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CONOCEPHALUS* naucleifldrus 



Nauclea'flov)ered Conocephalus. 



DlCECIA TETRANDRIA, 



Nat, ord, Urticeje. § Artocarpem. 



CONOCEPHALUS BlMme. -— Flores tlioeci, capitato-spicati. Calyx 

 tubulosus, (3-)4-fidus. — Masc, ; Stamina (3,) 4 ; JUamends non exseilis, 

 carnosis. Rudimentum pistilii. — Fcem. : Ovarium oblongo-cylindraceum, 

 ovulo unico ; stylus longus, indivisus. Nuces subbaccati, calyce excrescente 

 tecti, congest!, compressiusculi. Testa subchartacea. Embryo exalbu- 

 minosus (v. subexalbuminosus), inversus. Cotyledones subfoliacese, plano- 

 convexas. Radicula breyis, Blume Bijdrag, p, 484, terminis paul6 

 mutatis. 



C * naucleiflorus ; caule radicante scandente, foliis oblongis acutis scabris, 



capitulis masculis dichotome paniculatis. 

 Urtica naucleiflora. Eoxb, fl, ind. MS, 



Caulis lignosuSf radicans^ cortice scabro, super arbores scandens. Folia 

 aiterna, petiolata, cordata, integral glabra^ 4-8 uncias longa, 3-6 lata; 

 petiob's teretibus, coloratis, dimidium Joliorum aguantibtts ; stipulis ovato^ 

 oblongis, ferrugineis, Masc. : Capituli dichotome paniculatis ex axillis 

 foliorum adultorum, pisiformes, e Jloribus minutis odoratissimis constantes, 

 Bracteee ad dichotomias oppositce, oblongce, ferruginete. Calyx tubulosus, 

 A-Jidus, {in nostris exemplaribus trijidus), laciniis cucullatis suprd antheras. 

 Stamina tot quot lacinice calycincB^ Usque opposita, plana, clavata ; antherse 

 paululum €xseri(£, cordatce, Rudimentum ovarii capitatum, basi pubescens. 

 Foem. ; Capituli ut in mare dichotomy panicidati axillares, i Jloribus parvis, 

 purpureiSy pedicellatis , odoratissimis constantes. Calyx tubulosus, 4-Jidus, 

 laciniis step^ incequalibus. Ovarium superum, oblongum, uniloculare, ovulo 

 unico erecto ; stylus brevis ; stigma oblongum, laterals, Nux ealyce bac- 

 cato vestita, epicarpio carnoso, endocarpio cartilogineo. Testa membranacea. 

 Albumen in seminibus recentibus tenue. Embryo inversus. Cotyledones 

 oblongcB. Radicula supera, cylindracea. — Roxb. MSS. quoad foeminam, et 

 partem maris. 



The accompanying drawing was made some years 

 since, in the Hothouse of the Comte de Vandes ; but no 



* From icalvof, a cone, and *e^«x«, a head ; in allusion to the form of the 

 heads of flowers. 



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