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Bancalus, the type is also a true Nauclea (Sarcocephalus) , for 

 Rumphius' description refers unmistakably to Sarcocephalus: 

 "fructus . . . non facile manibus confringenclus, lentus enim 

 ac tenax est, interna substantia similis est, sed siccior praecedente" 

 [Arbor noctis = Sarcocephalus \]. -Most of the species trans- 

 ferred by Kuntze to Bancalus, however, belong in Nauclea as 

 currently interpreted, but not in Nauclea {Sarcocephalus) as 

 defined by Linnaeus. 



Nauclea as here interpreted in the original Linnaean sense 

 consists of the following species, extending from tropical Africa 

 through tropical Asia and Malaya to tropical Australia and 

 Polynesia, nearly 25 being known. 



NAUCLEA Linnaeus. 



Nauclea annamensis (Dubard & Eberh.) 



Sarcocephalus annamensis Dubard & Eberh. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 



Paris 15: 493. 1909. 

 Indo-China. 



Nauclea dasyphylla (Miq.) 



Sarcocephalus dasyphijllus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 133. 1856. 

 Sumatra. 



Nauclea diderrichii (Wildem.) 



Sarcocephalus ■diderrichii Wildem. in Masui £tat Indep. Congo 

 Expos. Brux. 439. 1897 (nomen); Rev. Cult. Colon. 9: 7. 1901. 

 Tropical Africa. 



Nauclea elmeri nom. iiov. 



Sarcocephalus ovatus Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1: 33. 1906; non 



Nauclea ovata Merr. 1913. 

 Philippines. 



Nauclea esculenta (Afzel.) 



Sarcocephalus esculentus Afzel. ex R. Br, in Tukey, Congo App. 



467. 1818. 

 Nauclea sambucina Winterb. Ace. Sierra Leone 45. 1803 (nomen). 

 Tropical Africa. 



Nauclea gilleti'. (Wildem.) 



Sarcocephalus gilletii Wildem. in Rev. Cult. Colon. 9: 8. 1901. 

 Tropical Africa. 



Nauclea glaberruna Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 28. 1830. 



Sarcocephalus glaberrimus Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 2: 133. 1856. 

 Philippines and Celebes. 



