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true Morinda. It seems advisable, however, to use a new 
specific name for this plant in preference to morindoides, owing 
to its incongruity in combination with the generic name 
Morinda. 
Kew is much indebted to Mr. C. E. Lane-Poole, aay 
of Forests, Sierra Leone, for abundant material of flow and 
CLAVIS SPECIERUM AFRICANARUM. 
Frutices scandentes; pedunculi terminales vel 
ramulos laterales he terminantes, nec 
oppositifolii; flores 6—-7-meri:— 
Pedunculi geminati; oie tubus 
Blongdets eracilisque, faucibus dense 
villosus vel pubescens, rarius  fere 
glaber; ovarium glabrum; fructus tur- 
ates, oe persistentibus 2-4 
ester .. 1. M. longiflora. 
bus g oe ovarium plerumque iis eru- 
nt eoelomeeks 
crasse Sipe sieiuen sa 2. M. confusa. 
Arbores vel frutices multe ramosi: nec scan- 
entes; pedunculi oppositifolii et interdum 
etiam terminales; flores 5-meri : — 
amuli eraciles, plus minusve_ teretes; 
stipulae magnae et. foliaceae, mox de- 
ciduae; pedunculi elongati gracilesques 
alabastra gracilia ; fructus. 2-5 
diametro vel minus 3. M . lucida. 
Ramuli _robustissimi, quadrangulares; 
2S gare parvae et persistentes; pedun- 
euli et alabastra Salas fructus 
3-6 cm. diametro ... ? ..4, M. geminata. 
M. longiflora, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iii. 545; Hiern in Oliv. Fl. 
Trop. Afr. iii. 192, partim. Descript. em end. 
Frutex scandens, usque ad 3 cm. atin floribundus; rami 
clongati, graciles, leviter costati, ceterum teretes, glabri. Folia 
petiolata, oblongo-elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, basi breviter 
cuneata, apice subabrupte vel abrupte acuminata, acumine obtuso 
circiter 1 cm. ongo, 6-12 cm. longa, 2-7 cm. lata, coriacea, 
glabra, interdum utrinque subnitida; nervi laterales utrinsecus 
5-6, arcuati, a costa media sub angulo 45°-65° abeuntes, infra 
prominentes, intra ma rginem arcuatim anastomosantes; venae 
infra laxe reticulatae, prominentes; petioli 0-5-1-5 em. longi 
glabri;  stipulae brevissimae, mucronatae ores al i, 
fragrantes; pedunculi terminales, germinati al rarius 3-4-nati, 
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