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25. MORINDA Linn. 



1. M. citrifolia Linn., var. bracteata (Roxb.) Hook. f. PI. Brit. (nd. 3 (1880) 

 L66. 



(96, 4:i2 Whit ford) April. .Mine. In thickets below 100 in., widely distributed 

 in the Philippines. Tropica] Asia and Malaya. T., Lino. 



2. Morinda volubilis (Blanco). Coffea oolubilis Blanco PI. Pilip. ed. 1 (1837) 

 157; ed. 2 (1845) 111 ; ed. 3, 1 (1877) 200. 



Scandent, reaching 'a height of 15 m. Branches glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, 

 glabrous, in whorls of threes, rarely opposite, ovate to oblong, 7 to L3 cm. long. 



4 to 7 Cm. wide, tlie apex short sharp acuminate, the base acute; nerves 4 to r> 

 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prominent, glandular in the axils beneath, 

 the reticulations lax; petioles 1.5 to 4 cm. long, glabrous, inflorescence axillary, 

 paniculate or sometimes subumbellate, 6 to 12 cm. long, the peduncles stout. 

 angular, glabrous, the branches spreading. Flowers white, flagrant, in capitate 

 heads of from 3 to 7 (lowers each, at the tips of the 2 to :i cm. long branches. 

 Calyces glabrous, fleshy, united to above the middle, the rim short, entire. Corolla 

 about 1 cm. long, glabrous throughout, tubular, usually 5-cleft but sometimes 



5 or 9 cleft, the lobes thick, linear, about mm. long, 1 mm. wide. Stamens 5 

 to 9; anthers narrowly oblong, (i nun. long. Ovary spuriously 4-celled. each cell 

 with a single ovule. Fruit (immature) subglobose. fleshy, I cm. in diameter, 

 black when dry. i 



(2290 Meyer) December; ( 1763 liorden) August. In forests 100 to 130 in. 



An apparently distinct species to which Blanco's description of Coffea volubilis 

 rather closely applies, his specific name being accordingly adopted and the species 

 redescribed under Morinda. Blanco's species was referred by I'.-Villar to Morinda 

 umbeUata Linn., to which the description of Coffea volubilia manifestly does not 

 apply. Lucinttea odorata Elmer, in herb. 



CAPRIFOLIACEiB. 



1. SAMBUCUS Linn. 



I. S. javanica Blume; Clarke in Hook. f. PI. Brit. hid. 3 ( 1880) 2. 

 (490 Whitford) -Inly; (2917 Horde,,) March. In thickets along tin- river 200 

 to 300 m. British India to China, Japan, and Malaya. 



2. VIBURNUM Linn. 



1. V. odoratissimum Ker; Clarke 1. c. 7. 



(1512 Ahem's ooUeetor) August; (11981 Elmer) November. In forests above 

 700 m. British India to Burma and China. 



2. V. sinuatum Merr. Govt. Lab. Buhl. 35 (1900) (55. 



(0904 Elmer) November; (2618 Meyer) February; (3875, 3946 Merrill) August. 

 March; (120 Whitford) May. On exposed ridges in the mossy forests above 



l.ooo m. Endemie, 



CAMPANULAS. 



CUCUEBITACE^. 



1. MELOTHRIA Linn. 



1. M. mucronata (Blume) Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 3 (1881) 608. 



(3080 Merrill) October; (2032 liorden) October. In thickets below 100 m. 

 Tropical Asia and Malaya. 



