424 LXI. RUBIACES. [ Morinda. 
mon on the seacoasts of a Asia and — - à n" islands. The Australi 
Tuas are in leaf, in fruit, or in very young bud, D are described from 
Asiatic specimens. The fruits received from LE. Mu «cmi as op ati the “ Leichhardt e 
or opa Leichhardtii, m Burdek. Exped. 12, belong i Morinda citrifolia 
Cunn.; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3351. Ae? 
jasminoides, 
d shrub, attaining ée 20 ft., with weak straggling branches. 
Leaves from nearly ovate to oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed into the — 
petiole, 13 to 3 in. long. Stipules connate, deciduous. Peduncles slender, 
2 together at the ends of the branches, each with a small head of 6 to 13 o or 
compound ben y bod 4 in. ës 
Kee Brisbane AM pi Bay, F. beg C. Stua 
N.S. Port Jackson to the Blue Mountains, R. Brown, Woolls and others ; 
northward to Ed and Claren defi Beckler ; er Ge to Tllawarte , Shepherd. 
ictoria. Snowy "m Geen rivers, F. Mueller. 
The species is xc Aa arly allied to M. umbellata, differing ied but apparently con- 
pop in the ue Gem never more than 2 together and the flowers large. 
3. M. umbellata, Linn.; W. and Arn. Pro A traili 
diffuse or somewhat climbing shrub, SCH or the you © radit slightly 
pubescent. Leaves from ovate-oblong or obovate to Ste 1} to 
3 in. long. Peduncles 3 to 2 in. hr 4 to 8 together (usually abo t 6) at 
the ends of the branches, each with a Pest head of about 6 to 12 pa 
the calyx-tubes quite connate or ersed in the receptacle. Corolla 
scarcely 3 lines long, the tube iR Sher shorter than the lobes. 
Ovary 
4-celled ; style te Drupes forming a compound globular berry, 4 to ` 
Quee 
and ny Ee 
M. reticulata » Benth. A low struggling shrub, quite glabrous. 
Ke egen orbicur or broadly ovate, very shortly and acutely au: 
nate, about 2 to 3 in. , coriaceous and prominently reticulate, like those 
of ospermum es de x m. Stipules triangular, acute. ` Pedunc 
together at the ends of the oo each a head of about 6 vi | 
lines long. Anthers exserted. Ova ary (if rightly ME 2-celled, svi 
collateral ovules in each cell, age about the middle. Style long, V 
two short a ew bes 
Queensland. viele W. Hill; N.E. coast, 4. Cunn 
In the only two Ane 1 est rm a head to examine, I did 
whether there were 9 or 4 ovules to each flower. 
18. CGSLOSPERMUM, Blume. 
(Pe ogonolobus, F. Muell.) 
e 
Calyx-limb truncate or obscurely toothed. Corolla- tube ain # 
sland, SE Bay, Dallachy. The species has a wide range over E. India 
ss ey quite certain ; 
1 
