MOR.EA 



1. Kobinsoniana, Hook. (Iris Robinsonidna, F. 

 Muell.)- WEDDING IRIS. Outer segments spotted red 

 and yellow near base. B.M. 7212. G.F. 4:355; 10:255. 

 J.H. III. 32:569. G.M. 34:569. G.C. 1872:393; III 9:457. 



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

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

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

 low on claws of outer segments; style crests marked 

 with blue. B.M. 693. L. B.C. 19:1861 (Iris crassifolia). 



3. bicolor, Steud. Habit of M. iridioides: 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. (Iris Pavonia, 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 (Iris villosa). Var. lutea. Baker. 

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

 rasa, tricuspis, var. lutea). In M. Pavonia and glauco- 

 pis the inner segments have a large central cusp and 2 

 lateral lobes, while in M. tricuspis the inner segments 

 have 3 large cusps. 



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

 blue spot. B.M. 168 (erroneously as Iris Pavonia). 

 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. papilionacea, 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. edulis, Ker. Fls. lilac, spotted yellow. B.M. 613. 

 Var. odora has white fls. Var. longifolia has yellow 

 fls. B.M. 1238. 



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

 Huttoni). 



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, ochre 

 or salmon-colored, with a yellow spot. 



B.M. 577 (Iris tristis). 



13. polyanthos, Thunb. Lvs. about 3, 

 one from near the base of the stem, the 

 others from the lower forks, %-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 

 Dietes. M. Sisyrinchium=Iris Sisyrinchium. 



W. M. 



MOREL, See Mushroom. 



MORtN A ( Louis Morin, a French botan- 

 ist, 1636-1715). Dipsaceoz. 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 Ivs.; bracteoles 

 among the fls. few, spiny. 



longifolia, Wallich. A handsome plant 

 2 ft. high, with thistle-like foliage: 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 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. B.R. 



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



a catalogue name. 



MORINGA 



1031 



folia, 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. 



citrifdlia, Linn. INDIAN MULBERRY. Fig. 1419. A 

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

 very short petioles : stipules large, broadly oblong or 

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

 usually in the axil of every other pair of Ivs. : calyx 

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

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

 1 in. in diam. G.C. II. 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 

 Fla - M. B. COULSTON. 



MOBlNGA (altered from the native Malabar name). 

 MoringaceiK. Only three species comprise the family 

 Moringaceae, all members of the genus Moringa. They 

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

 nate Ivs., 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 Anacardiacese. Engler and 

 Prantl place it between Resedace and Sarraceniacese. 

 Grisebach joins it to the Capparidace. Others ally it 



MORtND A (Latin, 



, mulberry 



leaves, flowers and fruit (X %) 



