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ing the 1 em. long petiole, 2 to 3 cm. wide across the 
middle, obseurely 3 to 4-nerved; stipule short, entire, ob- 
tuse, coriaceous. Fruits chiefly in the axils of the leaf 
scars, 1 to 3-clustered, upon 4 mm. long glabrous pedi- 
cels; drupe 8 mm. in diameter, apex flattened or truncate, 
glabrous, yellow, 4 or 5 costate on the outside; pyrenes 4 
or 5, frequently very unequal, 5 mm. long, obtuse at each 
end, more or less compressed and rugose. 
Type specimen 615, E. D. Merrill, Halsey, Culion, December, 
1902. In dry forests. 
MITRAGYNE KORTH. 
* Fruit strongly ridged. 
1. M. speciosa Korth. 
* * Fruit obscurely costate. 
2. M. diversifolia (Wall.) Hook. 
MORINDA LINN. 
* Scandent shrubs. 
1. M. microcephala Bartl. 
* * Erect shrubs. 
2. M. citrifolia Linn. 
MUSSAENDA LINN. 
* Calyx segments short, acute, persistent. 
1. M. grandifolia n. sp. A shrub, 3 to 4 m. high; 
younger branches, leaf petiole and inflorescence densely fer- 
ruginous pubescent. Leaves membranous, the larger ones 10 
to 15 em. wide, 25 to 35 em. long including the 2 to 3 em. long 
petiole, ovate or oblong to oblanceolate, apex acute, base long 
attenuate or abruptly cuneate, short pubescent on both sides but 
especially beneath on the 11 to 14 pairs of nerves; stipule slend- 
erly acuminate, densely covered with brown hairs. Panicle 
terminal, shorter than the leaves; branches divaricate, straight, 
rather strong and thick, ternately forked, subtended by short 
ES acute bracts; terminal flower sessile, those on the lateral 
