Moringa.) CONNARACEA.. 357 
213. Moringa Lamk. 
The only genus. Characters those of the Order. 
408. MorInca PreryGosPeRMA Gaertn.; F. B. I. ii, 45; E. D. 
M.721. Hyperanthera Moringa F. I. ii. 368. 
In all the provinces, planted ; but often also self-sown. 
A small tree with corky bark, soft wood, and pungent 
root. Beng. Hind. and Uriya Sajina; Kol. Mulgia ; 
Santal, Munga arak’. 
II.—CALYCIFLORA. 
3 Sepals connate, partially or completely, in a tube adnate to or 
enclosing the ovary, persistent or with the upper portion deciduous, 
_ ‘Yeryrarely free, Disk adnate to the calyx-tube and free from the 
Ovary, OF adnate both to ovary and calyx-tube, bearing the stamens 
eal at the apex of the calyx-tube or on the disk lining 
“Y%, occasionally absent. Stamens variously indefinite or defi- 
the peared on the margin or inner face of the disk, rarely outside 
a. disk. Carpels free or connate, usually inferior or 
q in the calyx-tube. 
Order XLV. CONNARACEZ. 
Shrubs, erect or climbing, or trees. Leaves persistent or deci- 
: dhons, alternate, 1-3-foliolate or imparipinnate ; leaflets coriaceous, 
‘atire; stipules 0. Flowers usually hermaphrodite, regular or 
Somewhat irregular. Disk small annular, or imperfect, or 0. 
als connate as a 5-lobed or 5-partite calyx, imbricate or valvate, 
‘ometimes 5, the shorter antipetalous series being imperfect, 
Perigynous or hypogynous within the disk ; filaments filiform, often 
© below ; anthers short, didymous; dehiscence longitudinal 
rarely after flowering extrorse by torsion. Carpels 5, 
