3. Nauclea.] 84. KTJBIACEM. [4. Miteagtha. 



The floral characters of N. purpurea, Rozb. are as follows :— 

 Heads 1£'' diam. terminal 1-3 together on peduncles 2-3'' long which are 

 bracteate near the middle, the receptacle with conical bristle-like bracteoles 

 between the flowers. Calyx silky 5-lobed. Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped 

 glabrous with short imbricate lobes. Fruit of 2 dehiscent many-seeded 

 cocci. Testa winged. 



3. Adina, Salisb. 



1. A. Cordifolia. Hook. f. Kuinba, Ho. ; Kurumba, M. 

 Karam, 8., H. 



A large tree with broadly ovate or orbicular cordate leaves 

 4-8" long and broad and sub-orbicular stipules enclosing the 

 terminal bud. Heads long peduncled usually in a vertical 

 axillary row of three. Capsules of 2 cocci dehiscent from 

 below and towards a persistent columella. 



Fairly common in all districts and attains 7-8 ft. girth with a straight 

 clean trunk in some of the Singbhum forests, especially on the tops of some 

 of the more sheltered hills. 



Fls. June'July. Fr. Feby.-May. Dec. Feby.-May. 



L.,pubescent beneath with 5-8 sec. n., usually shortly abruptly acumi- 

 nate. Petioles 2-3'. Peduncle with 2 small bracts. Heads j-1* diam. 

 Bracteoles filiform slightly clayate. Receptacle hairy V*f " in fr. Corollct- 

 tube £'' pubescent. Stigma sub-globose. 



A fair timber, but planks are apt to split badly on drying. 



4. Mitragyna, Korth (Stephegyne, Korth). 



1. M. parvifolia, Korth ; S. parvifolia, Forth ; Sande- 

 kumba, Ho. ; Guni, M., Kheria ; Guri, Kharw,, H. ; Gore, 5. 



A mod.-sized tree with silver-grey twigs, broadly ell. 

 obtnse leaves 4-6" by 3-4" and oblong keeled stipules covering 

 the buds, deciduous. Heads of fls. 1" diam. 2-3-together or 

 solitary, each with 2 pale- coloured leaves (bracts) near the 

 top of the peduncle. Capsules of 2 dehiscent cocci, as in 

 Adina. 



Frequent in all distriots, chiefly in the villages. Fls. May-June. Fr 

 following March and April, but ripe seed also oollected in Nov. Deci- 

 duous May. 



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