122 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. , 



3. Anthocephalus, A. Rich. 



Large glabrous trees witli petiolate coriaceous leaves and large 

 caducous stipules. Floivers sessile, crowded in solitary terminal globose 

 pedunculate heads, tbe peduncles bracteate at the base : the capitules 

 ebracteolate. Calyx with a narrow cylindric tube expanding above and 

 divided into 5 linear-oblong sparsely pubescent persistent lobes. Corolla 

 tubular below, infundibuliform above, with 5 deep linear lobes, glabrous. 

 Anthers linear-oblong, the apex apiculate. Style long, exserted; stigma 

 elongate, cylindric, si ightlj fusiform. Ovary 2-ce\\ed; placentas linear, 

 attached to the middle of the septum ; ovules numerous. Seeds minute, 

 ellipsoid ; testa sub-membranous, albumen fleshy. — Distrib. 2 species 

 both Indo-Malayan. 



Anthocephalus indicus, A. Rich, in Mem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris, 

 1834, p. 237. A tall tree ; young branches slender, dark-coloured. 

 Leaves elliptic, elliptic-oblong or ovate ; the apex acute ; the base 

 cuneate or rounded, sometimes sub-oblique ; upper surface glabrous, the 

 lower sometimes puberulous ; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, 

 slightly prominent on both surfaces ; length 5"5 to 8 in. ; breadth 26 to 

 3"6 in. ; petiole 1"2 to 175 in., somewhat winged near the apex ; stipules 

 triangular. Capitules 1 to 2 in. in diam. : their peduncles I'S to 2 in. 

 long. Calyx short, tubular below, infundibuliform above and deeply 

 divided into 5 narrowly oblong lobes with obtuse, somewhat thickened 

 apices, glabrous. Corolla elongate, infundibuliform, glabrous ; the 

 teeth broadly lanceolate, sub-acute. Anthers 5, linear-oblong, apiculate, 

 the filaments short. Style long, exserted ; stigma large, fusiform. Fruit 

 4-celled, with thin walls, the upper part containing 4 cartilaginous, in- 

 dehiscent several-seeded pyrenes, the lower part only 2-celled and con- 

 taining numerous seeds. A. indicns, Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. 8, p. 8. A. 

 morindiefolius, Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. 154, t. 48 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 

 135. A. Cadamba, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 135; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 127; t. 

 35; Brand. For. Fl. N.-W. Ind. 261; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 23. 

 Nauclea Cadamba, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14; Fl. Ind. II. 512. Sarcocephahis 

 Cadamba, Kurz. For. Fl. Burm. II. 63; Wall. Cat. 6088 (excl. sheet C). 



Perak: Ki7ig's Collector 6913. Andaman Islands: Prain^s Collector 

 43, 93. — Distrib. British India ; Malayan Archipelago. 



A perusal of Richard's original description of Anth. indicus couviucea one that 

 the Bhrub which he describes is not Nauclea purpurea, Roxb., as he says, but 

 Nauclea Cadamba of the same author. 



4. Nauclea, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs with petiolate or sessile, coriaceous or sub-coriace- 

 ous leaves, often of lathor large size; the stipules caducou!: or sub- 



