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ORDER LV. MORINGACEZ. 
Trees: calyx. 5-cleft: petals 5, the upper one ascending: 
stamens perigynous: filaments flat and hairy at the base: an- 
thers 8-10, peltate, simple, 1-celled: ovary stalked, 1-celled: 
style filiform: stigma simple: capsule pod-like, 1-celled, 3-valy- 
ed: seeds numerous: albumen none. 
GENUS I. MORINGA. 
Deeandria Monogynia. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. The Malabar name latinized. 
Gen. Cuan. Charactet the same as that of the order. 
(1) M. verycosrerma. (Gaertn. ) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 178.—Dec. prod. II. p. 478. 
Syn. M. Zeylanica, Pers.—Guilandina Moringa, Vahl.—Hy- 
peranthera Moringa, Roxb. fi. Ind. II. p. 368.—Anoma Moringa, 
Lour,—M. polygama, Dec. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. VI. t. 11—Rumph. Amb. I. t. 74, 
Wight’s Il. I. t. 77. . a 
Srec. Cuar. Small tree: leaves twice and thrice pinnate: leaf- 
lets small: 5 stamens without anthers: capsules triquetrous: seeds 
$-angled: the angles expanding into wings: flowers white. 
Peninsula. Hindostan. Flowering in the hot season. The root 
is the horse-radish of Anglo-Indians, and the fruit is eaten in cur- 
ries, The tree yields a large quantity of gum. The oil of the seeds 
in the West Indies is used as salad oil, and is employed by watch- 
makers because it does not congéal or turn rancid. 
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(2) M. Concanensts. (Nimmo. ) 
Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 311. 
Srzc. Cuar. Tree: leaves 2~3-pinnate: leaflets larger and 
rounder than the former species: anthers 5, 1-celled: flowers yel- 
_lowish, with pink streaks. 
‘Concan jungles, flowering in November. 
