Morinda.^ lxxt, eubiace^. (J, D. Hooker.) 157 



-tapering into the petiole, peduncles long or short solitary leaf-opposed rarely 2-3- 

 nate and terminal, drupes free. Wdl. Cat. 8420; DC. Pi-odr. iv. 447; Ktm 

 Fot: Fl. ii. 61. M. squarrosa, Ham. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xiii. 535 ; liC. I. c, 

 Morindasp., Wall. Cat. Bi2B in part,Bi2Q,8m, and Psychotria (? Morinda), 

 '8365, 



Teopioal Himaxata, wild and cultivated, from Nipal eastwards, ascending to 6O0O 

 ft. in Sikkim. Assam and Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft. Chittagong and 

 Tekassebisi. 



An erect bush or small tree. Learns often a foot long, narrowed into a petiole 

 sometimes 1^ in., glabrous or puberulous on the nerves beneath; stipules acute or ob- 

 tuse, entire or 2-fid. Flowers very numerous, white, fragrant. Corolla-ttihe | in., 

 glabrous ; lobes globose in bud. Fruit 1 in. diam. or less ; drupes turbinate, black. — 

 Toliage often like that of M. ciirifolia. 



4. TS. persicsefolia, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 635 ; glabrous or 

 scaberulous, leayes ohovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate or linear caudate-acumi- 

 nate narrowed into the petiole, peduncles short solitary leaf-opposed, drupes 

 coalescent. DC. Prodr. iv. 447 ; Kura For. Fl. ii. 61. M. lanceolata, Wall, 

 Cat. 8436. 



Chittagokg aud Pegu, Hamilton, M'Clelland, Biema, Wallich. Tenassebim, in 

 savaunab forests, Kurs. Singapore, Maingay. — Disteib. Sumatra, Siam. 



A small low diffuse shrub; branches flexuous. Leaves 2-6 in., very variable in 

 breadth, tapering into the slender petiole or rarely rounded at the base ; stipules subu- 

 late. Flowers rather small, white. Corolla funnel-shaped, quite glabrous. Fruit the 

 size of a cherry, smooth. — ^Leaves in Eangoon specimens very narrow 5 by J in. 



** Corolla 4- rarely S-meroiis ; tube short, not j in. 



5. HI. umbellata, Xinn. ; DC. Prodr. iy. US; leaves membranous from 

 broadly obovate to elliptic- or linear-lanceolate obtuse acute or caudate-acumi- 

 nate glabrous pubescent or tomentose beneath, nerves very distinct, heads in 

 terminal sessile umbels, drupes connate. W. ^ A. Prodr. 420 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8431 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 62. M. scandens, Poxb. Fl. Ind. i. 648; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 449. M. teti-andra. Jack in Mai. Misc. i. 13 ; Wall: Cat. 8432 ; Mo.vh. Fl. 

 Ind., ed. Carey % WaU. ii. 203; DC. I. c. M. Padavara, Juss. Morinda, Wall. 

 Cat. 84:2Q.—Eheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 27. 



Hills of Easteen Bengai and the Malay Peninsula, from the IDiasia Mts., 

 ascending to 4000 ft. to Penang and Singapore. Westeen Penlnsula ; South Concan, 

 Nilgherry, and Travancore mts. Ceylon, ascending to 4000 ft. — Disteib. Malay 

 Archipelago, China, Japan, N. Australia. 



A diffiise shrub, with sometimes tomentose climbing branches. Leaves extremely 

 variable, rarely 5 in., sometimes obcuneate with a retuse apex, usually elliptic-lanceo- 

 late and quite glabrous, or scaberulous, or sometimes even softly tomentose beneath 

 in both eastern and western specimens, narrowed into the slender petiole ; stipules 

 acute, connate. Peduncles 5-10, f-lf in., glabrous or tomentose. Corolla almost 

 rotate, throat bearded. Fruit size of a large pea or larger, irregularly lobed. — Some 

 Nilgherry Mt. specimens have the leaves not shining. A Singapore specimen from 

 Dr. Anderson has leaves more coriaceous, softly villous beneath, with the nerves ob- 

 scure on the upper surface, thus approaching M. rigida, but the nerves are distinct 

 beneath, and the heads are those of M. umbdlata. 



6. m. rigrida, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 246 ; leaves very coriaceous elliptic 

 abruptly obtusely acuminate glossy above brown and sometimes puberulous be- 

 neath, nerves obscure on both surfaces, heads axillary solitary or 2-4-nate and 

 terminal subsessile, drupes connate. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — Disteib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Branohes cylindric, polished, glabrous. Leaves very uniform, 3-4 by 1^-2 in., dark 



