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The large bracts which envelope the capitules in their younger stages are very 

 characteristic of this species. It is closely allied to N. feduncularis, Gr. Don, as 

 noted under that species. 



4. Nauclea nicobarica, Havil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIII. 

 59. A tree ; young branclies slender, compressed, joale, smooth. Leaves 

 thickly membi-anous, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, shortly and bluntly 

 acuminate, the base cuneate, both surfaces glabrous ; main-nerves 5 to 

 7 pairs, spreading, slightly curved, prominent on the lower surface, 

 midrib very stout ; length 3"5 to 7 in, ; breadth 2 to 3'5 in. ; petiole "5 to 

 •8 in. ; stipules shorter than the petiole, obovate-oblong, blunt. Fedundes 

 usually in threes, rarely solitary, slightly compressed and thickened 

 towards the bracteate, striate, adpressed hairy apex. Calyx with a 

 short cylindric tube : the mouth with 5 broadly oblong, blunt lobes, 

 pubescent. Corolla glabrous, '35 in. long, infundibuliform ; the lobes of 

 the mouth 5, broadly oblong, blunt. Anthers 5, oblong, sagittate at the 

 base, slightly apiculate at the apex, half exserted from the throat of the 

 corolla ; filaments more than half as long as the anthers. Fruit ridged, 

 densely villous on the apex and covered by the wlute calyx-teeth. 

 N. piirpurascens, var. latifolia, Korth. (fide Haviland) Korth. ex Miq. 

 Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. 182. 



Nicobar Islands : Kzirz. Andamans : Prains Collector 83. 



5. Nauclea peduncdlaris, G. Don Sjst. III. 469. A tree 40 to 60 

 feet high ; young branches pale purplish-brown when dry. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, sub-acute, the base cuneate or rounded • 

 upper surface quite glabrous, shining, the lower dull, minutely scaly 

 when dry ; main-nerves 9 to 11 pairs, ascending, very slightly curved ; 

 length 5 to 9 in. ; breadth 2*5 to 4 in. ; petiole '4 to '6 in. Capitules 

 globose-ovoid, 1*25 to 15 in. broad; the peduncles usually in threes, 

 sometimes solitary, slightly compressed, thickened at the apex; bracts 

 near the base (fide Haviland) small, ternate, deciduous. Calyx-inhe 

 short, silky, the lobes 5 or 6, erect, ovate, acute or sub-acute. Corolla 

 infundibuliform, the tube glabrous ; lobes 5, ovate, glabrous, rarely 

 puberulous outside. Stamens 5, inserted in the tube of the corolla: 

 anthers linear-oblong, sagittate at the base, the apes wath a bioad 

 membranous apiculus ; filaments as long as the anthers. Style exserted : 

 stigma short, ovoid. Fruit cuneiform, boldly ribbed, its apex depress- 

 ed and slightly hairy. Bracteoles of the capitule with filiform stalks 

 and double fusiform heads ; tlie upper part of the head papillose and 

 yellow ; the lower covered with pale hair. Wall. Cat. 6091 ; Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. III. 27 ; Havil. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XXXIII. 57. 



Penang : Porter ; Curtis 1056, 3405. Perak : Wray 2598, 3197 ; King's 

 Collector 3404, 3578, 6i24, G761.— Distkih. Borneo, Beccari (P.B. 189U). 



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