Lxx, nrniACE.T:. 581 



paleaceous hraoteoles, the calyces not fused <ogetlier. Calyx-tube angled ; 

 lobes 5. C"()i-()lla-tube elungate, t'uiiiiel-sli:ii)tMl, the throat ghibrous in- 

 side ; segments 5, valvate. Stamens 5, in-tn-ted on the month of the 

 corolla ; lilaments short. J^isk cup-slia[)ed. Ovary ^-celh-d ; ovules 

 numerous, inserted on a pendulous placenta, imbricate; style filiform; 

 stigma clavate, rarely capitate. Capsule of 2 dehiscent cocci, many- 

 seeded. Seeds oblong ; testa winged ; nucleus small ; albumen copions, 

 fleshy ; radicle superior. — DiSTiiiu. Tropical and subtropical Asia and 

 America ; species 'J. 



1. Adina cordifolia, Beath. cj- IIoolc. f. Oen. PI. v. 2 (1873) p. 30. 

 A tree with erect trunk and horizontal branches ; bark brownish-grey, 

 thick, furrowed ; young parts pubescent. Leaves 4-10 in. long and 

 about as broad as long, orbicular, shortly acuminate, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent above, more or less densely so (especially when young) beneath ; 

 main nerves 5-7 pairs ; petioles 2-4 in. long, softly pubescent; stipules 

 oblong, obtuse, pubescent, ^-^ in. long, llovvers numerous, in globose 

 heads |-1 in. in diam. ; peduncles 1-2 in. long, stout, axillary, 1-3 

 together, each bearing 1 (rarely 2) heads of yellow flowers. Calyx 

 -jL in. long, hairy ; lobes club-shaped. Corolla 5 in. long ; tube slender, 

 dilated above, pubescent ; segments j^^ in. long, ovate-oblong, subacute, 

 recurved. Style much exserted. Capsules |-^ in. long, cuneate, densely 

 downy. Seeds about 6 in each cell. El. B. I. v. 3, p. 24; Trim. Fl. 

 Ceyl.'v. 2, p. 293; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 184; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. jNat. v. 11 (18!J8) p. 644; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. r. 1, p. 114. 

 Naudea cordifolia, Koxb. Cor. PI. v. 1 (1795) p. 40, t. 53; Grah. Cat. 

 p. 87; Dalz. & (ribs. p. 118. — Elovvers : June-Sept. Veen. Hedu; 

 Medi ; Hal. 



KoNKAN : near Kalyan, Woodrow ! Deccan : Nasik, Woodrow ; Chikli near Nasik 

 Bhiva ! ; Gukak, Ritchie, 1771 ! 



5. MYTRAGYNA, Korth. Obs. Naucl. (1839) p. 10 ; 

 Index Keweusis, v. 3, p. 249. 



Stephegyne, Korth. Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. (1840 ?) p. IGO ; 

 Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. v. 2 (1873) p. 31. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves petiolate, usually with transverse parallel 

 nerves ; stipules interpetiolar, large, caducous. Elowers yellow, crowded 

 in globose axillary and terminal solitary panicled or subumbcllate usually 

 2-bracteate heads ; bracteoles paleaceous. Calyx-tube short, ovoid or 

 obconic ; limb cupular or tubular, truncate or obscurely 5-toothed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped ; tube long, the throat glabrous or pilose ; lobes 5, 

 short, valvate. Stamens 5, on the throat or below the apex of the 

 corolla-tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers oblong, apiculate. Disk 

 annular. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules numerous, on pendulous placentas, 

 imbricare upwards; style long, tiliform ; stigma much exserted, mitri- 

 form. Eruit of 2 dehiscent cocci. Seeds many ; testa winged ; albumen 

 liesliy. — DiSTKiB. Asia, Tropical Africa ; species 8. 



1. Mitragyna parvifolia, Korth. Obs. Naticl. Lid. (1839) p. 19. 

 A large deciduous tree, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves variable in size 

 and shape, 2-5 by l|-3 in., elliptic, suborbicular, or obovate, rounded, 

 acute or bluntly acuminate at the apex, glabrous on both sides, base 



