Lxx. RuniACE-i:. G13 



Vau. tomenumt, IIoolc. f. in Fl. B. T. v. 3 (1880) p. 150. Leaves 

 glabrous or slijjhtly or harslily puberulous above, tomentose or softly 

 villous beneatli. Cymes pubescent, tomentose or softly villous. Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 195. Pavetta tomentosa{ii\).), lloxb. ex Sm. in Ileea 

 Cyclop. V. 2(5 (ISli)) n. 2 ; Wight & Arn. Prodr. p. 431. P. liruaonis, 

 Wight, Icon. t. 10(55 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 112. 



2. Pavetta hispidula, Wi(jht 4' Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 431 ; var. 

 siphonantha, /Juok. f. FL B. I. v. 3, p. 151. A slender branched 

 shrub 3 12 t'l. high {Ititclde). Leaves 3-7 by 1-2| in., elliptic-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, black when dry, ghibrous, attenuated into the petiole ; 

 petioles ^-l in. long ; stipules connate, triangular, acute, from a broad 

 base, membranous, pilose within. Flowers white, in large terminal 

 corymbose more or less pubescent peduucled cymes. Calyx pubescent, 

 ^ in. long ; teeth ^ in. long, triangular, acute, slightly reflexed at the 

 tip. Corolla-tube 1-1 g in. long, slender, glabrous ; lobes i-g by 

 •^2 - /o ^"'j lint-'ar-oblong, subacute. Style very slender, exserted for 

 Ig in. or even more, gradually tapering; stigma hardly distinguishable 

 from the style, scarcely if at all fusiform. Fruit size of a pea, globose, 

 smooth, purple. Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 195; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 646. Pavetta siphonantha (sp.), Dalz. in 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) p. 133 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 112 ; Bedd. For. 

 Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. cxxxiv-8. — Flowers : May. 



KoNKAN : Stock's '., Dahell .' ; Matheran, Woodrow ; Bhiraashankar, Woodrow. 

 S. M. Country : Parpoli Ghat (Belgaum districts), Balscll %- Gibson ; Ramghat, 

 Ritchie, Q'JQ \ Kanaka: Supa Ghats of N. Kanara (rare), Talbot ; Mendele, liitchie, 

 676 ! — DisTBiB. India (W. Peninsula). 



24. MORINDA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees ; branches terete or obscurely 4-gonous. Leaves 

 opposite, rarely 3-nately verticillate, usually membranous ; stipules 

 connate, sheathing. Flowers in axillary or terminal simple, panicled, or 

 umbellate heads, white, more or less connate by the calyces. Calyx- 

 tube urceolate or hemispheric ; limb short, truncate or obscui'ely toothed, 

 persistent. Corolla-tube short or long ; lobes 4-7, coriaceous, valvate 

 in bud. Stamens 4-7 ; filaments short ; anthers linear or oblong. 

 Ovary 2- or (sometimes imperfectly) 4-celled ; ovules solitary, ascending 

 from towards the base of the septum in each cell ; style slender, w"ith 

 2 short or long linear branches. Fruit a syncarpium formed by the 

 succulent enlarged calyces enclosing many cartilaginous or bony 1-seeded 

 pyrenes which sometimes cohere into a 2-4-celled putamen, rarely of 

 nearly free drupes. Seeds obovoid or reniform ; testa membranous ; 

 albumen fleshy or horny ; embryo terete ; radicle inferior. 



Leaves 5-8 in. long, glabrous, shining 1. M. cifrifolia. 



Leaves 4-0 in. long, tomentose, dull, not sliiuiug 2. M. tinctoria, 



[var. tomentosa. 



1. Morinda citrifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 176. A small 

 glabrous tree ; truuk straight ; bark smooth, yellowish-white ; brauchlets 

 obtusely 4-angled. Leaves 5-8 by 3-4 in., broadly elliptic, acute, 

 acuminate or obtuse, bright-green, glabrous, shining, one of the pair 

 next the peduncle often suppressed, base acute ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, 

 prominent ; petioles 4 in. long ; stipules connate, short, broad, obtuse. 



