406 FLORA NIGRITIANA. 
and flowers of Otiophora, Zucc., (from Madagascar), that I 
could scarcely convince myself that it was really distinct without 
the examination of a considerable number of ovaria and capsules 
of both plants, the one being constantly polyspermous, and 
therefore a Hedyotidea, whilst the other has the monospermous 
cocci of Spermacocee. 
1, Morinda quadrangularis, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 8. p. 545.— 
Sierra Leone, Don, Vogel. 
This is a true Morinda, with the leaves nearly of M. citrifolia, 
and is allied to that species, but is remarkable by the quadran- 
gular branches and compressed peduncles. The heads of flowers 
are also much smaller than in M. citrifolia. 
2. Morinda lucida, Benth.; arborea, glaberrima, ramis subte- 
retibus, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovalibus nitidulis, stipulis 
abbreviatis, pedunculis oppositifoliis subternis compresslUus- 
culis, capitulis parvis globosis.—On the Quorra and Fernando 
Po, Vogel. 
Folia fere M. citrifolie, 5-6-pollicaria, sed petiolus vix 2-24 
lin. longus et consistentia forte subcarnosa.  Stipule Uc 
ramulis novellis brevissimze, late, subbifidz, mox fere oblite- 
rate. Pedunculi tenues, sesquipollicares. Capitula quam 
in M. citrifolia multo minora. Bacce in capitulo pauce, 
omnino connate in syncarpium subglobosum 8-9 lin. dia- 
metro, singulze 4-pyrenze, pyrenis. monospermis. : 
3. Morinda longiflora, G. Don, Gard. Dict. 9. p. 555.—Siert@ 
Leone, Don. 2 
Frutex scandens, ramulis floriferis supra-axillaribus oppositis 
Pedunculi in axillis oppositi, et ad apices ramulorum tern» 
breves, 3-5-flori. Ovaria connata, 4-locularia, loculis unt 
ovulatis. Calycis limbus cupularis, truncatus, ovario æqui- 
longus. Corolla fere bipollicaris. 
Another specimen, gathered by Vogel in Fernando Po, looks 
very much like Don's plant, but it is in leaf only, with the remains 
of fruit-bearing peduncles. One of these peduncles has at an 
extremity a singular peltate expansion, the nature of which 
does not clearly appear. ; 
Three other published Morindæ are from W. Tropical Africa: 
