Cojfea.] LXIV. EUBIAOE^B. 767 



leaves, 1 to 3-nate, 5-merous, axillary, white, 1 to l^in. diameter. Calyx-limb 

 •many-toothed, teeth glandular. Corolla-tube J to l^in. long, lobes obovate- 

 oblong. Fruit ovoid-oblong, ^in. long, didymous when 2-seeded, black. — Hook. I.e. 



Hab.: Sunday Island, Allan Cunningham (F. v. M. Fragm. viii. 147). 



25. MORINDA, Linn. 



(From Morus indica.) 



Flowers usually several together, united at the base into a small head, Calyx- 

 limb short, scarcely toothed. Corolla-tube cylindrical or slightly dilated at the 

 top ; lobes 5, rarely 4, valvate in the bud. Anthers included in the tube or 

 rarely exserted. Ovary 2-celled or more or less completely 4-celled, with 1 ovule 

 in each cell, laterally attached at the base or below the middle ; style exserted, 

 with 2 stigmatic lobes or rarely entire. Fruits of each flower-head united in a 

 compound succulent berry, including a number of hard 1 -seeded pyrenes, 

 usually 2 to 4, proceeding from each flower. — Shrubs or small trees, or Sometimes 

 woody climbers. Stipules usually membranous and united within the petioles in 

 a short sheath. Flower-heads on axillary or terminal solitary or clustered 

 peduncles. 



A considerable tropical genus, chiefly Asiatic or African, with 2 or 3 American species. Of 

 the 6 Australian species, one is common in tropical Asia, another is widely distributed over the 

 seacoasts of southern Asia and the Pacific, the four others are endemic. — Benih. 



Peduncles solitary, apparently leaf-opposed. Leaves very large 1. M. eitrifolia. 



Peduncles axillary. Flowers in twos or threes. Leaves acuminate, con- 

 spicuously veined, 1^ to 2Jin. long 2. M. acutifolia. 



Peduncles 2 together at the ends of the branches i. M. jasminoides. 



Peduncles 4 or more together at the ends of the branches. 

 Leaves ovate to oblong-lanoeolate, not much veined. Flower-Heads with- 

 out prominent bracts i. M. iimbellata. 



Leaves broadly ovate or orbicular, coriaceous and prominently reticulate. 



One large coloured leafy bract to each flower-head 5. M. reticulata. 



Peduncles few or 2 together, seldom solitary. Leaves dark-green above, 



grey beneath &. M. hypotephra. 



1. IME. eitrifolia (Orange -leaved), Linn.; DC. Prod. iv. 446 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Austr. iii. i23. " Ko-on-je-rung," Morehead Eiver, " To-koon-ja," Cooktown, 

 Roth. A tall glabrous shrub, with thick more or less 4-angled branches. 

 Leaves large, ovate, broad or narrow, mostly 6 to lOin. long, on very short 

 petioles. Stipules large, membranous. Flower-heads on very short peduncles, 

 apparently leaf-opposed from the abortion of the subtending leaf, without 

 prominent bracts. Flowers numerous, the calyx-tubes quite connate. Corolla- 

 tube J to ^in. long ; lobes shorter than the tube. Ovary 2-celled, the ovules 

 ascending, attached below or near the middle. Fruit forming an oval pulpy 

 mass, often over 2in. long and above lin. diameter, the pyrenes orbicular, 

 flattened, about 3 lines diameter. 



Hab : Frequent along the tropical coast. 

 Also on the seacoast of tropical A sia and the Pacific Islands. 



Wood of a dark-yellow colour, easy to work. Yields a yellow dye. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods 

 No. 255. 



2. MC. acutifolia (leaves acute), F. v. M. Fragm. ix. 179. A climber, 

 almost glabrous. Leaves ovate, acutely acuminate, narrowed into a very short 

 petiole, 1^ to 2-J^in. long, very coriaceous a-nd shining, but the numerous veins 

 and reticulations very conspicuous on both sides. Stipules lanceolate, deltoid, 

 carducous. Flowers (male) small, sessile, in pairs or threes, on very short 

 peduncles, clustered in the axils. Corolla about 1^ line long ; lobes valvate, 

 longer than the tube. Filaments included or shortly exserted. Anthers oblong- 

 linear. Ovary rudimentary, without any cavity of style. Fruit oraHge-tjoloured 



