544 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Morinda, 
gated with red and white, it is employed for gun-stocks in 
preference to all other kinds, 
3. M. bracteata. R. . 
Arboreous, straight. Leaves opposite to each other or to 
a peduncle, oblong, polished. Anthers within the woolly 
mouth of the tube. Stigma exsert. Heads bracted, 
Bancudus angustifolia. Rumph, Amb. iii. p. 157. t. 98. has 
the process of the calyx of my plant, but I cannot say they: 
agree in other respects. : 
It is a native of the Ganjam district ; from thence Mr. Snod- 
grass sent the seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where 
the tree thrives well, and is in blossom during the hot and 
rainy seasons, 
Trunk straight. Branches opposite, decussate, smooth. 
Leaves opposite to each other or to a peduncle, short-petiol- 
ed, oblong, acute, smooth, polished, deep green on both sides, 
margins entire, length from six to twelve inches, Stipules 
large, with semi-circular apices. Peduncles solitary, and al- 
ways opposite to a leaf, round, smooth, from one to two inches 
long, supporting a single, small head, of small pure white 
flowers. In tinetoria and exserta the peduncle is often in 
the axill of a small leaf, which stands opposed to the large 
one. Calyx ; perianth proper, a tumid margin round the 
crown of the germ, frequently a small portion thereof grows 
_Seehe: @ Tong linear-laneeolate, permanent leaflet. Corol 
- funnel-shaped ; mouth of the tube very woolly. Filaments 
short, Anthers Vinear, lodged amongst the wool, but entire- 
ly within the mouth of the tube. Stigma two-cleft, and. ele- 
vated about the mouth of the tube. Berry aggregate, size 
varying from that of a crab-apple, to that of a small nutmeg, 
single berries several, obovate, size of a pea with around eye 
on the apex. Nut or seeds four, the shell or cover uniform- 
ly convex on the outside, and on the inside concave, with an 
_ elevate d convexity near the top which covers a void cell, the 
fertile cell occupies ihe ile lag, axl oucty ee 
