Nauclea. pentandria monogynia. 515 



same time very close grained. It is to be had of a large 

 size, from one to two feet, or more in diameter, and is used 

 for almost every purpose where it can be kept dry. For 

 furniture it answers exceedingly well, being light and dur- 

 able. 



8. N. purpurea. Willd. spec. i. 929. Roxb. Corom. i. 41. 

 tab. 54. 



Leaves petioled, oblong, very smooth. Flowers terminal, 

 from one to three, segments of the calyx clavate. Seeds very 

 numerous, membrane-winged, imbricated. 



Teling. Bagadcr. 



A small tree, a native of the moist vallies up amongst the 

 Circar mountains. Flowering time the beginning of the hot 

 season. 



Trunk irregular. Bark scabrous, ash-coloured. Branches 

 opposite, decussated. Leaves opposite, decussated, sbort- 

 petioled, oblong, pointed, entire, very smooth and shining 

 both above and below, from four to nine inches long, and 

 broad in proportion. Stipules as in the two preceding species. 

 Peduncles terminal, one or three. Flowers larger than in 

 either of the former species, purple, Calyx, common none. 

 Receptacle almost naked. Proper perianth as in N. cordijblia. 

 Coral, stamens and pistillum as in the species. Stigma glo- 

 bular. Capsules turbinate, (the outer covering wanting,) 

 two-celled ; the cells two-valved, opening from the base. 

 Seeds numerous, most minute, imbricated with their insertion 

 upwards. 



9. N. sessili folia. R. 



Leaves oblong, sessile, base somewhat cordate, embracing 

 the branchlets; apex rounded. Flowers terminal, solitary. 

 Capsule four-valved. 



A large tree, a native of the forests of Chittagong, where 

 it blossons from January till March. 



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