MORINA 



MORINGA 



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MORINA (Louis Morin, a French botanist, 1636- 

 171.')). Dipxnci-.T. Perennial herbs, suitable for bor- 

 ders anil roek-garilens. 



Somewliat thistle-like or resembling spiny plants of 

 tlie Labiata', fjlabrous or pubescent: Ivs. opposite or 

 whorled, narrowly oblong or linear, mostly spinous- 

 toothed; fls. whorled in spikes, the whorls with wide 

 If.-like bracts, and with spinous bracteoles among the 



2386. Morinda citrifolia branch with leaves, flowers and fruit 

 Also vertical section of fruit (fruit sometimes larger) and enlarged 

 flower below. I X ' .■) 



fls.; calj-x 2-lipped, the hjjs entire or 2-lobed", corolla 

 5-lobed and somewhat 2-labiate, the tube curved; 

 stamens 2 or 4, and sometimes a sterile one. — About 10 

 species, in Asia, alhed to Cephalaria and Dipsacus. 



A. Fls. mostly while. 

 Bulleyana, Forr. & Diels [M. Beesiana, Hort.?). St. 

 1-2 ft., haiiy in stripes: Ivs. linear to ovate-lanceolate, 

 spiny-<lentate, 5-6 in. long: fls. subeapitate, white or 

 purple; calyx spathaceous, entire, spinose at mouth. 

 China. Recent. 



AA. Fls. yellow. 



Coulteriana, Royle. St. 2-3 ft., more or le.ss hairy: 

 Ivs. 6 in. long and less than 1 in. wide, sessile, glabrous, 

 spinous-toothed: fis. yellow, the corolla-tube to ^^in. 

 long; calyx-lobes nearly equal and bifid, sliarp or 

 spiny; fertile stamens 2. India, 9,000-13,000 ft. in 

 the Himalayas. 



AAA. Fls. pink or purple. 



persica, Linn. (.1/. turcica, Hal. .1/. grkca, Jaub. & 

 Spafh). Thistle-like: st. 3-4 ft., pubescent or hairy: 

 Ivs. (j in. long anfl 1 in. wide, sessile, doubly spinotis- 

 toothed, pubescent or glabrous: spikes long, bearing 

 bright pink fls.; cah-x-lobes nearly C(|ual, entire or 

 eniarginate; fertile stamens 2, the filaments as long !i.s 

 corolla-lobes; corolla-tube to IJ2 in. long, flreece to 

 the Himalayas. 



longif61ia, Wall. St. 3-4 ft., pubescent or hairy: 

 fi>liage thi.stle-like; Ivs. 6 in. long, 1 in. across: fls. 

 showy, deepening from white in the bud to pink and 

 finally crimson, crowded in dense whorls near the top 

 of .St.; calyx-lobes unequal, 2-lobed with obtuse not 



spinous lobes; fertile stamens 2, the filaments much 

 shorter than the corolla-lobes. Himalayas, 9,000- 

 14,(M)0 ft. Hardy. June-Aug. Himalayas. B.M. 4092. 

 B.R. 26:36. R.H. 18.57, p. .'iH. G.W. 7, p. 5. H.U. 1, p. 

 191. J. H. III. .51:127.— Whorl-flower is a catalogue 

 name. A useful plant. L. H. B. 



MORINDA (Latin, morm, mulberry, and indica, 

 Inilian). RiMdcca'. Woody plants, sometimes seen 

 far South; one species has been planted in southern 

 Florida and southern California. 



Shrubs, trees and climbers in Trop. Asia, Austral, 

 and the Pacific Isls., and some in Trop. Amer., perhaps 

 60 species now described: Ivs. opiiosite, rarely in 3's: 

 fls. white or crimson, in axillary or terminal, simple, 

 panicled or umbellate heads; corolla-tube short or 

 long, funnelform or salverform; lobes 4-7, coriaceous, 

 valvate in the bud; stamens 4-7, u.sually .5, the fila- 

 ments adnate to throat of corolla; ovary 2-4-celled, 

 the styles united: fr. an aggregate of the ovaries, or 

 berries, in the head. — Some of the sj)ecies yield dyes. 

 The frs. of some of them are edible. One species, M. 

 Roioc, Linn., is native in Fla., extending to the W. 

 Indies; it is a branching shrub with prostrate or some- 

 what climbing sts. 



citrifolia, Linn. Indian Mulberry. Fig. 2386. A 

 small tree, with smooth bark and obtusely 4-angled 

 branches: Ivs. short-petioled, to 10 in. long, broadly 

 elliptic, shining, acute or obtuse: stipules large, broadly 

 oblong or semi-hmar: fl.-head on solitary peduncles 1 

 in. long usually in the axil of every other pair of Ivs. 

 or If .-opposed; calyx-limb truncate; corolla .5-lobed, 

 tube about ' 2'n. long: fr. yellowish, fleshy, globose or 

 ovoid, about 1 in. diam. Probably India; also Malay 

 Archipelago to Austral, and islands. G.C. II. 11 :333. — 

 The fls. contain a red and the roots a yellow coloring 

 principle. 



Var. bracteata, Hook. Stipules more acute: calyx- 

 limb often with a lanceolate or spatulate white leafy 

 lobe, sometimes 3 in. long. m. B. Coulston. 



L. H. B.t 

 MORINGA (altered from the native Malabar name). 

 Moringaces'. Trees of warm countries, one of which is 

 run wild in W. Indies and planted in southernmost 

 parts of the United States. 



Flowers perfect, .5-merous; calyx cup-shaped, .5- 

 cleft, the lobes reflexing; petals .5, one of them erect and 

 larger; fertile stamens .5, alternating with 5 or 7 stam- 

 inodia, the anthers attached on the back, and 1-loculed: 

 fr. a long, 4-9-angled, 1-loculed pod with 3 valves, the 

 seeds immerfjed in the spongy contents of the valves. — 

 Only three species comprise the family Moringacea;. 

 all members of the genus Moringa. They are small 

 spineless trees, with alternate deciduous pinnate Ivs., 

 axillary panicles of rather large, white or red fls., and 

 long pod-like frs. They are native of N. Afr. and the 

 tropical parts of Asia. The position of the family 

 Moringacea; is difficult to determine. Bentham & 

 Hooker ally it with Ancardiacea^. Engler & 

 place it between Resedacea' and Sarraceniacca- 

 bach joins it to the Cappari- 

 dacea. Others ally it with 

 the I^guminosa-, which it 

 resembles in external ajipear- 

 ance. <s 



oleifera, Lam. (M. ptery- V 

 goiperma, Gaertn.). Horse- ^^ 

 Radish Tree. Ben. Figs. 

 23.S7, 23.SS. Small tree (reach- 

 ing 2.5 ft.), with soft wood 

 and corky bark, the young 

 parts jjubescent: Ivs. mostly 

 3-pinnate, 3^-2 ft. long, all 

 parts stalked: fls. whitish, 

 stalked, fragrant, 1 in. 



Prantl 

 Grise- 



2387. Moringa oleifera. 



(.MhujI TKitural siz'-i 



