Morinda.l 



60. RUBIACE^. 



197 



didymous. Seeds plano-convex, ventrally flat or grooved; albumen 

 hard, sometimes ruminate, embryo small, basal, cotyledons broad; 

 radicle inferior. 



Seeds plano-convex. Albumen ruminated. 

 Cyme branches mostly whorled. 



Flowers mixed with rufous hairs. Stipules small... 1. P. ThwaiteHi, 

 Flowers not mixed with rufous hairs. Stipules large. 

 Cymes congested, branches short. Fruit not 



crowned with the enlarged calyx ... 2, P, truncata, 



C^mes with long stout, white branches. Fruit 

 crowned with the enlarged calyx. Seeds with 

 1 dorsal ridge ... ... -..3. P, Dalzelliu 



Cyme branches mostly opposite, bright yellow in 



fruit. Seeds with 1 or dorsal ridges ... 4. P.jlamda. 



Seeds sharply dorsally ridged. Albumen equable. 

 Cyme branches opposite or whorled. Seeds dorsally 



1-ridged ... ... •• ... 5. P. canarensis. 



Cyme branches opposite. Seeds dorsally 4-ridged ... 6. P. octosulcata. 



1. P. Thwaitesii. Hook. f. Fl. Br. 1. 3. 162. 



Western Peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards, Ceylon, 

 36,000 ft., common. On the southern gh^ts of North Kanara, iq evergreen 

 forests, common near the Nilkund and Gairsoppah ghdts at about 200O 

 feet elevation. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. ripe Nov .-Dec. A large gregarious 

 shrub. 



2. P. truncata, Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 162 ; Fl. Br. I. 8. 163. 

 Grumilea vaginans, DO. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 111. 



Western Peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan southwards. In the 

 e vergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kanara gh^ts ; common in the 

 forests near the Tinai ghdt. Fl. Jany. Fr. ripe Oct. A shrub. Branches 

 of the inflorescence and flowers have a white, waxy appearance. 



a P. Dalzellii, Hook. f. Fl. Br. I. 3. 163. Shivan yalUU^ fat-pate^ 

 dutiyale, K. 



Western Peninsula from N. Kanara southwards. 



Throughout the evergreen forests of North Kdnara ; very common^ 

 often gregarious on the ghats near Yellapur. A large shrub. Stem 2 

 in. in diam. at the base and 20 ft. high, not much branched. Branchlets 

 green, somewhat flattened. Bark smooth, inner bark soft, white. Green 

 cells developed. Wood white, tough. FL June- July. Fr. Jany.-Mch. 

 Fruit black, succulent, edible, crowned with the calyx-tube. Albumen 

 ruminate. 



4 P. flavida, Talb. List of Trees, 1894, p. 113. Shivan yallahi, K. 



A small shrub, common in the evergreen forests of the southern gh^ta 

 of N. Kanara. Fl. May-July. Fr. Jany.-Mch. The bright yellow 

 fruiting cymes are characteristic. 



C), P. canarensis, Talb. Syst. List Bomb. Trees etc., p. 113. Jour. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. XL 691. t. 12, 



