Morinda. pentandria moxogyma. 545 



breadth of the nut, (for so I may call the hard, smooth, brown 

 integument of which it is formed,) but is much compressed. 

 Ohs. I have not learned that the 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 species of the genus that I have 

 yd met with. 



4. AI. exserta. R. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite to each other or to a pedun- 

 cle, ovate, pointed. Stamens above the tube. Stigma rather 

 within. 



Beng. Bhwn-autch, or Bwu-aaJ. 



A tree of rather small stature ; a native of Bengal. Flower- 

 ing- time the hot and rainy season ; seed ripe in about twelve 

 »>r thirteen months afterwards. 



Trunk from six to twelve feet high, often variously bent, 

 and coven d w iih deep cracked, spongy, ash-coloured bark. 

 Branches spreading in every direction ; branchlets opposite, 

 smooth ; young shoots somewhat four-sided, in some plants 

 smooth, in others villous. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 

 oval, or \t uuicose-oval, pointed, margins entire, but waved; 

 in some plants smooth, of a deep shining green on both sides ; 

 in others downy, from four to six inches long, and from three 

 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 

 long, each supporting a round aggregate head of many pure 

 white, Jasmine-like {lowers. In very luxuriant young plants 

 I have found the peduncles two or even three-cleft, with a 

 head of flowers on each division. Calyx scarcely any. Corol 

 funnel-shaped. Border of five, equal, lanceolate, fle>hy, ex- 

 panding divisions. Filaments inserted on the mouth of the 

 tube, in the division of its margin; erect. Anthers linear. 

 Germ beneath, four-celled, with one ovule. Style length of 

 the tube of the corol. Stigma even with its mouth and two- 

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