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NAUCLEA Adina. 
M^ril$4e(wed Naucka, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Hai. erd. RtPKc&CBjt. - 
NA UCLEA L. — CdpUubiTm cakpc, corolla, stamina Cepliakiichi, additi 
quints, floris parte. Siyltcs et stigma idem. Capsula 2-cocca coccis poly- 
spermy apice infixis axi filifbrmi centrali (ut in umbelliferis), a basi disce- 
diefntftms et inttis sutuid dehiscentibt»^ semina plurima marginata minuta, 
ope funiculi setacei inserta marginibus suturee. Arbttscula, capitula axillaria 
et terminalia, longe pedunculata pedunculo 1-2-squamuloso. Car. f met us 
ex G. t. 30. Congener turn Funis iincatus Rumph. 5. t. 34 turn Ouro- 
paria Aubl. t. 68. (Uncaria Schreb. Agylophora Neck.) cui prceterea scepitLf 
spiruB admtUB( Mfyj^tmy foUis decu$saiivl iiUerpoi^«t^ JttMk. men)* wm. 
13.402. • 
Ti, AtBria; foliis lanceolatis glabris, capitulis soUtariii axillanlnit^ peduneidis 
foHonuxrlongittidine, pericarpio tenot (d^oi^mtor. 
Adinft glebfflorat^ jPktraeksus Lan dhiem i ii t, lUt* 
Nauclea Adina. Smith in Rees m loco. 
Cephalanthus chinensis Hort. An quoque Lamarckii ? 
^ufifrutex dumosus, 2-pedeJis. F^ia opposita, lanceolata, acuminata, 
jfiliwiniHI% capitidoriini longitudine, petiolo J)revi pnbendo, stipald inter- 
medid acuth bilobu. Flores pallidl' lutei, in receptaculo glohoso aggregati, 
suaveolentes. Receptaculum paleis Jiliformibus clavatis cahjcis longitudine 
tectum. Calvx superus, campanidatus, 5-partitus, lobis linearibus, obtusis, 
glabris. Corolla infundihiduris, 5-loba, intiis glabra, lobis ovatis valvatis. 
Stamina 5, Jilamentis brevibus, infra simis limbi inserta. Antherse ovatce, 
acuta, bilocularcs, antice longitudinalitc.r dehisrentes. Stylus jftliformis, rec- 
tus, corolla duplh longior. ^tigma capitatum. Ovarium libcrum, iiifcrum, 
obovatum, pilosum, 2-iocularc, ovtdis in utro(jne locido 4 pendulis. Pericar- 
pium tenue^ 2-loculare, loculis bivalvibuSf ah axi persistente calyce coronatd 
discedentUnu. Semina m utrdque wUvuM dWf /antta, Morgmoto nirinqtu 
caudata. • 
A small shrub, a native of China, whence liviiag plants 
were brought for the Horticultural Society, in 1822, by the 
late Mr. Potts. Our drawing was made in the Chiswick 
Garden in September last. It requires the protection of a 
conservatory, and is easily propagated by cuttings. 
It is difficult to determine the genus to which this plant 
should be referred. INJr. Salisbury, who first noticed it in 
