232 RUBIACE^I. [ Morinda. 



1. M. exserta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 545 ; Beddome cxxxiv. ; Brandis 

 277; Kurz ii. 59. Vern. Al t ach, Hind.; Alleri, allddi, Panch Mehals; 

 Hardij Nep. ; Noona, Tarn. ; Toghur, togara mogali, mogali, manja pavatti, 

 Tel.; Achu, Uriya ; Nyau, Burm. ; AH, Gondi. 



A moderate-sized deciduous tree. Bark corky, brittle, brown or 

 grey, with numerous deep, longitudinal cracks. Wood red, often yellow, 

 with red streaks, or brown, moderately hard, close-grained. Annual 

 rings faintly marked. Pores small, scanty, generally in radial lines 

 between the numerous, fine and moderately broad medullary rays. 



Bengal, Burma, Guzerat, South India. 



Growth moderate, 7 rings per inch of radius. Weight, according to Skinner, No. 97 

 ( M. citrifolia) 30 Ibs. per cubic foot ; Wallich 29 Ibs. ; our specimens give 41 Ibs. 

 Skinner gives P = 410. The wood is durable : Wallich's specimen (No. B 2690), cut 

 in Burma in 1828, was quite sound when cut up after 50 years in Calcutta. It is used 

 for plates and dishes. The bark of the root is largely used for dyeing red and yellow. 



Ibs. 

 C 1130. Ahiri Reserve, Central Provinces . . 36 



C 1307. Gumsiir, Madras 

 C 1246. 



B 2690. Tavoy (Wallich 1828) 



No. 34. Salem Collection 



42 



47 

 41 



40 



17. LEPTODERMIS, Wall. 



1. L. lanceolata, Wall. ; Brandis 279. Vern. Jogia padera, Kumaun. 



A small shrub of the North- Western Himalaya, generally on rocks 

 between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Bark thin, grey. Wood hard, white. 

 Pores very small, scanty. Medullary rays fine and moderately broad. 



Ibs. 

 H 2822. Simla, 6,000 feet . . . . . . . .48 



ORDER LVII. COMPOSITE, 



The largest Order of plants not only in India, but in the world. With very few 

 exceptions, all the species are herbaceous. There are, however, genera containing shrubs 

 or small trees. They belong to the following Tribes : 



Tribe I. VernonieaB 

 ,, IT. Asteroideae 

 III. Inuloidera 

 IV. Anthemideae 

 ,, V. MutisiacesB 



Vemonia. 



Microglossa. 



Blumea, Pluchea and Inula. 



Artemisia. 



Leucomeris. 



Microglossa volubilis, DC. ; Kurz ii. 82, is a large climber of the hills of Martaban 

 and Tenasserim, found in second-growth forests. Blumea balsamifera, DC. ; Kurz ii. 

 82 (Conyza balsamifera, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 427; Gamble 50) Vern. Poun(innt-thchi;t, 

 Burm., is a shrub which comes up freely on old cultivated lands in Northern an. I Hast- 

 ern Bengal and Burma. Pluchea indica, Less. ; Kurz ii. 83. Vern. Kayu, Burin., is 

 a large evergreen shrub of tidal forests on the coasts of Chittagong, Burma and the 

 Aixliimans. Inula eupatorioides, DC., and Inula Cappa, D(J., are small shrubs of 

 the Himalaya. Leucomeris contains two species : L. sj>ccf(tbi/ift, Don. Vern. 

 Pamva, Kumaun ; Bhoea, phusrae, Nep., a small tree of Nepal, also found in Garh- 

 wal ; and L. decora, Kurz ii. 78, a d.ridii'nis tree of the Eng forests of Promc 



