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RUBIACEA, CIII. Morna. 
Gambia and Casamanca, among bushes, where it was collected 
by Leprieur and Perrottet. Flowers white. 
Twin-peduncled Indian-mulberry. Shrub. 
6 M. murtir10ra (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 200.) sub-arboreous ; 
leaves oval-oblong, acute, with undulated margins, downy on 
both sides, but particularly so beneath ; peduncles terminal and 
opposite the leaves, solitary or twin or tern, villous, usually 
compound; heads nearly globose, many-flowered. R. S. 
Native of the East Indies, in Berar. Stamens inclosed. Style 
exserted. Berries combined in a head, about the size of a mul- 
berry, each containing 4 seeds This plant is cultivated about 
Nagpore for the sake of its roots, as the other species are in 
various other parts of India, and for the same purpose. 
Many-flowered Indian Mulberry. Tree small. 
7 M. puse’scens (Smith, in Rees’s cyle. vol. 24. no. 3.) 
young branches tomentose ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acumin- 
ated at both ends, scabrous, but with villous veins ; peduncles 
hairy, opposite the leaves, and terminal; heads globose, few- 
flowered ; corollas elongated, almost glabrous. h.S. Native 
of the Mauritius, 
Downy Indian-mulberry. Tree or shrub. 
8 M. savarrdsa (Ham. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 535.) shrubby, 
erect, glabrous; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, undulated ; pe- 
duncles naked, opposite the leaves, solitary, twice the length of 
the petioles ; heads ovate, nodose in the fructiferous state from 
the berries being prominent. kh.S. Native of the East Indies, 
among bushes at Camprura. Berries of a livid whitish colour : 
having the pulp white and diaphanous, each containing 4 seeds 
never combined or conferruminated, many of them abortive. 
Squarrose Indian-mulberry. Shrub. 
9 M. ancustirér1a (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 201. but not of 
Roth.) shrubby, erect, glabrous; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 
blistered, almost sessile ; stipulas somewhat cordate, united into 
a ring; peduncles short, solitary, almost terminal, but usually 
opposite the leaves; heads globose, many-flowered ; berries 
distinct in the head. h. S. Native of the East Indies, at 
Chittagong. Roxb. cor. 3. t. 237. Peduncles seemingly ter- 
minal when they begin to blossom, but soon afterwards a branch 
shoots out from between each peduncle and its respective oppo- 
site leaf, which marks their proper situation to be opposite the 
leaves, supporting each a head of pure white jasmine-like flowers. 
Anthers hid in the middle of the tube. Berries succulent, of a 
deep shining black, with very dark-coloured pulp, containing 4 
seeds each. The root of this species is used by the natives of 
India for dyeing, where the plant is in plenty. 
Narrow-leaved Indian-mulberry. F]. April, July. Clt. 1816. 
Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
_ 10 M. rersicæròLia (Ham. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 535.) suffru- 
ticose, diffuse, glabrous; branches tetragonal; leaves elliptic, 
acute, on short petioles ; stipulas subulate, longer than the pe- 
tioles ; heads sessile, solitary, opposite the leaves, usually con- 
taning about 10 flowers, and sometimes bracteated by a leaf. 
k. S. Native of Pegu and Ava, in woods. Corolla incurved, 
much longer than the head. 
Peach-leaved Indian-mulberry. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
11 M. Tursace’nsts (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
380.) shrub downy, twining; leaves obovate-oblong, acute ; 
stipulas connate at the base, acute, downy; heads terminal and 
Opposite the leaves, on very short peduncles ; corollas villous 
on the outside. h.S. Native of New Granada, between Tur- 
baco and Carthagena. Flowers white. 
Turbaco Indian-mulberry. Shrub cl. 
** Terminal peduncles twin, but the lateral and axillary ones 
are solitary. 
