk, Port Koyal, Hitchcock. 

 West Indies and tropics. 



Tree 12-20 ft. high. Boot thick, soft. Leaves to 5 dm. 1. Panicle 

 solitary, axillary. Calyx white, tinged with crimson. Petals white with 

 a yellow tinge, touched with crimson on the outside near the base. Ovary 

 3-cornered. Capsule 3-cornered. Seeds 3-winged. 



The root has the taste of, and forms an excellent substitute for, horse- 

 radish. An excellent palatable oil may be obtained from the seeds, some- 

 what similar to the oil of ben which is yielded by the wingless seeds of 

 M. aptera.] 



Family XXXIV. CRASSULACE^. 



Herbs, generally fleshy and succulent. Leaves succulent, 

 exstipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite, regular, generally in cymose 

 inflorescences. Calyx free, persistent, 4-lobed in Bryophyllum. 

 Petals as many as sepals, free or more or less united. Stamens 

 perigynous, equal to, or double, the number of petals. Carpels 

 as many as the petals, free or united at the base, with a scale at 

 the base of each ; stigmas capitellate. Ovules numerous, attached 

 to the ventral suture in two or many rows. Follicles 1 -celled, 

 with many or few seeds, dehiscing by the ventral suture. Seeds 

 minute, punctulate ; endosperm fleshy, often scanty. Embryo 

 terete, with short cotyledons and long radicle. 



Species about 500, chiefly found in the temperate and sub- 

 tropical parts of Europe, western Asia and southern Africa, also 

 many species occur in temperate and tropical JST. America, very 

 few in S. America and Australia. 



BRYOPHYLLUM Salisb. 



Tall erect fleshy perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, impari- 

 pinnate or simple ; leaflets 1-5, elliptical, crenate. Flowers 

 large, nodding, in paniculate, many-flow^ered cymes. Calyx 

 campanulate, inflated, shortly 44obed, valvate. Corolla urceo- 



