Plate 2596. 



MORINGA CONCANENSIS, ITimmo. 



MORINGEAE. 



M. concanensis, Nimmo in Graham, Cat. Bomb. PL p. 43 (nomen 

 tantum), Dalz.&z Gibs. Bomb. Flor. p. 311 ; affinis M. pterygospermati, 



Grertn., sed foliis fere semper stricte 2-pinnatis, foliolis inajoribus, late 

 ellipticis vel suborbiculatis, paucioribus, capsulis acute triquetral valvis? 

 duris distincta. 



Arbor inflorescentiis partibusque novellis exceptis glabra. Folia 

 bipinnata, rarissime subtripinnata, ad 1| ped. longa ; rhachis primaria 

 basi incrassata, ut secundaria^, articulata et ad articulationes glandula 

 notata ; juga primaria 5-6, distantia, 4-8 poll, (raro ultra) longa, folio- 

 lorum paribus 4-6 ; foliola cum petiolulo gracili 1-4 lin. longo articu- 

 lata, late elliptica vel suborbicularia, utrinque obtusa vel apice subre- 

 tusa, raro basi acuta, magnitucline valde varia, plerumque majuscnla, 

 10-16 lin. longa, 7-11 lin. lata, subtus pallida, crassiuscula. Panicula 

 laxa, divaricata, circiter semipedalis, tenuissime pubescens ; bractere 

 minutse, caducse ; pedicelli 4-6 lin. longi, cum flore articulati. Calyx 

 tenuissime tomentosus, circiter 4-5 lin. longus segmentis oblon^is 

 albidis reflexis. Petala flavescentia, roseo-striata, spatulato-oblonga 

 vel oblonga, inferius ad 7 lin. Ion gum. Capsula stricta, acute triquetra, 

 inter semina leviter constricta, glauco-rubella, \-\\ ped. longa, valvis 

 duris 7-8 lin. latis ; semina albicla vel pallide fusca, 3-gona, §-§ poll, 

 longa, 3-alata, alis oblongis, i poll, longis tenuissimis hyalinis. — 

 Brandts, For. Flora, p. 130 ; Hook./., Fl. Brit. hid. ii. p. 45. 



India : Baluchistan, hills of Lus, Dahell & Gibson ; Sind, in the 

 hills, Stocks, 584 ; Rajputana, Merwana forests, DtUhie, 4,584 ; Ara- 

 walli hills, Brandis; hills above Oodeypore, Golan; 'Kutthee, 8. R./ 

 Dr. Hemming. Concan, Law ; in jungles near Pen, Kolaba Distr., 

 Nimmo ; Bombay, Dahell, Geturne. 



There is no doubt that the specimens quoted above from Baluchistan, 

 Sind, and Rajputana belong to the species described and figured here. 

 Tn identifying them with the Concan plant, I have followed Dalzell 

 and Gibson, Sir Joseph Hooker, and Sir Dietrich Brandts. I must, 

 however, remark that the Concan plant has rather thinner leaflets and 

 that its fruit is not known. — O. Stapf. 



Fig. 1, a flower; 2, andrcecium and pistil; 3, vertical section of ovary; 4, cross 

 section of ovary ; 5, a fruit, half natural size; 6, basal portion, natural size'; 7. a 

 - 1, natural size ; 8, an embryo with one cotyledon removed ; 9, a seed of M. ptert/qo- 

 >perma, natural size; 10, a seed of 31. ajjtera, natural size. Where not othttwue 

 i n dicat ed en targed. 



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