12 M. Roto'c (Lin. spec. 250.) glabrous, procumbent at the 
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base; leaves lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, on short 
petioles ; stipulas broad, very short, mucronate; heads small, 
axillary, and nearly terminal, on short peduncles. h.S. Na- 
tive of St. Domingo, Cuba, and Mexico. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 
16. Lin. hort. cliff. p.73. Roiòc humifisum fructu Cupres- 
sino. Plum. gen. p. 11. t. 26. Pluk. alm. t. 212. f. 4. Flowers 
white. Berries l-seeded, ex Plum., but 2-seeded, ex Lin., 
combined into a globose head. The roots dye linen of a dark 
colour. 
Roioc Indian-mulberry. Fl. July, Oct. 
procumbent. 
13 M. tonoirrdra; a branched rather climbing shrub ; 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles short, axillary, 
bearing each a head of 6-7 flowers. R.S. Native of Sierra 
Leone, among bushes. Corolla white, with a very long tube. 
Long-flowered Morinda. Shrub cl. 
14 M. quapraneuta‘ris; shrubby; branches rather quad- 
rangular; leaves broad, oblong, acute, membranous, veiny ; 
peduncles axillary, bearing each a head of 9-10 flowers. h. S. 
Native of Sierra Leone, among bushes on the mountains, and in 
the lowlands. (V. S. in herb. Lamb.). 
Quadrangular-branched Indian-mulberry. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 
15 M. pepuncuta‘ris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p- 380.) glabrous, erect; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 
shining; stipulas short, connate, acuminated ; heads axillary, 
on long peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acuminated. h.S. Native 
of South America, in woods on the banks of the Orinoco, near 
San Borja. Branchlets tetragonal. Corollas white, glabrous. 
Tube of calyx downy. 
Peduncular-flowered Indian-mulberry. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
16 M. retusa (Lam. and Poir. dict. 4. p. 316.) arboreous, 
glabrous ; leaves obovate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, on 
short petioles, shining above; stipulas connate, membranous, 
obtuse ; heads globose, on short peduncles, terminal? h.S. 
Native of Madagascar, where it is called Lingo. Poiret says, 
in his diagnosis of this species, that the heads are lateral, but 
in his description he says they are exactly terminal. 
Retuse-leaved Indian-mulberry. ‘Tree. 
17 M. patmetorum (D. C. prod. 4. p. 448.) shrubby, gla- 
brous ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, on short petioles ; 
stipulas broad-ovate, cuspidate, membranous, foliaceous ; heads 
almost terminal, solitary, globose, on peduncles, which are 
shorter than the leaves. h. S. Native of Africa, in Cayor 
and Gambia at the roots of palm-trees, where it was collected 
by Leprieur and Perrottet. Peduncles variable in length, from 
4 an inch to 3 inches long. Limb of calyx campanulate, hardly 
5-toothed. Corolla villous on the outside. Style short, An- 
thers almost exserted. 
Palm Indian-mulberry. Shrub. 
18 M. srenorny’tta (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749.) branches 
nearly terete, glabrous, but when young rather tetragonal, and 
clothed with grey tomentum ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 
nated at both ends, on short petioles, grey from very short to- 
mentum; stipulas lanceolate, at length reflexed; peduncles 
axillary. solitary, tomentose. .S. Native of the East Indies, 
near Beddir, where it is cultivated for its roots, which are used 
for dyeing, M. angustifolia, Roth, nov. spec. p. 147. but not 
of Roxb. The figure in Rumph. amb. 3. t. 98. is sometimes 
referred to for this species, but is probably distinct. 
Narrow leaved Indian-mulberry. Shrub or tree. 
19 M. tomentosa (Heyn. in Roth, nov. spec. 147.) branchlets 
angular, glabrous; leaves sub-cordate, ovate, acuminated, 
clothed with grey tomentum beneath, and on the veins above ; 
petioles long, channelled ; peduncles axillary, solitary. k. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Perhaps the same as the following, 
but it aa in the glabrous branches and long petioles. 
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Clit. 1793. Shrub 
