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24 LXXV. RUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Ceplialanthus 



1. C. naucleoides, DC. Prodr. iv. 539; glabrous pubescent or tornen- 

 tose, leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate acuminate. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 68. C. 

 aralioides, Zoll. 8f Mor. Syst. Verh. 61. Nauclea tetrandra, Roxb. Hort. Seng, 

 14 ; Fl. Ind. i. 676 ; Wall. Cat. 6101. 



SIKLKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 2000 ft., J. D. H. ASSAM, CACHAE, and SIEHET. DISTBIB. 

 N. Birma, Java, China. 



A small tree. Leaves opposite or 8-4-nate, 3-5 by 1-2 in. ; petiole short ; 

 stipules acuminate, often gland-tipped. Peduncles often whorled, slender ; bracteoles 

 linear-clavate, hairy. Heads in. diam., yellowish-white. Calyx-lobes short, with 

 interposed black glands. Very closely allied to the N. American C. occidentalis, 

 Linn., and perhaps a form of it. 



4. ADINA, Salisb. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves petioled ; stipules large, caducous. Flowers brac- 

 teate or not, densely crowded in solitary or panicled globose heads ; receptacle 

 hairy. Calyx-tube angled, lobes 5. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube long, throat 

 glabrous ; lobes 5, valvate. Stamens 5, on the mouth of the corolla, filaments 

 short. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, stigma capitate or clubbed ; ovules 

 numerous, imbricated on a pendulous placenta in each cell. Capsule of 2 dehis- 

 cent cocci, many-seeded. Seeds oblong, testa winged; embryo in abundant 

 fleshy albumen, radicle superior. DISTRIB. Species 6, tropical Asiatic and 

 American. 



1. A. cordifolia, Hook. /. in Gen. PL ii. 80 ; leaves petioled orbicular 

 cordate abruptly acuminate pubescent beneath, peduncles 1-3-axillary 1-headed. 

 Brand. For. Fl. 263, t. 33. Nauclea cordifolia, Wittd. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14 ; 

 Cor. PL 1, t. 53 ; Fl. Ind. i. 514 ; Wall. Cat. 6092 ; W. 8f A. Prodr. 391 ; Kurz 

 For. FL ii. 66; Dais. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. 



Dry forests, alt. 1-3000 ft., from KUMAON to SIKKIM, PEGU and TENASSERIM, and 

 throughout the hilly parts of India to CEYLON. 



A large or small tree, wood hard. Leaves deciduous, coriaceous, 4-12 in. diam. ; 

 petiole 23 in., stout ; stipules orbicular or oblong. Heads f-1 in. diam. ; peduncle 

 stout, 1-2 in.; bracts small towards the apex. Flowers yellow; corolla downy; 

 stigma clavate. Capsule in., cuneate, downy; cells about 6-seeded. 



2. A. sessilifolia, Hook. /. in Gen. Plant, ii. 30 ; leaves sessile oblong 

 glabrous base cordate tip rounded, peduncles 1-3 terminal solitary 1-headed, 

 corolla shaggy. Nauclea sessilifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 515 ; Kurz For. Flor. ii. 

 65. N. sericea, Wall. Cat. 6095 ; G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 467. 



CHITTAGONG, Roxburgh, &c. CACHAR, Keenan. PEGU, Wallich, &c. 



A small tree. Leaves rather coriaceous, 6-10 by 3-6 in., glossy above; petiole 

 very short aud stout , stipules broadly oblong. Heads 1^ in. diam., silkily villous ; 

 peduncle very stout, 1-2 in. ; flowersshaggily silky ; stigma clavate. Capsules ^ in., 

 cuneate. 



3. A. Griffith!!, Hook. /. ; leaves shortly petioled elliptic oblong or 

 obovate shortly obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles 1-2 terminal 1-headed, 

 corolla glabrous. 



KHASIA MTS.; Mahadeb, alt. 3000 ft., Griffith, J. D. H, and T. T. ?NICOBAB 

 Islands, Kurz. 



A small quite glabrous tree. Leaves persistent, coriaceous, 4-7 by l-3 in., 

 narrowed into the short stout petiole ; nerves 6-7 pair, prominent beneath, transverse 

 ones slender; stipules not seen. Peduncles 1-2 in., very stout, smooth. Heads lin. 

 diam. ; bracteoles of short stiff conical-subulate spines shorter than the silky calyces 

 and apparently persistent; corolla quite glabrous. The Nicobar specimen has rather 



