LXXIV. RUBIACE2E. 
Prismalomeris.] 
ii 7 
Gunong Keledang. Kedah, Alor Sta; the Peak. Kelantan, Kota 
Bharu. Penang coast (Curtis). Tringganu, Bundi (Rostados). 
Perlis, Chupeng. Setul, Pulau Adang. Lankawi, Kwah (Curtis). 
Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra, Cambodia. Native names: Mundess; 
Gading Gading; Langsit; Nasi Nasi. 
(2) P. subsessilis King and Gamble, l.c. 91. 
Shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branches pale. Leaves fleshy coriaceous 
elliptic lanceolate-acuminate, narrowed to base; nerves 5 to 7 
pairs, slender, nervules invisible; 2*25 in. long, 75 to 1-35 in. 
wide; petioles -15 to *4 in. long. Flowers very shortly pedicelled 
or sessile in a terminal fascicle. Calyx -2 in. long, funnel-shaped, 
limb as long as tube. Corolla 1*25 in. long, lobes 5, narrow lanceo¬ 
late, coriaceous, white, scent of jasmine. Fruit -6 in. through, 
blue black. Hob. Rare. Mountains at 4500 ft. altitude. Perak, 
Gunong Batu Putih (Wray, Kunstler). 
47 . MORINDA, Linn. 
Small trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves membranous. 
Stipules connate, sheathing. Flowers in heads connate by the 
calyces, axillary or terminal. Calyx-tube short, fleshy, limb o. 
Corolla white, salver-shaped, tube medium, throat hairy, lobes 5 
(rarely 4 to 7) valvate. Stamens as many. Ovary 2 (or spuriously 
4-celled); ovules solitary; style 2-branched. Fruit of the enlarged 
succulent calyces. Seeds obovoid or reniform. Species about 40, 
tropics. 
Trees or large erect shrubs. 
Leaves large, 6 in. across; fruit as big as an egg, 
white . (1) M. citrifolia 
Leaves narrow, i'25 in. across; fruit about -25 in. 
through . . . . . . . (2) M. elliptica 
Climbers. 
Leaves hairy; nerves 10 pairs, base narrowed . (3) M. Scortechinii 
Leaves hairy ; nerves 4 pairs, base round . . (4) M. Ridleyi 
Leaves tomentose beneath, coriaceous; nerves 
indistinct . . . . . . (5) M. rigida 
Leaves glabrous. 
Leaves sub-coriaceous, cuspidate; fruit -i in. 
through . (6) M, lacunosa 
Leaves thin membranous, acute; fruit -4 in. 
through, orange , . . . . . (7) M. umbellata 
(1) M. citrifolia Linn. Sft. Pl. 176; King, lx. 86. 
Small erect tree about 15 to 20 ft. tall. Leaves broad elliptic, 
membranous, 8 in. long, 6 in. wide; peduncles *5 to 1 in. long, 
axillary. Head *5 to 75 in. through, green. Calyx hemispheric 
not lobed. Corolla-tube cylindrie stout, lobes oblong half as long 
recurved, tube hairy within, all white, 75 in. long. Stamens pale 
yellow. Style green. Fruit 3 in. long, 2 in. through, oblong, 
translucent white. Hah. In gardens and villages. Distrib. Indo- 
Malaya. Native name: Mengkudu. Use: The fruit is eaten, 
