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8. MORINDA, LI. 
Flowers numerous, their ovaries united into a head. Calyx obscurely toothed, 
Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 5, short. Style 
slender. Stigmas 2, filiform. Fruit composed of 2-4 one-seeded carpels, all 
united into a fleshy head.— Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or whorled. 
Stipules within the leaves. Flowers terminal, or opposite the leaves. 
1. M. Roioo, L. Stem smooth, procumbent or climbing; leaves smooth, 
lanceolate and acuminate, or obovate oblong and abruptly acute, short-petioled ; 
stipules broad and short; flowers small, crimson. — South Florida. March and 
April. 
9. CHIOCOCCA, Browne. 
Calyx ovate, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, valvate in the bud. 
Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla; anthers linear, included. Style 
slender. Stigma obtuse. Fruit fleshy, roundish, compressed, composed of two 
oblong 1-seeded nutlets. Seeds suspended. — Shrubs. Leaves smooth, petioled. 
Stipules connate. Flowers in axillary racemes, white or yellow. 
1. C. racemosa, Jacq. Erect; leaves oblong (2/—3/ long), acute at both 
ends ; racemes mostly longer than the leaves, often compound, many-flowered ; 
_ Corolla many times longer than the calyx-teeth, white, turning yellow. — Varies 
with the stems prostrate and vinc-like, leaves smaller (1'— 3! long), more rigid, 
and longer than the few-flowered simple racemes. — South Florida. — Fruit 
white. 
10. PSYCHOTRIA, L. 
Calyx ovate, 5-toothed, or nearly entire. Corolla short, funnel-shaped, 4- 5- 
_ lobed, valvate in the bud. Stamens 4-5. Stigma 2-cleft. Fruit drupaceous, 
Composed of two l-seeded carpels, mostly ribbed or angled when dry. Seeds 
erect. Albumen horny. — Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, narrowed to & 
petiole. Stipules sometimes membranaceous and deciduous. Flowers mostly 
M terminal corymbs or panicles. ‘ 
1. P. lanceolata, Nutt. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate at each end, the 
Wer surface as well as the branches ferruginous-pubescent ; stipules clasping, 
9Yate, acute or acuminate, deciduous ; corymbs terminal, trichotomous at the 
base. — South Florida. — Leaves 9' — 3! long. Fruit ovate, red. - : E 
2. P. undata, Jacq. Leaves oblong, acuminate at each end, undulate, 
™gose, and, like the branches, smooth; stipules round, membranaceous, decidu- 
ous; cyme sessile, twice trichotomous, shorter than the leaves ; corolla naked at 
. the throat, hairy at the insertion of the filaments ; fruit (dry) ovoid, 10-ribbed. — 
South Florida. — Leaves about 3’ long. Flowers small. — x 
