n8 lxxiv. RUBIACE2E. [Morinda. 
though it has an unpleasant taste; roots used for dyeing orange- 
colour. 
I have never seen this plant wild, and suspect it is an introduction from 
the Moluccas. 
(2) M. elliptica Ridl. Journ. Roy. Soc. S. Br. 79, p. 86. 
M. citrifolia var. elliptica. King, he. 87. 
A small tree usually about 15 ft. tall with white bark. Leaves 
narrow-elliptic or oblanceolate shortly acuminate and long narrowed 
to base; nerves about 7 pairs; 5 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; petioles 
■4 in. long. Peduncles slender, 1-25 in. long. Heads oblong, 
•25 in. long. Corolla-tube cylindric, lobes sub-acute, all white, 
■5 in. long. Fruit-head oblong, green, hardly pulpy, *5 in. long. 
Hab. One of the commonest trees in the open cleared ground, 
especially in lalang fields and on rocks by the sea. Whole peninsula. 
Singapore, Malacca. Pahang. Selangor. Penang. Tringganu. 
Native name : Mengkudu jantan. 
This extremely common plant has been confused with the very different 
M. citrifolia owing to its bad drying, and I cannot find it has ever had a 
specific name. 
(3) M. Scortechinii Ridl. M. umbellata var. Scortechinii 
King and Gamble, l.c. 88. 
Climber, hairy all over. Leaves elliptic cuspidate or obovate 
cuspidate narrowed to a sub-obtuse base, 2-75 in. long, 1-25 in. 
wide, membranous; nerves elevate beneath 10 pairs; petioles 
slender, -3 in. long, hairy. Peduncles terminal, 8 together slender, 
pubescent, 1 to 1*5 in. long. Heads small few-flowered, -2 in. 
through in flower glabrescent. Calyx rounded, hemispheric, entire. 
Corolla *1 in. long, glabrous, white. Fruit yellow (Pierre). Hab. 
Perak, Goping (Scortechini). Disirib. Siam. 
(4) M. Ridleyi sub M. umbellata var. Ridleyi King and 
Gamble, l.c. 88. 
A lofty climber 2 in. through with corky bark. Leaves sub- 
coriaceous above, smooth shining beneath, densely red-hairy, 
especially on the elevated 4 pairs of nerves and midrib, oblanceolate 
oblong abruptly cuspidate narrowed to the rounded base, *3 in. 
long, 1 in. wide; petioles •2 in. long, hairy. Stipules thin, papery 
lanceolate-acuminate, -2 in. long. Peduncles terminal, umbelled 8 
together slender hairy, 1-25 in. long. Heads *25 in. wide. Fruit 
black, -25 in. through. Hab. Forests in the south. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah (Ridley). Johor, Pengerang. 
Malacca, Bukit Kajang (Cantley). 
(5) M. rigida Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 246; King, l.c. 87. 
Stout climber; young parts and underside of leaf tomentose. 
Leaves thick, coriaceous, dark green, elliptic blunt or short 
acuminate, base cuneate; nerves 18 to 20 pairs, indistinct; 2 to 
4 in. long, 1 to 1*6 in. wide; petioles -4 in. long, pubescent. Stipules 
