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Gambia and Casamanca, among bushes, where it was collected 

 by Leprieur and Perrottet. Flowers white. 

 TVra-peduncled Indian-mulberry. Shrub. 



6 M. MULTIFLORA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 200.) sub-arboreous ; 

 leaves oval-oblong, acute, with undulated margins, downy on 

 both sides, but particularly so beneath ; peduncles terminal and 

 opposite the leaves, solitary or twin or tern, villous, usually 

 compound ; heads nearly globose, many-flowered. ^ S. 

 Native of the East Indies, in Berar. Stamens inclosed. Style 

 exserted. Berries combined in a head, about the size of a mul- 

 berry, each containing 4 seeds This plant is cultivated about 

 Nagpore for the sake of its roots, as the other species are in 

 various other parts of India, and for the same purpose. 



Many-flowered Indian Mulberry. Tree small. 



7 M. PUBE'SCENS (Smith, in Rees's cylc. vol. 24. no. 3.) 

 young branches tomentose ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acumin- 

 ated at both ends, scabrous, but with villous veins ; peduncles 

 hairy, opposite the leaves, and terminal ; heads globose, few- 

 flowered ; corollas elongated, almost glabrous. Ij . S. Native 

 of the Mauritius. 



Downy Indian-mulberry. Tree or shrub. 



8 M. sQUABRbsA (Ham. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 535.) shrubby, 

 erect, glabrous ; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, undulated ; pe- 

 duncles naked, opposite the leaves, solitary, twice the length of 

 the petioles ; heads ovate, nodose in the fructiferous state from 

 the berries being prominent. ^ . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 among bushes at Camprura. Berries of a livid whitish colour : 

 having the pulp white and diaphanous, each containing 4 seeds 

 never combined or conferruminated, many of them abortive. 



Squarrose Indian-mulberry. Shrub. 



9 M. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 201. but not of 

 Roth.) shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves elliptic or lanceolate, 

 blistered, almost sessile ; stipulas somewhat cordate, united into 

 a ring ; peduncles short, solitary, almost terminal, but usually 

 opposite the leaves ; heads globose, many-flowered ; berries 

 distinct in the head, tj . S. Native of the East Indies, at 

 Chittagong. Roxb. cor. 3. t 237. Peduncles seemingly ter- 

 minal when they begin to blossom, but soon afterwards a branch 

 shoots out from between each peduncle and its respective oppo- 

 site leaf, which marks their proper situation to be opposite the 

 leaves, supporting each a head of pure white jasmine-like flowers. 

 Anthers hid in the middle of the tube. Berries succulent, of a 

 deep shining black, with very dark-coloured pulp, containing 4 

 seeds each. The root of this species is used by the natives of 

 India for dyeing, where the plant is in plenty. 



Narrow-feared Indian-mulberry. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1816. 

 Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



10 M. FEESiCiEFOLiA (Ham. in Lin. trans. 13. p. 535.)suffru- 

 ticose, diffuse, glabrous ; branches tetragonal ; leaves elliptic, 

 acute, on short petioles ; stipulas subulate, longer than the pe- 

 tioles ; heads sessile, solitary, opposite the leaves, usually con- 

 taining about 10 flowers, and sometimes bracteated by a leaf, 

 f; . S. Native of Pegu and Ava, in woods. Corolla incurved, 

 much longer than the head. 



Peach-leaved Indian-mulberry, Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



11 M. TURBACE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 380.) shrub downy, twining ; leaves obovate-oblong, acute ; 

 stipulas connate at the base, acute, downy ; heads terminal and 

 opposite the leaves, on very short peduncles ; corollas villous 

 on the outside. fj . S. Native of New Granada, between Tur- 

 baco and Carthagena. Flowers white. 



Turbaco Indian-mulberry. Shrub cl. 



* * Terminal peduncles tnin, but the lateral and axillary ones 

 ate solitary. 



