UOHJEA 



MORINGA 



1031 



Rnhi,,so,,la,ia, F. 

 iiii-iits spotted red 

 IF. 4:;!,-)5; 10:255. 

 ,s 72 ::;;«; 1119:457. 

 li'Tii,'. with many 



1. Eobinsoniina, Hook. 

 Muell. I. Wedding Iris, (i 

 and yellow near base. H..M 

 J.H. 111.32:569. G.M. 34;.-,r,; 



2. iridioldes, Linn. Sfen 

 short, sheathing, lanceolate 



basal rosettes: fls. over 3 in. across. wImN'. mai ki.l yel- 

 low on claws of outer spfiments; ^tvl.' n, ,t, marked 

 with blue. B.M. 093. L.B.C. 19:lti(.l [ 1 r,s rms^iiolia). 



3. bicolor, Steud. Habit of M. iriilioidi'S: 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. (Tris Pavbnia, 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 hriubt purple, with a blue-black spot on the 

 hairy claw. B.M. .".71 ( //■',- r,7/„..„ i. Var. liitea. Bak.-r. 

 Lvs. gbil.n.us; lU. v.Ol.nv. ui,-p..tf,.,l. B.M. 772 (.)/.- 

 rma trimspis. \ar. I>a,,n. In J/, I'aroina and ,ilaiir„- 

 pis the inner se;,'uiLiLts have a large central cusp and 2 

 lateral lobes, while in J/, triciispis the inner segments 

 have 3 large cusps. 



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

 blue spot. B.M. 168 (erroneously as Iris Ptivonia).- 

 In this species the outer segments have a short, distinct 

 claw, while M. Pavonia has none. 



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

 ■with a purplish spot. B.M. 696. 



7. papilion&cea, Ker. Fls. red or lilac, yellow on the 

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



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



9. «dnlis, Ker. Fls. lilac, spotted yellow. B.M. 613. 

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

 fls. B.M. 1238. 



..M. 0174 (Dietes 



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, uchn- 

 or salmon-c i.ldriMl, with a vellow spot. 



B.M. 577 {Iris tr,slis). 



13. polyAnthos, Tlimib. Lvs. about 3, 

 one from iirar tin- Iias<- nf the stem, the 

 others from thr li.w.-r t'ork^, '.-1 ft. 

 long: clust,-rs,,f iN. ,-,-_■,.: lU. hla.'. 



M. Marh„ii .■Mlvr,ti-...l I-Ma l,y \-,,,l Tn- 



Dietes.— J/.A'(6a/rt/it7iun/t^Ins .'iisyniiciiium. : 



MOREL. SeeMiisJtroom. 



W. M. 



folin, a tropical 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 shrubs, 

 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 

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

 bud. 



citrlfblia, 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.-head on solitary peduncles 1 in. long 



usually in the axil 

 limb truncate: coro 

 fruits vellowish, fles 



f rviry .ith, r j.air of lvs.: calyx 

 1 .1-, Ic.IhmI. tula- about % in. long: 

 V. in a -li.liM,,.. orovoid head about 

 1. 11::;:;::. 



uik. Stipules more acute: calyx 

 MM'- or trnwi-l-shaped, white, leafy 

 . long. Olfired in S. Calif, and 



M. B. COULSTON. 

 from the native Malabar name), 

 hree species comprise the family 

 bers of the senus .Moringa. They 



Africa an.l i' h , , , . > . i ,,. ,.,iMla.n ..f 



the famiU .M..iUi„i ..,i„. ui, ,.. .i. u unme. Ben- 



tham & Hooker all> it with Auacardiacea-. Euglur and 

 Prantl place it between Resedacefe and Sarraceniacese. 

 Grisebach joins it to the Capparidaceie. Others ally it 



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MORlNA(Louis Morin, a French botan- 

 ist, 1036-1715). Dipsdceae. Seven or 8 

 species of perennial herbs in western 

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

 Lvs. opposite or whorled, narrowly ob- 

 long or linear, spinous-toothed : fls. 

 whorled; whorls in spikes, surrounded 

 by wide-based floral lvs.; bracteoles 

 among the fls. few, spiny. 



longiiolia, Wallich. A handsome plant 

 2 ft. high, with thistle-like foliage: lvs. 

 in. long. 1 in. across : fls. showy, 

 deepening from white in the bud to pink 



Cult, in liu'ht, san^'l'l- 'liK '«'i't'h |.,',','lral 

 shade. Pro]., by se.-,l aiel 1a .livi^inn in 

 early autumn. Useful in tin- rockery and 

 border, and with other foliage plants. 

 June-Aug. Himalavas. B.M. 4092. B.R. 

 20:36. R.H. 1857:514. -Whorl-flower is 

 a catalogue name. ^' \'^^ . . '' 



MOKlNDA (Latin, moms, mulberry, ^V_-^ 



and Ilidica, Indian). Biiljidcew. This 1419. Morinda citrifolia branch with leaves, flowers and fruit (X K). 



includes the Indian Mulberry, M. citri- Also vertical section of fruit (fruit sometimes larger) and enlarged flower below. 



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