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COMMENTARY ON 
Morunga mas, Herb. Amb. i. 184, t. 74;. ? 
Mourungu, Hort. Mai. vi. 19i t. 11. 
Mitha (dulcis) Sojana Hindice. 
Dan-sa-lun Barmanorum. 
Colitur ubique ad Indiae pagos. 
Arbor mediocris ramis nudis fragilibus. Folia alterna, bi- 
pinnata, pinnularum imarum una vel altera ternata. Foliola 
oblonga, utrinque obtusa, petiolata, integerrima, subvenosa, 
nuda, terminali majore obovato. Rachis nudus, supra carina- 
tus, articulatus, ad divisiones incrassatus. Glandulse pedicel- 
latae, caducae, ad singulas folii divisiones supra positae. Loeo 
stipularum tubercula duo, oblonga, obliqua. 
Panicula axillaris, ramis alternis multifloris folio brevior. 
Bracteae squamaeformes, vagae, in paniculae omos sparsae. Flo- 
res albi, mediocres. 
Calyx ultra medium quinquefidus laciniis linearibus, obtusis, 
coloratis, obliquis. Petala quinque forma et magnitudine laci- 
niarum calyciS;^ calyci inserta. Filamenta decern calyce brevi- 
ora, declinata, subulata, basi pilosa, alternis longioribus antheri- 
feris inaequalia. Germen pubescens, oblongum, superum. Sty- 
lus subulatus, declinatus. Stigma acutum. 
Fructus omnino ut capsula Moringas pterygospermae a Gaert- 
nero (De Sem. ii. 214) delineata est. 
Although I have quoted Rumphius with doubt, because 
his figure represents the small leaves (foliola) as sharp- 
pointed, and the leaves as abruptly pinnated, yet every 
thing he says respecting the growth, cultivation, and uses 
of the plant, as usual, is excellent, and applicable to the 
plant I have described. I do not quote Linnaeus, the 
younger Burman, Willdenow, nor the Encyclopedie, be- 
cause several plants are included by each among the syno- 
nyma of the Guilandina moringa, or Hyperanthera mo- 
ringa, or Moringa oleifera, and it is impossible for me to 
determine which they really meant. I do not quote either 
plant of the elder Burman, because his second plant (Thes. 
Zeyl. 164), which he considers as the same with the Mo- 
ringa maSy is said to have a small flower, which would not 
appear to be the case with that of Rumphius; nor is it the 
