514 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA,. NMauclea, 
Obs, The wood is of a light chesnut colour, firm and close 
grained, is used for various purposes where it can be kept. 
dry, but exposed to wet it soon rots, 
7. N. cordifolia, Willd. spec. i, 929, Roxb, Corom.i, 40, 
tab. 53. 
Leaves opposite, round-cordate, downy underneath, #low- 
ers axillary, from one to three. Segments of the calyx cla- 
vate; seeds membrane-winged, not imbricated. 
le Kelt-kudum. 
Teling. Daduga. 
_ This like the foregoing species, grows to be a very large 
tree ; it isa native of the mountains of the coast of Coroman- 
del. Flowers during the wet season. The seeds ripen about. 
April. ¢ 
Trunk tolerably straight... Bark: like that of the formers 
Branches yery numerous, horizontal, forming a very large, 
shady head. Leaves opposite, decussate, petioled, broad- 
cordate, pointed, entire, above pretty smooth ; downy under- 
neath, particularly when young, beautifully reticulated with 
small veins ; from four to twelve inches each way. -Petioles, _ 
round, a. little downy ; from two to three inches long. Séi- 
pules, as in the last species, Peduncles axillary, from 
one to four, round, downy, length of the petioles, near the 
apex jointed, and bracted, each supporting a single globular 
head. finngtes:, oval, caducous, lowers as in the former. 
i ; ( receptacle as in the pre- 
an species, - i pitetkahaviAies oot} divi- 
sions clavate. Corollets, stamens, germ, and style as in the 
former species. Stigma clavate. Capsules wedge-form, the 
other parts as in the foregoing species. Seeds, about six, in 
each cell, surrounding their receptacle, oblong, not imbricat- 
ed, membrane-winged at the extremities, the lower ones 
pointed, the upper.two-forkedsis:¢.. gira: odiag euale bes 
~ Obs. The wood of this tree is exceedingly beautiful, its. 
colour is like that of the boa-tre, but much igh and aie 2 
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