12 M. Roio'c (Lin. spec. 250.) glabrous, procumbent at the 



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base ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, on short 

 petioles ; stipulas broad, very short, mucronate ; heads small, 

 axillary, and nearly terminal, on short peduncles. fj . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, Cuba, and Mexico. Jacq. hort. vind. t. 

 16. Lin. hort. cliff, p. 73. Roioc humifusum fructu Cupres- 

 sino. Plum. gen. p. 11. t. 26. Pluk. aim. t. 212. f. 4. Flowers 

 white. . Berries 1 -seeded, ex Plum., but 2-seeded, ex Lin., 

 combined into a globose head. The roots dye linen of a dark 

 colour. 



JRoioc Indian-mulberry. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1793. Shrub 

 procumbent. 



13 M. LONGIFLORA ; a branched rather climbing shrub ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles short, axillary, 

 bearing each a head of 6-7 flowers. ^ . S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone, among bushes. Corolla white, wilh a very long tube. 



Long-Jlonered Morinda. Shrub cl. 



14 M. QUADRANGULA'RIS ; shrubby ; branches rather quad- 

 rangular ; leaves broad, oblong, acute, membranous, veiny ; 

 peduncles axillary, bearing each a head of 9-10 flowers. Jj . S. 

 Native of Sierra Leone, among bushes on the mountains, and in 

 the lowlands. (V. S. in herb. Lamb.). 



Quadrangular-branched Indian-mulberry. Shrub 3 to 4 ft. 



15 M. PEDUNCULA'RIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 380.) glabrous, erect ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, 

 shining; stipulas short, connate, acuminated; heads axillary, 

 on long peduncles ; bracteas ovate, acuminated, fj . S. Native 

 of South America, in woods on the banks of the Orinoco, near 

 San Borja. Branchlets tetragonal. Corollas white, glabrous. 

 Tube of calyx downy. 



/Wwncj<far-flowered Indian-mulberry. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



16 M. RETU V SA (Lam. and Poir. diet. 4. p. 316.) arboreous, 

 glabrous ; leaves obovate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, on 

 short petioles, shining above ; stipulas connate, membranous, 

 obtuse ; heads globose, on short peduncles, terminal ? Ij . S. 

 Native of Madagascar, where it is called Lingo. Poiret says, 

 in his diagnosis of this species, that the heads are lateral, but 

 in his description he says they are exactly terminal. 



Retuse-leaved Indian-mulberry. Tree. 



17 M. PALMETORUM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 448.) shrubby, gla- 

 brous ; leaves oval-lanceolate, acuminated, on short petioles ; 

 stipulas broad-ovate, cuspidate, membranous, foliaceous ; heads 

 almost terminal, solitary, globose, on peduncles, which are 

 shorter than the leaves. Jj . S. Native of Africa, in Cayor 

 and Gambia at the roots of palm-trees, where it was collected 

 by Leprieur and Perrottet. Peduncles variable in length, from 

 | an inch to 3 inches long. Limb of calyx campanulate, hardly 

 5-toothed. Corolla villous on the outside. Style short. An- 

 thers almost exserted. 



Palm Indian-mulberry, Shrub. 



18 M. STENOPHY'LLA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749.) branches 

 nearly terete, glabrous, but when young rather tetragonal, and 

 clothed with grey tomentum ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, on short petioles, grey from very short to- 

 mentum ; stipulas lanceolate, at length reflexed ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, tomentose. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 near Beddir, where it is cultivated for its roots, which are used 

 for dyeing. M. angustifolia, Roth, nov. spec. p. 147. but not 

 of Roxb. The figure in Rumph. amb. 3. t. 98. is sometimes 

 referred to for this species, but is probably distinct. 



Narrow leaved Indian-mulberry. Shrub or tree. 



19 M. TOMENTOSA (Heyn. in Roth, nov. spec, 147.) branchlets 

 angular, glabrous ; leaves sub-cordate, ovate, acuminated, 

 clothed with grey tomentum beneath, and on the veins above ; 

 petioles long, channelled ; peduncles axillary, solitary, fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Perhaps the same as the following, 

 but it differs in the glabrous branches and long petioles. 



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