512 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Nauclca. 



near receptacle, which is united i<> the partition, a little above 

 its middle, and descends deep into each cell, in fact, it is ex- 

 actly dial ofGaertner's Oldenlandia eorymbosa,}. 147. f. 30. 

 inverted. Style twice the length ofthecorol. Six/nut cla- 

 \ai< . somewhat two-lobed. 



4. N. Cadamba. R. 



Leaves petioled, ovate. Stipules triangular. Peduncles 

 terminal, solitary; divisions of the calyx linear. Capsules 

 four-celled at top and two-celled at the base. Seeds without 

 a wing. 



Sans. Neepa, Pr/ywka, and Cudumha. 



Beny. Kudum. 



Katou-tsjaka. Rheed. Mai. 3. t. 33. 



Is common about Calcutta, where it grows to be a large 

 tree, and is not only highly ornamental, but very useful from 

 the extensive close shade it yields. Flowering time the hot 

 season. Seed ripe in October and November. 



Trunk erect, and perfectly straight, bark smooth;, dark 

 gray. Branches numerous, horizontal. Leaves opposite, 

 between bifarious and decussate, spreading, petioled, ova), 

 smooth, entire, nerves many, and simple; from five to ten 

 inches long. Petioles smooth, about an inch and a half long. 

 Stipules interfoliaceous, triangular. Floicers solitary, termi- 

 nal, aggregate ; corollets numerous, forming a large, perfect- 

 ly globular, beautiful, orange-coloured head with the large 

 white clubbed stigmas projecting. Calyx, common none ; 

 proper, five-parted. Corol as in the genus, only the divi- 

 sions are never recurved. Capsules inferior, four-sided. tap< - 

 ing from the apex to the base, near the top it is composed of 

 four, distinct, hard cells, under the common envelope; the 

 lower two-thirds is two-celled only. Seeds numerous, very 

 small, angular, brown colour. 



.">. N. glabra, R. 



Leaves elliptic and smooth. Stipules linear. Peduncles 



