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III. 
MORACEAE 
CONOCEPHALOIDEAE (sta. straight; ovule at base or 
apex, orthotropous or slightly curved; leaves &c. as in II.) : 
Cecropia. 
IV. CA NNABOIDEAE (sta. short and straight; ovule apical, 
anatropous; acliene; endosperm; herbs with free stipules): 
Humulus, Cannabis. 
[Benth. -Hooker unite M. to Urticaceae (q.v.). Warming splits off 
sub-order IV. as an independent order Cannabaceae, placing both it 
and M. in Urticiflorae.] 
Moraea Mill, ex Linn. Iridaceae (n). 60 sp. Afr., Austr. The outer 
integument of the ovule becomes fleshy as it ripens to a seed. 
Moricandia DC. Cruciferae (iv. 20). 10 sp. Medit. 
Morina Tourn. ex Linn. Dipsacaceae. 9 sp. E. Eur., As. Thistle- 
like herbs, with an infl. like that of Labiatae. 
Morinda Linn. Rubiaceae (n. 19). 40 sp. trop. Firs, in heads; the 
ovaries united. Several yield dye-stuffs. 
Moringa Burm. The only genus of Moringaceae. 3 sp. trop. Afr., As. 
Trees with deciduous leaves; firs, in racemes, zygomorphic, 5-merous. 
There is a cupule-like disc bearing the sta. and perianth. Ovary on 
a gynophore, i-loc. with 3 parietal placentae. Capsule pod-like. 
Seeds winged, exalbuminous. M. oleifera Lam. is largely cultivated 
for the sake of the oil (ben-oil) obtained from the seeds. 
Moringaceae. Dicotyledons (Archichl. Rhoeadales). Only genus 
Moringa (q.v.). It forms a connecting link to the Rosales (Legumi- 
nosae). Benth. -Hooker place it as an anomalous order at the end of 
Disciflorae. 
Moringeae (Benth. -Hooker) = Moringaceae. 
Mormodes Lindl. Orchidaceae (17). 20 sp. trop. Am., epiphytic. 
The fir. presents a very complex structure ; the column is bent to one 
side, the labellum to the other. The pollinia, with their viscid disc, 
are violently shot out if an insect touches the articulation of the anther 
to the column. For details see Darwin’s Orchids p. 208. Cf. Cata- 
setum and Cycnoches, the other two genera of § 17. 
Morus (Tourn.) Linn. Moraceae (1). 10 sp. N. temp. Firs, mon- 
oecious or dioecious, the in catkins, the ? in pseudo-spikes, wind- 
pollinated. Each ovary gives an achene enclosed in the perianth 
whose leaves become completely united and fleshy. The whole mass 
of fruits thus produced on the one spike is closely packed together, 
giving a multiple fruit very like a black -berry (Rubus), but of very 
different morphological nature. The fruit (mulberry) is edible. The 
leaves of M. alba L. (white mulberry), M. nigra L. (black mul- 
berry), and others are used for feeding silkworms. 
Mucuna Adans. Leguminosae (in. 10). 30 sp. trop. and sub-trop. 
Some sp. have stinging hairs on the pods. 
Muehlenbeckia Meissn. Polygonaceae (ill. 5). 15 sp. Austr. to S. 
Am. M. platy clados Meissn. has phyiloclades (p. 166), flat and green, 
