384 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Morinda—continued. 
two to five flowers. April. fr. orange-coloured. J. lanceolate 
or elliptic, entire, shortly acuminated, sometimes undulated, 
with or without foveolated blotches in the axils of the nerves. 
Australia, 1833. A variable shrub. (B. M. 3351.) 
M. tinctoria (dyer’s). fl. pure white, with a Jasmine-like 
fragrance, in oval heads; peduncles opposite the leaves, solitary, 
much longer than the petioles. June. fr. green, like that of 
M. citrifolia. l, oblong, almost sessile, smooth, but not shining, 
from 6in. to 10in. long. India, Malay baton gor &e., 1826, 
The bark of the root of this species is used to dye red. Tree. 
3 MORINGA (from Muringo, the Malabar name of 
TA M. pterygosperma). Syns. Anoma, Hyperanthera. ORD. 
5 Moringee. This genus is the only one of the order 
(which see for characters). The species thrive in a 
sandy loam, with the addition of a little peat and 
leaf mould. Propagated, in May, by cuttings of half- 
rid 90 shoots, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, 
in hea’ 
. pale yellow, in axillary panicles, 
apsules about lft. long. l lft. or 
or without a few scattered obovate or 
din. to jin. long. h. 15ft. to 20ft. Nile 
ia, and Arabia. An oil is expressed from 
employed in the manufacture of 
MORINGEZ:. This order contains but a solitary © 
genus — Moringa. Unarmed trees, inhabiting tropical 
Asia, Northern Africa, and the West Indies. Flowers 
irregular, in axillary panicles; calyx five-partite, with 
oblong sub-equal segments, imbricate in bud; petals five, 
inserted on the calyx, linear - oblong, the two posterior 
rather the longest, ascending, imbricate in bud. Leaves 
two or three, impari- pinnate; leaflets very caducous; — 
stipules deciduous. There are only three species. ; 
MORISONIA (named after Robert Morison, 1628- 
1683, born at Aberdeen, at one time Director of the 
Royal Botanic Garden at Blois, and afterwards Professor 
of Botany at Oxford). ORD. Capparidee. A small genus 
(four species) of stove unarmed trees, natives of the 
West Indies and tropical South America. Flowers large 
or small; corymbs axillary and terminal, many-flowered. 
Berry globose. Leaves petiolate, simple, coriaceous, 
shining, glabrous, tomentose, or scaly. M. americana— 
probably the only species in cultivation—thrives in a 
compost of loam, peat, and sand. Propagated, in spring, 
by cuttings of the ripened shoots, inserted in sandy soil, 
under a glass, in bottom heat. £ 
aro errors (medon E “boop tie a oe in diameter. 
J. oblong, din. to 6in. long, glabrous, stalked, alternate, simple, 
bluntish ; petiole thickish, often lin. long. Branches and 
rescence leprous. h. 15ft. West Indies, 1824. 
MORMODES (from mormo, a goblin; referring 
the strange appearance of the flowers). ORD. Orchideo 
A genus comprising about fourteen species of stove 
orchids, inhabiting Columbia and Central America, as 
as Mexico. They are allied to Catasetum, but are 
tinguished by the want of cirrhi upon the column, the 
lip being membranous, turned upwards, and often som 
what saddle-shaped; and the pollen-masses being four 
number, connate in pairs, fixed to a thick caudicle, which 
adheres to a fleshy gland. Leaves elongate, plic: 
veined. The species are more curious than n 
For culture, see Catasetum. =| = 
atropurpureum (dark purple),* fl. dark purple-brown, 
tweet chgoolate it blog clot, Sepals and petals ov. 
lanceolate ; lip porrected, velvety, with short hairs, taper 
stipes. October. A. lfe. Panama, 1884. (B. 
into a 
B. R. 1861.) 
M. Cartoni (C 
spike; 
few interrupted streaks columns slightly ob 
or four, lft. or more long. A. lft. Martha. | 
M. colossus (colossal). . from Sin. to sin. 3S 
passing into yellow atthe Gps; ip ovate, ht yl 
88400 owered. L elliptic-ovate. Central a 
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