MorINDA JASMINOIDES. JASMINE-LIKE — 
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Class and Order. 
PentranpriA Monocynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Ruvstacea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus obovatus sepits cum vicinis floribus con- 
cretus; limbus brevis vix dentatus. Corolla infundibuli- 
formis, tubo subtereti, limbo patente 5-lobo rarits 4-lobo. 
Stam. 5, rarits 4; filam. brevibus, antheris inclusis (aut 
exsertis). Stylus filiformis, sepé exsertus. Stigma bifidum. 
Bacce 2—4-pyrene, loculis 1-spermis, cum vicinis sepissi- 
mé concrete et mutua pressione compresse aut angulate, 
calycis vestigio areolate. Hmbryo teres in albumine car- 
noso. DC. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Morinpa* jasminoides ; ramis tetragonis sterilibus volubi- 
libus, foliis lanceolatis supra nitidis, sepé in axillis 
nervorum foveolato-bullatis, stipulis membranaceis 
acutis basi connatis, capitulis pedunculatis 2—5-floris. 
A. Cunn. 
Morinpa jasminoides. All. Cunn. MSS. 
A volubilous suffruticose plant, rare in shaded brushes — 
of the Colony of Port Jackson, where it was detected 
by Mr. Attan Counninenam, bearing its orange-coloured 
berries in the month of March, 1821, by whom it was intro- 
duced 
* Quasi Morus Jndica, in allusion to its eastern origin, and to the re- 
semblance of the fruit to that of the Morus or Mulberry. 
