74 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



3. Nauclea sclerophylla, H. 



Climbing, branches four cornered, pubescent ; Leaves 

 elliptic, short pointed, rigid rough below. Stipules two, later- 

 al, lunate, two lobed ; Peduncles axillary, solitary, simple, 

 jointed, bracted, recurved after flowering, persistent. 



Stam : shrubby, climbing. Branches opposite, brachiate, 

 four cornered, four furrowed, pubescent, spreading. Leaves: 

 large, opposite, decussated, elliptical, short pointed, waving, 

 rigid ; above, smooth ; below pubescent nerved, reticulated, 

 petioles short, cylindrical, pubescent, spreading. Stipules 

 two, lateral, lunate, two lobed, horizontal. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, compressed, spreading, a little recurved, pubescent, 

 twice the length of the petioles, near the apex jointed and 

 bracted ; after the seeds have fallen, more recurved, and 

 sharp like thorns. Bracts six, lanceolate, verticelled, at the 

 joint of the peduncle. Calyx common none Proper perianth 

 continued above the germ, funnel form, pubescent without; 

 five cleft, with segments lanceolate, erect. Corolla funnel shape; 

 tube twice as long as the calyx, dilated above, villous without, 

 segments of the limb ovate, obtuse. Stam filaments very 

 small, in the throat of the tube ; Anthers lunulate, bifid at the 

 base, incumbent. Pist : Germ ovate, easily split into two when 

 the calyx is removed ; stigma ovate. Found on the top of the 

 hill. 



MOEINDA. 



Morinda citrifolia, Bancudiis latifolia, Eumph 3, p. 158, 

 t. 99. Coda pilava H. M. 1, p. 97, t. 52. Tagaroo of the Circar 

 Hindoos. Roxb. Aal in Malaya ; Atchy in Oude. Hunter in 

 As. Res. 4, p. 37. Muncooda Malay at P. of W. Island. 



This tree is cultivated (as noticed before) to support the 

 pepper vines. If the prejudice entertained by the Chinese 

 planters, against it, should prove to be illfounded, it would be 

 a more profitable tree than the Erythrina, because its roots 

 furnish a valuable dyeing substance. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



