368 DECANDRiA MONOGYNiA. GcBttnera. 



middle sized, numerous, white, beautifully tinged with 

 red. Calyx coloured, as large as the corol. 



HYPERANTHERJ. Vahl 

 Calyx five-cleft. Corol irregular, five-petalled. Sta- 

 mina unequal. Capsule superior, one-celled, three-valv- 

 ed. Seeds winged. 



H. moringa. Willd. 2. 536. Asiat. Res. 11. 168. 



Arboreous, ieates supradecompound. Half the sta- 

 mina sterile. 



Guilendina Moringa. Linn. Jacq. ^c. 



Anoma Moringa. Lourier. Cochin Ch. 343-4. 



Mouringou. Rheed. Mai 6- /. 11. 



Sobhanjana. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 277. 



Beng. SMJwna. 



Tarn, and Teling. Morunga. 



Common in a cultivated state all over India. The 

 leaves, flowers, and tender seed-vessels, are eaten by the 

 natives in their curries. 



A red flowered species, or variety is found in the vici- 

 nity of Malda, its Sanscrit name Mudhoo-shigroo. 



GARTNER A. R. 



Calyx five-leaved. Corol irregular- Petals five, re- 

 flexed. Germ three-celled, cells one-seeded, attachment 

 subsuperior. Capsules three, superior, each three-wing- 

 ed, and one-seeded. Embryo inverse, without perisperm. 



1. G. racemosa- Willd. 2. 551. R- Coram, pi 1. p. 19. 

 M8. 



Leaves ovate-oblong, acute- Two exterior petals ob- 

 long. 



Antimucta. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 282. 

 Banisteria Bengalensis. Linn. sp. pi. 611. 

 Madab lota. Sonnerat. N. 2. p. 238. 1. 135. 



