144 ^^ Hana Kapa. 



13^-2 ill. deepl}- 5-cleft into ovate lobes, petals blue, obovate. Carpels 5, canescent, 

 4-6 lines high, connate about three-quarters of their length into a columnar subtrun- 

 cate capsule, dehiscent at the apex and along the dorsal sutures. Seeds in each 

 carpel 3, superposed, globose, pubescent. The native name is Mao^ and is the "native 

 cotton" mentioned bv some travelers (p. 50) as used for dj'eing a rather light green, a 

 decoction of the fresh leaves being used. It is rather common on low dr^- land. 

 Green seems to have been little favored b}- the old natives, for it is seldom seen on the 

 kapa; it ma}-, however, fade like man}- vegetable greens. 



Morinda Liuu. Gen. n. 235. — Flores hermaphroditi, rarius abortu unisexu- 

 ales, plerumque mediantibus calvcibus in capitula confluentes. Calycis tubus iirceo- 

 latus V. hemisphaericus ; limbus brevis, truncatus v. obscure dentatus, persistens. 

 Corolla infundibularis v. h3'pocraterimorpha, tubo brevi fauce glabra v. pilosa; limbi 

 lobi 5, rarius 4 v. 6-7 coriacei, valvati. Stamina 5, rarius 4-7, fauci corollae inserta, 

 filamentis brevibus ; antherae medio dorso affixae, lineares v. oblongas, utrinque obtusae, 

 inclusjE V. exsertse. Discus tumidus v. annularis. Ovarium 2- v. (interdum imper- 

 fecte) 4-loculare; stj-lus inclusus v. exsertus, glaber v. pilosus, ramis 2 brevibus v. 

 elongatis linearibus; ovula in loculis solitaria, septo infra medium v. basin versus 

 loculi inserta, adscendentia, anatropa v. amphitropa. S3-ncarpium succulentiim, pol}-- 

 pvrenum, p\-renis cartilagineis v. osseis i-spermis, interdum in putamen 2-4-loculare 

 coucretis. Semina obovoidea v. reniformia, testa membranacea, albumine carnoso; 

 embryo teres, radicula iufera. — Frutices v. arbores, erecti v. scandentes, glabri v. 

 rarius pubescentes, ramulis teretibus v. obscure 4-gonis. Folia opposita, rarius 

 3-natiin verticillata, ssepiiis membranacea. Stipulae utrinque solitarise, cum petiolis 

 in vaginam connatae. Capitula longe v. breviter pedunculata, axillaria v. terminalia, 

 nunc umbellata. Flores albi. 



M. citrifolia Linn. — A small glabrous tree with angular branches. Leaves 

 broadly ovate, 6-SX4-6 in., on short petioles. Stipules broad and rounded, 4-6 lines 

 connate below into a loose sheath which encloses the peduncle. Flower heads on 

 short bractless peduncles placed opposite a leaf, their own supporting leaves remain- 

 ing undeveloped. Calj-cine limb truncate. Corolla white, tubular or funnel-shaped. 

 Style shortl}- bifid, as long as the tube. S3-ncarpium several inches in diameter. 

 The noni of the natives former!}- cultivated as a dj-e plant, and still used to some 

 extent as medicinal. When full}- ripe the fruit is used as a poultice, but has a most 

 fcetid smell. The wood when fresh is intensel\- yellow, and the root is especially 

 suitable for dj-eing that color. The bark yields a red dye. 



