Morinda, _ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.. 545 
breadth of the nut, (for so I may call the hard, smooth, brown 
integument of which it is formed,) but is much compressed, 
Obs. I have not learned thatthe root of this species is used 
in dyeing, but have no doubt of its possessing qualities simi-. 
lar to the roots of all the other Baie of the genus that [ have 
yet met with, _ ; 
# M, exserta. R. - 
Arboreous, Leaves opposite to each other or to a pedun- 
cle, ovate, pointed, Stamens above the tube, Stigma rather , 
within, ‘ 
Beng. Bhun-autch, or Bun-aal. 
_ A tree of rather small stature; a native of Bengal. Flower- 
ing time the hot and rainy season ; seed ripe in about twelve 
sor thirteen months afterwards. 
_ Trunk from six to twelve feet high, often anne on 
and covered with deep cracked, spongy, ash-coloured bark, 
Branches spreading in eyery direction; branchlets opposite, 
smooth; young shoots somewhat four-sided, in some. plants 
smooth, i in others: villous. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 
oval, or yentricose-oyal, pointed, margins entire, but waved ; 
in some plants smooth, of a deep shining green on both sides; ; 
_others downy, from four to six inches long, and from ic, 
% to four broad. Stipules interfoliaceous, entire, emarginate or 
bifid, Peduncles generally solitary, though sometimes there 
“are two together, leaf-opposed, or in the axill of a small leaf, 
opposed to one of the usual size, round, smooth, about an inch 
“Tong, each supporting a round aggregate head of many pure 
White, Jasmine-ltke flowers. In very luxuriant young: eee 
find oF Aowreds ‘exch arait. ‘alyx sca any. 
funnel-shaped._ Border of mee emis Taticcolates ae ex- 
- panding divisions. Filaments inserted on the mouth of the 
tube, in the division. of its margin; erect, Anthers linear. 
Germ beneath, fonr-celled, with one ovule, Style length of 
: ‘the tube of the corol. Stigma even with its mouth and two, 
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