Nauclea.'] LXXV. RUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 27 



petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules linear-oblong. Heads 2^ in. diam. ; peduncles slender, 1-2 

 in., with 4 bracts below or above the middle. Flowers ochreous-purple ; style rather 

 Short. 



3. N. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 609; leaves large elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong coriaceous obtusely acuminate, peduncles 3-nate very stout, corolla silkv. 

 G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 469. 



PENANG, Porter. DISTRIB. Sumatra. 



Branches very robust. Leaves 6-12 by 3-5 in., shining above, cordate or tapering 

 into a very stout petiole ^1 in. ; nerves strong beneath. Peduncles 1-2^ in., lateral 

 spreading, central short or long. Heads l in. diam.; calyx-lobes long, slender, 

 clavate, acuminate, very silky, longer than the tube of the glabrous corolla. 



** Stigma elongate acute, stipules concave sub-persistent. 



4. N. inissionis, Wall. Cat. 6099; leaves elliptic-lanceolate acute or 

 obtuse membranous glabrous, peduncles short stout solitary, calyx and corolla 

 tomentose. W. $ A. Prodr. 392 ; Am. Pugill. PL Ind. Or. 20. N. oblongata, 

 Miq. in Herb. Hohenack. 717. N. orientalis, Herb. Madr. N. elliptica, Dalz. $ 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. 



TRAVANCOK, Bottler, Wight. MALABAR, HohenacJccr. CONCAN, Stocks. 



Very similar to N. purpurea, but distinguished by the subsessile leaves of which 

 the petioles are usually winged to the base, and the elongate stigma, and the remark- 

 able stipules. Leaves 4-7 by 1-2| in., shining above; petiole rarely in.; nerves 

 10-12 pair, slender; stipules forming an appressed cylindric coriaceous sheath, more 

 or less connate, sometimes half-way up, glabrous, obtuse, very persistent. Peduncles 

 usually inclined, -1 in., with stipular sheathing bracts at the base, and 4 small bracts 

 united below into a cup above the base, of which 2 are shorter than the others. Heads 

 l in. diam. ; calyx-lobes and corolla-lobes tomentose. Of Dalzell's N. elliptica there 

 are authentic specimens, but in bud only. He describes the stigma as ' round,' bufc 

 his specimens accord so entirely with "Wight's, Rottler's, &c., in all other respects, 

 that I suspect some mistake. His plant should be searched for ' near Sura, and the 

 village of Hoolun, not far from Chorla Ghaut.' 



5. N. IVIaing-ayi, Hook. f. ; leaves broadly elliptic or elliptic-obovate 

 coriaceous obtusely acuminate, nerves beneath pubescent, peduncles solitary 

 very short, calyx and corolla-lobes tomentose. 



MALACCA ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. 823). 



Branches stout, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., shining above, contracted into 

 a short petiole which is almost winged to the base; nerves 12-14 pair, strong, 

 spreading; stipules f in. long, forming an appressed cylindric sheath, obtuse, 

 coriaceous. Peduncle ^ in,, curved, with basal sheathing stipular bracts, and broad 

 subpersistent ones under the head. Head 1 in. diam. Very near to N. missionis, 

 with similar remarkable stipules, but the leaves are much broader, very coriaceous, 

 with more numerous more spreading strong nerves, which are pubescent beneath; the 

 bracts under the head appear to be very large and orbicular, but they are much 

 withered, and I have seen only 2 specimens. A Bornean species (Beccari, n. 681) is 

 , probably the same as this, but the heads are larger. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



N. OVALIFOLIA, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 14 ; Fl. Ind. i. 576 ; Ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 124 ; 

 'leaves sessile oval and elliptic, flowers terminal solitary.' 'Forests of Silhet': 

 called Shal by the natives. Possibly Adina sessilifolia. Don refers it to Uncaria 

 elliptica, which is not a Khasian plant. 



N. EXCELSA, Blume; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 65, from Pegu. This is certainly not 

 Blume's plant, if Kurz is correct in describing it as having no bracteoles, and the 



