64 34. MORiNGEyE. \_Moringa. 



MORINGA, Lamk. 

 Only genus, with characters those of the order. 



Leaflets small, nerves obscure. Petals white ... ... M- i)terygosperma. 



Leaflets large, nerves 4-6 pairs, distinct. Petals 



streaked with pink... ... ... ... M. concanensis, 



M. pterygosperma, Gfertn. DO. Prod. II. 478 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 45 ; Bran- 

 dis For. Fl. 129 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 80; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 314. 

 Shevgi, M.; nuggi mara, K.j segava, segata, Vern. Horse-radish tree. 

 Cultivated throughout the presidency. B'l. Jany., Apl. Fr. Apl, onwards. 



M. concanensis, Nimmo in Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 43 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 45 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 130; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 311. Mhua, Sindhi. 

 Throughout the Konkan and Sind, in dry forests. Fl. Nov., Dec. Fr. 

 Dec. onwards. 



Order 35. CONNARACEiE. 



Shrubs or trees, climbing or erect. Leaves alternate, 1-3-foliate 



or odd-pinnate. Flowers bisexual, in racemes or panicles. Calyx 



5-divided. Petals 5. Stamens 5-10, sometimes declinate, those 



opposite the petals often shorter and imperfect. Carpels 5, rarely 



more or less, hairy, 1-celled ; ovules 2, collateral. Fruit of 1, rarely 



2-3, sessile or stalked usually 1-seeded follicles. Seed arillate or 



not, aril various. 



Calyx accrescent. Capsule sessile ... ... Rourka. 



Calyx not accrescent. Capsule pedicellate ... ... Connarus. 



ROUREA, Aubl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate. Panicles axillary. Sepals 

 5, orbicular, imbricate, accrescent in fruit. Petals 5, stamens 10 ; 

 filaments connate at the base. Ovaries 5-4, usually imperfect. 

 Fruit a capsule, apiculate. 



R. santaloides, W. & A. Prod. 144 ; Fl. Br. I. 2. 47 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 53. In the evergeeen forests of the Konkan and North 

 Kanara ; abundant on the hills near Karwar. Fl. Oct. Fr. Apl. -July 

 There is a variety of the above, found on the Ainshi gh&t of North 

 Kanara, the sepals of which are ciliate and the capsules small, ^-i in. on 

 slender pedicels. 



CONNARUS, L. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves odd-pinnate ; leaflets usually 5. Flowers 

 small in axillary and terminal branched panicles. Sepals 5. Petals 

 5. Stamens 10, 5 shorter and sometimes without anthers. Ovaries 

 5, densely pubescent, 4 usually imperfect or obsolete, the fifth with 

 a slender style, stigma capitellate. Capsule oblique, inflated, broader 

 upwards; valves glabrous or pubescent within; seeds arillate, 

 albumen 0, testa shining. 



Capsule not veined or shining, contracted into the stalk... C. monocarpus. 

 Capsule strongly striate, shining, narrowly keeled ... C. Whjhtii. 



Capsule suddenly contracted into the stalk, base cordate . C. Ritchiei. 



