Mr. Hunter's Observations on Nauclea Gamblr. 219 



Branches crowded, round, smooth ; branchlets opposite, 

 widely spreading. 



Leaves opposite, petiolated, ovate, pointed, waving, widely 

 spreading, smooth, below marked with transverse pa- 

 rallel veins. 



Stipules at the bases of the branchlets and petioles, two, 

 lateral, parabolical, sessile, widely-spreading, smooth, 

 caducous. 



Peduncles axillary, solitary, round, straight, horizontal, 

 much shorter than the leaves; jointed near the apex 

 and bracteated : after the flowers have fallen, the lower 

 joint persistent, recurved, forming a hooked spine. 



Bracteas four, ovate, acute, spreading, very small, caducous. 



Flowers aggregate, globular; composed of very numerous 

 florets, crowded on a globular, naked, very small re- 

 ceptacle. 



Cal. Perianthium common, none. 



Proper, one-leafed, oblong, incrusting the germen, per- 

 sistent; mouth five-cleft, divisions lanceolate, erect. 



Cor. as in the Genus. 



Stam. Filaments five, very short. Anthers oblong. 



Capsule stalked, oblong, incrusted and crowned with the 

 calyx ; tapering to a point below ; two-celled, two- 

 valved ; the valves adhering at the apex, splitting at 

 the sides. 



Seeds very numerous, oblong, very small, compressed, fur- 

 nished at both ends with a membranous pappus. 



The flowers, when fully spread, I suppose last a very short 

 time; for although 1 have frequently looked for them, I was 

 never able to find them, whence I have been obliged to omit the 

 description of the Pistil. 



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