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as Burmaii supposed, are at least remarkable varieties. 
The only reason, I suppose, which Willdenow had for 
stating that this species belongs to the class Polygamia di- 
cecia, consisting of two different kinds of hermaphrodite 
plants, was the confounding the two species of Rumphius 
together. With much more reason he would have referred 
the Morunga Jemina to his Hyperanthera decandra^ which, 
he says, has ten fertile stamina, as Humphius represents in 
his figure, and this is the very character by which Burman 
distinguished it from the Morunga mas. In the Supple- 
ment to the Encyclopedie tliis change has accordingly been 
made ; but then the Anoma moringa cannot be the Gui- 
landina morifiga of Linnaeus, which is not the Hyperan- 
thera decandra^ but the Hyperanthera moringa. 
Like Rumphius and Burman, as has already been men- 
tioned, I have found two kinds of this plant. Perhaps the 
differences between them arise from the one being cultivated, 
and the other remaining wild ; but this remains to be ascer- 
tained : and I am not able to verify whether or not the 
wild kind be the Hyperanthera decandra, as I did not see 
the flowers. I am by no means satisfied that either is the 
Morunga femina of Rumphius ; for I do not think that I 
have ever seen a species with leaves so regularly bipinnated. 
I shall, however, mention what I have observed concerning 
the two species or varieties v/hich I have seen. I reject the 
specific name pterygosperma, given by Gasrtner, because 
he includes both species of Rumphius, and it is impossible 
to say which he meant. 
1. Moringa domestica floribus semidecandris, foliis bipinnatis, 
pinnulis imis aliquando ternatis, foliolis utrinque obtusis 
niidisj seminibus alatis. 
Hyperanthera Morunga^ Hort. Beng. 32. 
Hyperanthera Moringa, Hort. Kew. iii, 32. 
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