MOR^A 



MORINGA 



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1. Eobinsoni4na, Hook. (Iris Rohinsonihna, F. 



MiK-Il.i. Wkiiuini; Ikis. Outer segments spotted red 

 and vflL.w iii-:,r l.use. B.M. 7212. G.F. 4:.355; 10:255. 

 J.H. III. ^2:509. LJ.M. 3i:569. G.C. 1872:393; 1119:457. 



2. iridioldes, Linn. Stem 1-2 ft. long, with many 

 short, sheathing, lanceolate bracts: Its. in fan-shaped 

 basal rosettes: lis. over 3 in. across, white, marked yel- 

 low on claws of outer segments; style crests marked 

 with blue. B.M. 693. h.B.Q. 1%:IW\ (Iris crassifolia). 



3. blcolor, Stend. Habit of M. iridiokles: fls. 2 in. 

 across, yellow, with beautiful brown spots on the outer 

 segments; style crests yellow. B.R. 17:1404. L.B.C. 

 19:1886. P.M. 9:29 (all as Iris bicolor). 



4. Pavdnia, Ker. (/j-is Pavfmia, Linn. f. ). Outer 

 segments without a distinct claw, orange-red, with a 

 blue-black or greenish black spot at the glabrous base. 

 B.M. 1247. — Var. villdsa, Baker. Lvs. pilose: outer 

 segments bright purple, with a blue-black spot on the 

 hairy claw. B.M. 571 ( /n's t'(7Zo,va I. Var. lutea. Baker. 

 Lvs. glabrous: fls. yellow, unspotted. B.M. 772 (Mo- 

 nea tricuspix, var. luted). In M. Pavonia and glaiico- 

 pis the inner segments have a large central cusp and 2 

 lateral lobes, while in 31. triciispis the inner segments 

 have 3 large cusps. 



5. glaucdpis, Drap. Outer segments white, with a 

 blue spot. B.M. 168 (erroneously as Iris Pavoitiu).— 

 In this species the outer segments have a short, distinct 

 claw, while M. Pavonia has none. 



6. triciispis, Ker. Outer segments whitish or lilac, 

 with a purplish spot. B.M. 696. 



7. papilionicea, Ker. Fls. red or lilac, yellow on the 

 claw; style crests erect. B.M. 750. 



8. Kmbriata, Klatt. Fls. lilac. R.H. 1867:271. 



9. ^dulis, Ker. Fls. lilac, spotted yellow. B.M. 613. 

 — Var. odora has white fls. Var. longiiolia has yellow 

 fls. B.M. 1238. 



spathacea, Ker. Fls. yellow. B.M. 6174 (Dietes 



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11. jiincea, Linn. Fls. lilac, in 2-3 clusters. 



12. tristis, Ker. Lvs. 2-3, produced near the base, 

 1-2 ft. long: clusters of fls. 4-6: fls. dull lilac, ochn 

 or salmon-colored, with a yellow spot. 



B.M. 577 (Iris tristis). 



13. polyintho3, Thunb. Lvs. about 3, 

 one from ne:ir the base of the stem, the 

 others from the lower forks, >2-l ft. 

 long: clusters of fls. 5-20: fls. lilac. 



M. Macleaii. advertised 1899 by Van Tu- 

 bergen, is said to belong to the subgenus 

 'L>i(iXti&.—M.Sisyrinchiu)n=lvis Sisyriuchium. ( 

 W. M. 



MOEEL. See Mushroom. 



MOBtNA( Louis Morin, a French botnii - 

 ist, 1636-1715). DipsAcece. Seven ^i s 

 species of perennial herbs in western 

 and central Asia, from 3 in. to 4 ft high 

 Lvs. opposite or whorled, narrowly oh 

 long or linear, spinous-toothed fls 

 whorled; whorls in spikes, surrounded 

 by wide-based floral lvs.; bracteoles 

 among the fls. few, spiny. 



longifolia, Wallich. A handsome plant 

 2 ft. high, with thistle-like foliage lvs 

 6 in. long. 1 in. across : fls show\ 

 deepening from white in the bud to pmk 

 and finally crimson, crowded in dense 

 whorls near the top of stem Hardy 

 Cult, in light, sandy soil, with partial 

 shade. Prop, by seed and by division in 

 early autumn. Useful in the rockery and 

 border, and with other foliage plants 

 June-Aug. Himalayas. B.M. 4092 BR 

 26:36. R.H 1857:514. -Whorl flower is 

 a catalogue name. 



folia, a tropica! fruit tree cult, in S. Fla. and S. 

 Calif, (see Fig. 1419). It has heads of small white fls., 

 followed by globose or ovoid, berry-like fruits about 1 

 in. long. The genus contains about 40 species of shnibs, 

 trees and climbers in tropical Asia, Australia and the 

 Pacific islands, and 3 or 4 tropical American species. 

 Lvs. opposite, rarely in 3's: fls. white, in axillary or 

 terminal, simple, panicled or umbellate heads; corolla 

 tuVje short or long; lobes 4-7, coriaceous, valvate in the 

 bud. 



citriJdlia, Linn. Indian Mulberry. Fig. 1419. A 

 small tree, with shining, broad or narrow, oval lvs. on 

 very short petioles: stipules large, broadly oblong or 

 semi-lunar; fl.-liead on solitary peduncles 1 in. long 

 usually in the axil of every oliier pair of lvs.: calyx 

 limb truncate: corolla 5-7 lobed, tube about % in. long: 

 fruits yellowish, fleshy, in a globose or ovoid head about 

 1 in. in diam. G.C. 11. 11:333. 



Var. bracteata, Hook. Stipules more acute: calyx 

 limb often with a lance- or trowel-shaped, white, leafy 

 lobe, sometimes 3 in. long. Offered in S. Calif, and 

 ^'''- M. B. COCLSTON. 



MORtNGA (altered from the native Malabar name). 

 Morinydcew. Only three species comprise the family 

 Moringacese, all members of the genus Moringa. They 

 are small, spineless trees, with alternate, deciduous, pin- 

 nate lvs., axillary panicles of rather large, white or red 

 fls., and long, pod-like fruits. They are native of N. 

 Africa and the tropical parts of Asia. The position of 

 the family Moringacese is difficult to determine. Ben- 

 tham & Hooker ally it with AnacardiaceiP. Engler and 

 Prantl place it between Resedaceae and Sarraceniace£B. 

 Grisebach joins it to the Capparidaceae. Others ally it 



MOElNDA (Latin, moms. 

 and Indica, Indian). BiihiiU-etr. 

 includes the Indian Mulberry, M 



mulberrv 



1419, Morinda citrifolia branch with leaves, flowers and fruit (X I 

 Also vertical section of fruit (fruit sometimes larger) and enlarged flower below. 



