196 



50. UtTBIACM. 



[Cofea. 



Indigenous in Abyssinia and tlie Soudan. Cultivated tEronghout the 

 presidency, but nowbere on a large scale^ Fl. March. Fr. Oct-Jany. 

 In Mysore thrives well at an altitude of 4000 ft. and under a rainfaU oi 

 lOO inches. Wood white, moderately hard and '.close-grained. ' 



n. MORINDA, Lr 



Shmbff or trees, usually erect. Leaves usually membranous j; 

 stipules connate^ sheathing. Elowers white, sessile, on a globose re- 

 eeptacle, more or less connate by the calyces. Calyx-tube short, limb 

 short or 0. Corolla tubular, lobes 4-7, valvate in bud.^ Stamens inserted 

 in the mouth of the corolla, filaments short. Ovary 2 or spuriously 

 4-eelled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a compound succulent berry, contain- 

 ing a number of hard pyrenes, 2-4 from each flower. Seeds obovoid or 

 reniform ; albumen Jleshy or horny 



Leaves pubescent, tomentose or glabrous, not shining. I. W. citrijolta. 

 Leaves glabrous, sMning ... ... ... 2» M, tine fori a* 



1. M. citrifolia, Linn. ; DC. Prod. lY. 446 ; PI. Br. I. 3. 165 ; Dalz, 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 114 ; Brandis For. Fl. 277 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 22t>, 

 Aval, hartundi^ Yern. ; Aah, M. ; Ainshi, mulgul, K. 



Throughout the hotter parts- of India and Ceylon, cultivated and wild. 

 Fl. Br. I. 



Yar. 1, citrifolia proper. Cultivated. Yar. 2, hmcteata, is common: 

 along the coast of the Konkan quite near the sea, and certainly indi- 

 genous. Fruit a white syncarpium Fl. and Fr. R. S.. Yar. S, ellipticaf 

 Konkan, Stocks, 



2. M. tinctoria, Roxb. Fl. Br. I. 3. 156 ; Brandis For. Fl. 277. M, 



citrifolia, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 220. M. tomentosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 114. M. multiflora, Roxb., Brandis For. Fl. 227. M. exserta, Brandis-. 

 For. Fl. 276. Al, ack, alleri, alladi, ainshi^ Yera. ; Mulgal, K. 



Bengal, Burma, Guzerat and Southern India. 



Yar. 1, tinctoria proper, is cultivated. Yar. 2, tomentosa, common in 

 the deciduous forests of the presidency. Fl. May. Fruit, ripe June- 

 July. Yar. 4, /oma eccserto, Panch Mahals. Brandis..^ 



Wood red, often yellow, moderately hard, close-grained. Pores small,, 

 scanty, generally in radial lines between the numerous fine and mode- 

 rately broad medullary rays. Gamble. 



18. PSYCHOTRIA, L. 



Erect shrubs^ or small trees, rarely climbers. Leaves petioled^ 

 attenuated at the base. Stipules solitary or in pairs, often with 

 glandular hairs. Flowers in terminal corymbose eymes, bra<3fceate or 

 not. Calyx-tube short, limb often deciduous. Corolla-tube short, 

 straight ; throat hairy or glabrous. Anthers included or 0. Ovary 

 2-celled, cells 1-ovaled. Fruit small, ovoid, globose or oblong, rarely 



