24 LXXV. RUBIACEZ. (J.D. Hooker.) [Cephalanthus 
l. C. naucleoides, DC. Prodr. iv. 539; glabrous pubescent or tomen- 
tose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 68. C. 
aralioides, Zoll. $ Mor. Syst. Verh. 61. Nauclea tetrandra, Roxb, Hort. Beng. 
14; Fi. Ind. i. 576; Wall. Cat. 6101, 
Srxxm Himaraya, alt. 2000 ft., J. D. H. Assam, Cacuan, and Sirner.—Disrris. 
N. Birma, Java, China. 
A small tree. Leaves opposite or 3-4-nate, 3-6 by 1-2 in.; petiole short; 
stipules acuminate, often gland-tipped. Peduneles often whorled, slender; bracteoles 
linear-clavate, hairy. Heads $ in. diam., yellowish-white. Caly«-lobes short, with 
interposed black glands.—Very closely allied to the N. American C. occidentalis, 
Linn., and perhaps a form of it. 
4. ADINA, Salisb. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. Flowers brac- 
teate or not, densely crowded in solitary or panicled globose heads; receptacle 
hairy. Calyx-tube angled, lobes 5. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long, throat 
glabrous; lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 5, on the mouth of the corolla, filaments 
short. Ovary 2-celed; style filiform, stigma capitate or clubbed; ovules 
numerous, imbricated on a pendulous placenta in each cell. Capsule of 2 dehis- 
cent cocci, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, testa winged; embryo in abundant 
fleshy albumen, radicle superior.—Drsrrip. Species 6, tropical Asiatic and 
American. 
l. A. cordifolia, Mook. f. in Gen. PL ii. 30; leaves petioled orbieular 
cordate abruptly acuminate pubescent beneath, peduncles 1—3-axillary 1-headed, 
Brand. For. Fl, 263, t. 33. Nauclea cordifolia, Willd.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14; 
Cor. Pl. 1, t. 53; Fi. Ind. i. 514; Wall. Cat. 6092; W. & A. Prodr. 891; Kurz 
For, Fl. ii. 66; Dalz. e Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. 
Dry forests, alt. 1-3000 ft., from Kumaon to Srkxxrw, Pecu and Tenasssrim, and 
throughout the hilly parts of India to CEvrox. 
A large or small tree, wood hard. Leaves deciduous, coriaceous, 4-12 in. diam. ; 
petiole 2-3 in., stout; stipules orbieular or oblong. Heads 1-1 in. diam.; peduncle 
stout, 1-2 in.; bracts small towards the apex. Flowers yellow; corolla downy; 
stigma clavate, Capsule 3 in., cuneate, downy; cells about 6-seeded. 
2. A. sessilifolia, Mook. f. in Gen. Plant. ii. 30; leaves sessile oblong 
glabrous base cordate tip rounded, peduncles 1-3 terminal solitary 1-headed, 
corolla shaggy. Nauclea sessilifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 515; Kurz For. Flor, ii. 
65. N. sericea, Wall. Cat. 6095; G. Don Gen. Syst, iii. 467. 
Cmirracona, Roxburgh, &c. Cacuar, Keenan. Prav, Wallich, &c. 
A small tree. Leaves rather coriaceous, 6-10 by 3-6 in., glossy above; petiole 
very short aud stout, stipules broadly oblong. Heads 14 in. diam., silkily villous ; 
peduncle very stout, 1-2 in.; flowers shaggily silky; stigma clavate. Capsules 4 in., 
cuneate, 
(5% 3. A. Griffithii, Hook. f.; leaves shortly petioled elliptic oblong Wr 
obovate shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles 1-2 terminal 1-headdéd, 
corolla glabrous, 
Kuasta Mrs: Mahadeb, alt. 3000 ft, Griffith, J. D. H., and T. T. ? Nicopar 
Islands, Kurz. Í 
A small quite glabrous tree. Leaves persistent, coriaceous, 4-7 by 11-31 in., 
narrowed into the short stout petiole; nerves 6-7 pair, prominent beneath, transverse 
ones slender; stipules not seen. Peduncles 1-2 in., very stout, smooth. Heads 1} in, 
diam. ; bracteoles of short stiff conical-subulate spines shorter than the silky ealycek 
and apparently persistent; corolla quite glabrous.— The Nicobar specimen has rather 
