L\\. laiUACK.i;. 579 



below into a cii[) attaclR'd on the peduncle below its iniddlc;. Heads of 

 flowers 1-1:^ in. in diani. Calyx liairy, the calyx-tui)es fused together, 

 YTT in. long ; calyx-lobes J~,t in. long, oblong, sidjclavate at the apex, 

 liairy inside and outside. Corolla yellow ; tube |— i'\ in. long, glabrous; 

 lobes oblong, obtuse, hairy on both sides, j^ in. long. Anthers apiculate, 

 reaebing to about tlie middle of the corolla-lobes. Style exsei'ted about 

 i in. beyond the corolla-lobes; stigma fusiform. Fruits connate into a 

 tieshy globose mass. Seeds arillate, irregularly flattened, imbricate ; 

 testa black, crustaceous. Naucha mission is, Wall. Cat. 0099; Fl. B.I. 

 V. 3, p. '27 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 18G ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 11 (1898) p. G4-1. Naudea dUptica, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 p. 118 ()J0< of Bedd.). — Flowers: Apr .-May, Yern. Plnuja. 



Kanara : along rivers and watercourses in N. Kaiiara, TaUiot ; N. Kanara, Woodrow ! ; 

 common near Yellapur, Talbot \ Sirsi, Talbot \; Karwar, Woo(lrow\ — Distiub. India 

 (southern districts of tlie Western Petiiusula). 



l\ote. — I have carefully examined tlie specimens of what Dalzell called Nauclea 

 elliptica, whicii were sent by Dalzell himself to Kew in 1873, with a letter to Prof. 

 Oliver (which is preserved in Herb. Kew.), and these specimens certainly do not belong 

 to the genus N'tticica. Indeed Dalzell himself admits, in the letter referred to, that 

 they do not belong to that genus. In his descrijition of N. clUpllca (Bomb. Flora, 

 p. 118) Dalzell gives the length of the ])eduncle as 24 in., whereas it does not exceed 

 1 in., and he moreover describes the stigma as round-headed, wliereas in his specimens 

 it is distinctly fusiform. Dalzell's description would apply to Nauclea purpurea, 

 but tlie plant he has himself sent is Nauclea missionis, Wall., Sarcocephulus missionis, 

 IIa\iland. 



2. ANTHOCEPHALUS, A. Rich. 



Glabrous trees. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous ; stipules interpetiobir, 

 ciiducous. Flowers orange, crowded in terminal globose peduncled 

 solitary beatis, ebracteolate ; peduncles with basal stipular bracts. Calyx- 

 tubes closely pressed together but not fused ; limb tubular, with 5 linear 

 persistent or deciduous lobes. Corolla-tube long, funnel-shaped, the 

 throat glabrous ; segments 5, imbricate. Stamens niserted on the throat; 

 of the corolla ; filaments short. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled 

 below, 4-celled above ; ovules very many, horizontal, on 2 bifid placentas, 

 which ascend from the septum below its middle and send an arm into 

 each of the upper cells ; style filiform, exserted ; stigma fusiform. 

 Fruits packed into a fleshy globose mass of many few-seeded coriaceous 

 jiyreues. Seeds minute; testa rather thin; embryo clavate, in fleshy 

 albumen. — Distbib. Tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago ; species 2. 



1. Anthocephalus indicus, A. Ridi. in Nem. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. 

 (18134) V. 5, p. 2'.')S. A hirge tree with erect trunk and widely spreading 

 horizontal branches ; young parts pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, decus- 

 sate, 5-8 by 2|-4 in., elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, entire, glabrous 

 and shining above, more urless pubescent beneath, base usually rounded, 

 sometimes cordate ; main nerves 8-12 pairs, parallel, prominent on both 

 sides; petioles I-I5 in. long; stipules lanceolate, acute, caducous. 

 Flowers fragrant, in solitary terminal globular heads 1-1| in. in diam., 

 on stout peduncles. Calyx i-^ in. long ; lobes 5, linear, obtuse, hairy 

 at the top outside. Corolla orange, ^-.4 in. long ; tube infundibuliform, 

 slender ; segments about J^ in. long, erect , linear-oblong, acute, imbricate, 

 slightly pubescent outside. Styles and stigmas white. Fruit the size of 

 a small orange, yellow^ when ripe. Seeds muricidate. Anthocephalus 

 morindcrf alius, Korth. Verb. Xat. Gcsch. Bot. (1839-42) p. 154, & Obs. 



