2. Adixa.] 77. RUBIACE.E. 



and somewhat expanded upwards. Buds silky. piihescent. Sep. linear. Corolla 

 •25", tube pubescent. 



The timber is a frood deal used both for building- and for planking-. It has also 

 l)een used for light railway sleepers. Planks are apt to split badly when dry. It 

 is also used for the backs of brushes and other small articles and takes a g-ood 

 polish. Gamhlp gives the weight as 4.'5 lbs. The value of ' P ' appears very variable 

 (from 4Gi to 760 , On a clean seed bed it is not difficult to g-row ; plants raised, by 

 me in Chaibassa attained 38 ft. high and 28*75" girth in 10 years. 



3. MITRAGYNA, Korth. (Stephegyne, Korlh.). 

 Trees or shrubs -witli stijiules as in Adlna. Fls. mncli as in Adina 

 each surronncled by j>ala?aceoii3 bracteoles, but calyx truncate entire 

 or Avith 5 onh^ small teeth. Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped with 5 

 valvate lobes. Stigma caj^itate or mitrif'orm. Fruit and seeds as in 

 Adina, from which it appears to me to be rather artificially separated. 



1. M. parvifolia, Korth. Sjm. Stephegyne parvifolia, Korth. ; Karam, 



Kaim, Kalmi, H.; Sande-kuma, Ko.; Guni, Amsabita, Mund.; 



Gitri, KJiarvj. ; Gore, S. ; Gulikadam, keli-kudur, Mitkunia, Beng. ; 



Mur, Mundi, Or. ; Tikuk, Th. 



A mod. -sized tree Avith silver-g-rey twigs, broadly ell. obtuse leaves 



4-6" by 3-4" and oblong keeled stipules covering the buds and falling 



on their expansion. Heads of flowers 1" diam., 1-3-together on a 



short lateral axillary branch or peduncle bearing two pale-coloured 



leaves or bracts near the summit ; these persist more or less in ivwit. 



Flowei's narroAvly funnel-shaped. Bracteoles clavate. Fruiting heads 



•5-'6", capsules ellipsoid A-errucose. 



Througliovit the area, fairly common, ilore in the plains and A-alleys than 

 Adina. Fl. May-June. Fr, following- March and April but ripe seed also collected 

 in NoA'. Deciduous May. 



Bark and blaze mucb as in Adina cordifolin. LeaA'es glabrous except near the 

 axils of the 7-10 prominent sec. n., base rounded or cuneate, not cordate, sometimes 

 obovate with rounded shortly cuspidate apex. Petiole •H-Vo". The Hower heads 

 are terminal on the short lateral branchlets and the secondary peduncles arise iu 

 the axils of the bract-leaves and overtop the older head forming a cyme, lateral 

 Ijeduiicles 1-2" long. 



The Avoutl is said not to be as good as that of Adina cordifolia. The branches are 

 often lopped for fodder. It coppices from the cambium and should thei-efore be 

 cut lf)w. Trees grown l>.y me in tiingbhum were 33 ft. high with a girth of 30- 1" 

 after IG years. 



4. NAUCLEA, L. 



Trees or shrubs Avitli large leaves and broad stipvtles sheathing the 

 terminal bud. Flowers in globose heads as in Adina Avith or Avithout 

 bi'acteoles. Hypanthium turbinate or obconic free. Calyx lobes 5 

 usually tipped Avith vah^ate processes. Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped 

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

 Seeds Avinged. Embryo clavate. 



Glandular-pits in the nerve axils are frequent in Adina, Stephegyne 

 and in Nauclea, obscttre in Sarcocephalas, ahsent in Anthocephalus and 

 Cephalanthvs. 



1. N. purpurea, lloxh. 



A small tree Avith pale glabrous tAvigs and large oblong stipules 

 •o-'6" long. Leaves 5-10" by 2-5-4-75" elliptic-lanceolate or -oblan- 

 ceolate acute or subacute quite glabrous, shining above, base 



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