DECANJmiA MONOGYNIA. 



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MORINGA. 



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Lomentacc?o {Guilandina). Lin. — Lcguminosa^, Jin^s. De Cand. 



ptCTT/gOS" 



perm a . 



vel tetragonis, 



M. leguminibus trigoni 



seminibus trigonis angiilis in alas ex- 



pansis, floribus semidecandris. M. 



De Cand. Prod 2. p. 478. ^ 



Hyperanthera Moringa. WUld. Sp. PL 



2. p. 53G.* HorL Kew. 3. p. 32. 

 Guilandina Moringa. Jac. Ic. 3. t. 461. 

 Lignum percgrinum. Bauh. Pin. 416. 

 Wing-seeded Horse-Radish Tree. Sweet 



Moringa Tree, 



* Willdenow questions whether the Hyperanthera dccandra, 

 . " leg-uminibus suboctogonis," be a species distinct from H. 

 Moringa^ *^ leguminibus trigonis." De Candolie also doubts 

 whether the Moringa polygona be not a variety of M. ptery- 

 gosperrna. On this subject 1 would remark, that the seed 

 vessel, in its green state, is either subhexangular or suboctaa- 

 j^ular; when dry, either triangular or quadrangular. This vari- 



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ation occurs not only on diflcrent plants, but also on the same 

 plant; and 1 have frequently seen on the same common peduncle 

 the legumen triangular and trivalvcd, and quadrangular qua- 

 drivalvcd. After repeated and diligent search, 1 have however 

 never been able to lind a single flower decandrous in Barbados, 

 fi\o of the ten stamens being always imperfect. On this ground, 

 unless the observations of others shall prove that I have been 



