XLA'l, MOKINGACE^. 283 



iu high esteem from the property it possesses of absorbing and retaining fugitive odors. 

 It seems surprising that a greater trade is not done in tliis oil considering the number 

 of trees tiiat are planted throughout India. — Consult Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Moringa concanensisj Nimmo, in GraJi. Cat. Bo. PI. (1839) 

 p. 43. A tree, glabrous except the young parts and the inflorescence. 

 Leaves 2- (very rarely 3-) pinnate, reaching 1| ft. long; primary 

 pairs 5-6, distant, 4-8 in. long, the primary rhachis thickened at the 

 base and as well as the secondary articulated, and with a gland at the 

 articulations ; leaflets 4-6 pairs and an odd one, broadly elliptic or sub- 

 orbicular, obtuse at both ends, often retuse at the apex, of variable size, 

 sometimes -g-lj by |-1 in., pale beneath, articulated with a slender 

 petiolule y^"? ^"- ^^^S ' nerves 4-8 pairs, slender, distinct. Flowers ia 

 lax divaricate thinly pubescent panicles reaching 1| ft. long: pedicels 

 ^-g in. long, articulated with the flower ; bracts minute, caducous. 

 Calyx thinly tomentose, about ^-^ in. long; segments white, oblong, 

 reflexed. Petals yellow, veined with red, oblong or oblong-spathulate, 

 the lower about ^ in. long. Stamens 5 fertile and 4-5 staminodes ; 

 filaments hairy at the base. Capsules straight, acutely triquetrous, 

 slightly constricted between the seeds, 1-1 g ft. long; valves hard, 

 ^-| in. broad. Seeds white or pale yellow, 3-angled, |-f in. long, 

 3-winged ; wings very thin, hyaline. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 45 ; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 311 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 64 ; Hook. Icon. Plant, ser. 4, v. 6 

 (1899) t. 2596 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 5, p. 275.— Flowers : Oct.- 

 Dec. Veen. Mhua (in Sind). 



A somewhat rare plant, Konkan : Law I, Dahelll, Capt. Geburnel; jangles near 

 Pen, Dalzelll Sind : Stocks, 584 !, Dalzell, 58 ! ; Sind hills, I^a/^e^^ !— Distrib. India 

 (Rajputana) ; Beluchistan. 



Ordee XL VII. CONNARACE^. 



Trees or shrubs erect or scandent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 

 1-3-roliolate or imparipinnate ; leaflets quite entire. Flowers usually 

 hermaphrodite, racemose or paniculate, regular or subregular. Calyx 

 6-lobed or -partite, usually persistent, imbricate or vahate. Petals 5, 

 usually narrow, free or slightly cohering, very rarely valvate. Stamens 

 perigynous or hypogynous, sometimes declinate, 5 or 10, those opposite 

 the petals usually shorter and often imperfect; filaments filiform, often 

 connate at the base. Disk or small, annular or incomplete. Carpels 

 5, rarely 1-3 or 6-7, globose-ovoid, hirsute, 1-celled ; ovules 2, collateral, 

 ascending, orthotropous ; styles subulate or filiform ; stigmas capitellate, 

 simple or 2-lobed. Fruit usually of 1 (rarely 2-3), sessile or sfalked 

 1- (rarely 2-) seeded follicles. Seed erect, often arillate ; testa thick, 

 sometimes arilliform below the middle, the aril various ; cotyledons 

 flesh)'- in the exalbuminous, leafy in the albuminous seeds ; radicle supe- 

 rior, rarely ventral. — Disteib. Tropics ; genera 14; species about 140. 



Calyx enlarged after flowering ; follicles sessile 1. Eourea. 



Calyx not enlarged after flowering ; follicles stipitate 2. Connarus. 



1. ROUREA, Aubl. 



Trees or shrubs sometimes scandent. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 opposite or alternate. Flowers small, numerous, in axillary panicles ; 

 pedicels usually slender. Sepals 5, broadly ovate or orbicular, 



