514 PENTANDRIA MONOGVNIA. NdUcUa. 



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. Flow- 

 ers axillary, from one to three. Segments of the calyx cla- 

 vate ; seeds membrane-winged, not imbricated. 



Beng. Ke\i~km\nm. 



Teling. Daduga. 



This like the foregoing species, grows to be a very large 

 tree; it is a 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 former. 

 Branches very 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. Sti- 

 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. Bractes oval, caducous. Flowers as in the former. 

 Calyx, common none. Common receptacle as in the pre- 

 ceding species. Proper perianth above, five-parted ; divi- 

 sions clavate. Corollets, stamens, germ, and style as in tile 

 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-forked. 



Obs. The wood of this tree is exceedingly beautiful, its 

 colour is like that of the box-tree, but much lighter, and at the 



