MOR.EA 



MOEINGA 



1031 



1. Kobinsonitaa, Hook. {Jrls Jtobinsoniitna , F. 

 Mutll.l. Weddinq Ikis. Outer segments spotted red 

 and vellow near base. B.M. 7212. G.F. i:3oo; 10:2.55. 

 J.H."m.32:5G9. G.M.34:5G9. G.C. 1872:393; III 9:1.37. 



2. iridioides, Linn. Stem 1-2 ft. long, -svith many 

 short, sheathing, lanceolate bracts: ]\'s. in fan-shaped 

 basal rosettes: lis. over 3 in. across, white, marked yel- 

 low on claws of outer segments; style crests marked 

 with blue. B.M. C93. L.B^C, l<J:m'>\'(Iris crassifoUa). 



3. Wcolor, Stcud. Habit of 3r. h-idiohle.'!: fls. 2 in. 

 across, yellow, with beautiful brtiwn spots on the outer 

 segments; style crests yellow. B.R. 17:1401. L.B.C. 

 19:1880. P.M. 9:29 (all as Ii-in hiculor). 



4. Pavdnia, Ker. (/)■(.'-■ Pafiniin, Linn. f.). Outer 

 segments without a distinct cl;iw, orange-red, with a 

 blue-black or greenish black spot at the glabrous base. 

 B.JI. 1247, — Var. vill6sa, Baker. Lys. pilose: outer 

 segments bright purple, with a bluc-ldack spot on the 

 hairy claw. B.M. .")71 ( /j-(.s' villosa). Var. lutea. Baker. 

 Lvs. glabrous: tls. yellow, unspotted. B.M. 772 {Mo- 

 j*(pa tricHspis, var. hUca], In J/. Pnronlu and ij!auco- 

 pis the inner segments liave a large central cusp and 2 

 lateral lobes, wdiile in M. fficii:<jus the inner segments 

 have 3 large cusps. 



!j. glaucdpis, Drap. Outer segments white, with a 

 blue spot. B.M. 108 (erroneously as It-i^ Pavouit/).— 

 In this species the outer segments have a short, distinct 

 claw, while JI. Pavonia has none. 



0. triciispis, Ker. Outer seirments whitish or lihic. 

 with a purplish spot. B.M. 090. 



7. papilion^cea, Ker. Fls. red or lilac, yellow on the 

 claw; style crests erect. B.M. 7,50. 



8. fimbriata, Klatt. Fls. lilac. K.H. 1307:271. 



9. ^diilis, Ker. Fls. lilac, spotted vellow. B.JI. 013. 

 Vai ■ 



fiilin, a tropical fruit tree cult, in S. Fla. ancl S. 

 Calif, (see Fig. 1419). It has heads of small white Hs., 

 followed by globose or ovoid, berry-like fruits about 1 

 in. long. The genus contains about 40 species of shrubs, 

 trees and climbers in tropical Asia, Australia and the 

 Pacific islands, and 3 or 4 tropical American species, 

 Lvs. opposite, rarely in 3's: Hs. white, in axillary or 

 terminal, simple, panicled or uiiibelhite heads; corolla 

 tube short or long; lobes 4-7, coriaceous, valvate in the 

 bud. 



citrifolia, Linn. Indian IMt'i.BERr.v. Fig. 1419. A 

 small tree, witli shining, broad or narri:iw, oval lvs. on 

 very short petioles: stipules large, broadly oblong or 

 semi-lunar; fl.-head on solitary peduncles 1 in. long 

 usually in the axil of every other pair of lvs.; calyx 

 limb truncate: corolla 5-7 lobed, tube about K in. long: 

 fruits yellowish, fleshy, in a globose or ovoid head about 

 1 in. ill diam. G.C. 11. 11:333. 



Var. bracteata. Hook. Stipules more acute: calyx 

 limb often with a lance- or trowel-shaped, white, leafy 

 lobe, sr.metimes :{ in. long. Offered in S. Calif, anil 

 ^'l"- M. B. COULSTON. 



MOElNGA (altered from the native Malabar name). 

 Moriiu/'lct'tf. Only three species comprise the family 

 IMoringaceie, all members of the genus Moringa. Tliey 

 are small, spineless trees, with alternate, deciduoxis, pin- 

 nate lvs., axillary panicles of rather large, white or red 

 Hs., and long, pod-like fruits. They are native of N. 

 Africa and the tropical parts of Asia. The position of 

 the family ^loringaceae is difiicnlt to determine. Beu- 

 tham ct Hooker ally it with AnaeardiacCte. Engler and 

 Prantl place it lietween EesedacefP and Sarraceniaceffi. 

 tlrisebach joins it to the Capparidacea->. Others ally it 



longifblia has ve 

 vellow. B.M ( ri IP 



— Var. oddra has white H 

 Hs. B.M. 1238. 



10. spatbicea, Ker. Fl 

 Hnttoni). 



11. iuucea, Linn. Fls, lilac, in 2-3 clusters 



12. tristis, Ker. Lvs, 2-3, produced neat the base 

 1-2 ft. long: clusters of as. 4-0: tls. dull lilac jclire 

 or salmon-colored, with a vellow spot. 

 B.M. 577 {Iris trhtis). 



13. polydntbos, Thunb. Lvs. about 3, 

 one from near the base of the stem, the 

 others from the lower forks, '-.-1 ft. 

 long; clusters of fls. 5-20: fls. lilac. 



If. Maclmii, advertised 1S99 hy Van Tu- 

 tiergen, is s.aid to belong to tlie suliKcinis 

 U\^tQ^.—M.Sisyrinchluiii=lYii Sisyriiicliium. 



W. M. 



MOEEL. ^ee Mushfoom. 



MORtNA( Louis Morin, a French botan- 

 ist, 103tt-1715). DipsAeea. Seven or 8 

 species of perennial herbs in western 

 and central Asia, from 3 in. to 4 ft. high. 

 Lvs, opposite or whorled, narrowly ol'- 

 long or linear, spinous-toothed : tls. 

 whorled; whorls in spikes, surrounded 

 l>y wide-based floral lvs.; bracteoles 

 among the tls, few, spiny. 



lon^Eolia, Wallich. A handsome plant 

 J ft. high, with thistle-like foliage; lvs. 

 in. long, 1 in. across : fls. showy, 

 deepening from white in the bud to pink 

 and finally crimson, crowded in dense 

 whorls near the top of stem. Hardy. 

 Cult, in light, sandy soil, with partial 

 shade. Prop, bv seed and by division in 

 early autumn. Useful in the rockery and 

 border, and with other folia2:e plants. 

 •June-Ang. Himalayas. B.M. 4092. B.R. 

 20:36, R.H 1857:514. -Whorl-flower is 

 a catalogue name. 



MORfNDA (Latin, morns, miillierry, 

 and 7H(7(rn, Indian). ]-!ub'u)r,:,i . This 

 includes the Indian Mulberry, J/, riln- 



H;9. Morinda citrifolia branch with leaves, flowers and truit (> -,o, 

 ,-ertiral sertiou ut truit 1 truit sometimes larger) and enlarged flower below. 



