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MOBINGACE^. 

 Moringa, Juss. 



1. M. PTERYGOSPEEMA, Gaertn. Fruct. II. 814. t. ]4.7 ; Wight 111. 

 I. t. 77 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bot. I. 350. {Hyperantliera Moringa, Vhl. Sjmb. 

 I. 30 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 572. t. 609 f. 1—2). 



Hab. Cultivated in and around villages all over Burma and the adja- 

 cent islands. Fl. Febr. March ; Fr. H. S. 



A most perplexing genus to systeraatists. It appears to me nearest 

 allied to Violacece, 



riOLACE^. 



Conspectus of genera, 



Trih. I. VIOLBM. CoroUa irregular, the lower petal mucli larger. Herbs or peren- 

 nials, 



1. Viola, Sepals produced at base- Lower petal spurred or saccate, 



2. JoNiDiTJM. Sepals not produced at base. Petals clawed, the lower one gibbous 

 or saccate at base, 



Trih. II. ALSOBEIE^. Corolla regular or nearly so. Shrubs or trees. 



3. Alsodeia Petals 5, free. Connective produced beyond the anther. Capsule 

 loculicidal. 



Viola, L. 



Conspectus of species. 



X Stigma 3-lobed, terminal. «. 



Without stolons; stigma 3-lobed ; stipules entire, ... ... ,..V. Patrinii. 



Stoloniferous ; stigma 2-lobed ; stipules toothed, ... .., ...V. diffusa. 



% X Stigma very oblique or quite lateral. 

 Stoloniferous ; stipules toothed or fimbriate, ... ... ,..V. serpens. 



1. V. Pateinii, DC. Prod. I. 293 ; Hf. Fl. Ind. I. 183. (F. primu- 

 lifolia, L. sp. pi. p. p. ; Poxb. Fl. Ind. I. 650 ; V. Walkerii, Wight 111. I. 

 42. t. 18). 



Hab, Ava, Khakyen hills, Ponsee (J, Anderson). Fl. March. 



2. V. DIFFUSA, Ging in DC. Prod. I. 298; Hf. Ind. FL I. 183. 

 Hab. Ava, Khakyen hills, Ponsee (J. Anderson). Fl. Fr. March. 



3. V. SEEPENS, Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 449 ; Oudem. in Miq. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bot. III. 76 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 184 j Poyle 111. Him. PI. 

 74. t. 18. f. 1. 



Hab. Ava, Khakyen hills (J. Anderson) ; not unfrequent in the damp 

 hill-forests along rocky rivulets in Martahan at 3000 to 6000 ft. elevation j 

 Tenasserim, Moulmein (Parish). Fl. Fr. March. 



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