JIOR.EA 



1. KobinsonUna, Hook. (Iris HobinsoiiiAna, F. 

 Muell.l. Wedding Iris. Outer segments spotted red 

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

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



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

 short, sheathing, lanceolate bracts: Its. 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 (/Ws cmssifoim). 



3. Woolor, 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 bieolor). 



4. Pavdnia, Ker. (7»-i.s Pavdnia, 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 bhic-lilnck spot on the 

 hairy claw. B.M. 571 {Iris rill, >s„ ] . Vnr. lutea. Baker. 

 Lvs. glabrous: fls. yellow, unsju.ttf.i. P-.M. 772 (Mo- 

 riea triciispis, Tar. hitea). hi Jf. I'ltvonin and glauco- 

 pis the inner segments have 

 lateral lobes, while in J/, ti 

 have 3 large cusps. 



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

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

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

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



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



9. ^dulis, 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. juncea, Linn. Fls. lilac, in 2-3 clusters. 



12. tristis, Ker. Lts. 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 (/Ws ^rls(isJ. 



13. poly&nthos, Thunb. Lvs. about 3, 

 one from near the base of the stem, tlie 

 others from the lower forks, y!,-\ ft. 

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



il. Macleaii. advertised 1899 by Van Tu- 

 bergen, is said to belong to the suligeims 

 Dietes.— Jf.Si«j/rincAmm=Iris Sisyrincliinm, 



MORIXGA 



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HOBEL. See JlfHs/irooHi. 



MOEiNA(Louis Morin, a French bntu i . . 

 ist, 1636-1715). Dipsctcece. Seven -r 

 species of perennial herbs in wi~i 

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

 Lvs. opposite or whorled, narrowly ^ 

 long or linear, spinous-toothed : IN. 

 whorled; whorls in spikes, surrounded 

 by wide-based floral Its. ; 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. 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. 



MORlNDA (Latin, morus. raulberrv. 

 and Indica, Indian). BiibiAaw. This 

 includes the Indian Mulberry, M. citri- 



Mia. 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. 

 Lts. 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. 



citrifblia, Linn. Indian Mulberry. Pig. 1419. A 

 small tree, with shining, broad or narrow, OYal Its. on 

 very short petioles: stipules large, broadly oblong or 

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

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

 limb truncate: corolla 5-7-Iobed, tube about 14 in. long: 

 fruits yellowish, fleshy, in a globose orovoid head about 

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



Var. bracte&ta, 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. COUXSTON. 



MORtNGA (altered from the native Malabar name). 

 Moritiijiicccr. Only three species comprise the family 

 Moringaccse. 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 MoringaceiB is difficult to determine. Ben- 

 tham & Hooker ally it with Anacardiaceae. Engler and 

 Prantl place it between Resedacea? and Sarraceniaceffi. 

 Grisebach joins it to the Capparidaceas. Others ally it 



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