210 XLIII. MORINaACEiE [Morbuja 



radihh tree. Vern. Saiujna^ Saonjna^ Muncjna^ Hind.; Shevaga^ Mar.; 

 Niigge^ Kan. ; Moringa^ 2Ionaga^ Tarn. ; Danthalun^ Bnrm. 



A small tree. Trunk strai2;lit, attaining a girtli of 4-5 ft., bark thick, 

 corky. L. 12-30 in. long, usually tripinnate, leaflets on short slender petiolules, 

 ovate or obovate, pale beneath, sec. n. indistinct. M. strongly honey-scented, 

 1 in. across, bracts linear, shorter than pedicels. Petals linear-spathulate, 

 with, yellow dots at base. Ovary and base of filaments hairy. Pod 9-18 in. 

 long, pendulous, 9-ribbed. Seeds rounded- trigonous with broad win2,s at the 

 angles. 



Indigenous in the Subliimalaj^an tract from the Chenab to the Sarcla, albo in the 

 Onclh Foiebts. Cultivated throiighont India and Burma. ^1. January-x4.pril, m ith or 

 before the fresh leaver. Easily projaagated by cuttings. Leaveb, flowers and fruit eaten 

 as a vegetable. The root lias a strong jjungent taste, is used as a vesicant. The seeds yield 

 oil (Ben oil). 2. M. eoncanensis, Niinmo ; Brandis F. PL 130 ; Hook. Ic. PL t. 2596, hills 

 of ^iini{Mhaa)^ Rajputana (Saiiijjfa, ^^ecjora, Hetjii). On dry hills in the Konkan and in 

 Berar (Gavilgarh Fort, D. B. 1878). A small tree. L. generally hipinnate, leaflets 

 broadly-ovate or obovate, petiolules |~} in. long, sec. n. 4-6 pair, more prominent than 

 in 1. Fl. reddish-yellow, smaller than in 1. Pod sharply 3-angled, long pointed, heeds 

 with thin membranous wingb at both ends. 



0edb» XLIV. CONNARACE^ ; Gen. PL i. 430. 



Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing. L. alternate, imparipinnate or 1-3- 

 foliolate, leaflets quite entire, stipules 0. Fl. usually bisexual and regular, 

 pentamerous, in racemes or panicles, calyx usually persistent. Stamens 10, 

 free, or lower portion of filaments connate into a short tube, the epipetalous 

 stamens generally shorter and often sterile. Carpels 5, each usually with 2 

 collaterarovules. limiting carpel in most genera one only, 2-valved. Seed one, 

 radicle superior. 



A. L. imparipinnate. 



Capsule solitary, sessile, sepals orbicular, imbricate 1. Bourea. 



Capsule solitary, stii^itate, sepals imbricate . . 2. Cunnarus. 

 Capsules 1-3 from each flower, sessile, calyx valvate. 



Fl. polygamous, capsule hairy within . . . Onestis (p. 218). 



Fl. bisexual, capsnle glabrous within . . . TiCNiociiLJSNA (p. 213). 



B. L, unifoliolate 3. Ellipanthus. 



1. ROUREA, Aubl.; El. Brit. Ind. ii. 47. 



L. imparipinnate. M. small, in axillary panicles. Sepals 5, orbicular, 

 imbricate in bud, much enlarged in fruit, filaments connate at base. Capsule 

 sessile, curved, seed more or less enclosed in a split arillus, albumen 0. Species 

 40-50, tropics of both, hemispheres. 



A. Leaflets few, 1-5 pair, petiolulate. 



1. R. santaloides, W. et A. (1834) ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Man. t. xi. 



A large scrambling glabrous evergreen shrub. Leaflets often alternate, 1-3 

 pair, coriaceous, shining^ elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, blade 2-5, 

 petiole ^-l in, long, sec. n. arching, conspicuous, as well as the reticulate veins 

 between them. El. white, pedicels jointed, with a minute bracteole at the 

 joint. Sepals strongly imbricate, margin more or less ciliate, petals much 

 longer than vsepals. Ovary glabrous. Capsule f-1 in. long, base surrou.nded 

 by a leathery cup formed of the enlarged sepals, dehiscing along the inner 

 suture and bending outwards, exposing the seed enveloped in the orange- 

 coloured arillus. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from the Konkan southwards. FL May- 

 October. In Ceyloix the stems are twisted into strong ropes. Nearly allied are : 

 2, R. co333inutata, Planch. ; Kurz F. FL i. 324, Assam, Khasi hills, Cliittagong, Lower Burma, 



