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RUBIACEjE. I. NAUCLEA. 



the leaves having fallen). Tj . S. Native of Java, in the moun- 

 tain woods of Seribu and Panang. Said to be allied to N . 

 glabra. Heads of flowers globose. Fruit sometimes sessile and 

 sometimes pedicellate, but probably from abortion. 

 Tall Nauclea. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



18 N. OBTU'SA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1009.) leaves obovate-oblong, 

 obtuse, coriaceous, glabrous, downy in the axils of the veins 

 beneath; stipulas oblong, obtuse; peduncles solitary or by 

 threes, terminal, length of petioles. f? . S. Native of Java, in 

 the woods on Mount Tjerimai. 



Obtuse-leaved Nauclea. Tree. 



19 N. STELLA'TA (Wall. cat. no. 6102.) branches terete, 

 smooth ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous ; peduncles solitary, ter- 

 minal, bearing each a globose crowded head of flowers. lj . G. 

 Native of Cochin-china. Cepbalanthus stellatus, Lour. coch. 

 Flowers apparently red. 



Stellate Nauclea. Shrub. 



20 N. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. hid. 2. p. 124.) arboreous; 

 leaves petiolate, roundish-oval, obtuse ; stipulas oblong, obtuse, 

 many-nerved; heads terminal, on short peduncles; capsules 

 distinct. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies, in Chittagong ; 

 and of the Society Islands. The rest unknown. 



Round-leaved Nauclea. Tree. 



21 N. AFRICA'NA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 929.) shrubby, smooth- 

 ish ; leaves oval, acute, petiolate ; stipulas oblong, acute ; pe- 

 duncles short, terminal, solitary, rarely by threes; bearing each 

 a globose head of flowers ; tube of calyx short, truncate ; 

 anthers exserted, reflexed. P? . S, Native of Guinea, at Cape 

 Coast, and Senegal, and all along the western coast of Africa. 

 Uncaria inermis, Willd. in Ust. del. 2. p. 199. t. 3. N. Afri- 

 cana, Schum. pi. guin. p. 104. Cephalanthus Africanus, Reichb. 

 in Sieb. fl. exsic. seneg. no. 20. Flowers red. 



Var. ft, Luzoniensis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 345.) pubescent ; leaves 

 pubescent beneath, but less so above ; throat of corolla densely 

 bearded. Jj . S. Native of the island of Luzon, one of the 

 Philippines. N. AfricSna, Cham, et Schlecht, in Linnaea. 4. 

 p. 140. Perhaps a proper species. 



African Nauclea. Shrub 6 to 1 feet. 



22 N. CIKCHOKM (D. C. prod. 4. p. 345.) leaves ovate, ob- 

 tuse at the base, and acutish at the apex, glabrous above, pale 

 beneath and rather pilose on the nerves ; panicle terminal, 

 elongated : having the branchlets opposite, and each bearing a 

 globose head of flowers, 3-5 in number ; bracteas ovate-oblong, 

 deflexed, under the branchlets of the panicle I? . S. Native 

 of South America, probably in Peru. Cinchona globifera, 

 Pav. quinol. ined. N. polycephala, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist, 

 nat. par. 5. p. 289. Heads dense, many-flowered. Flowers 

 velvety on the outside. Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species of 

 Cephalanthus, but differs from that genus in the flowers being 

 pcntamerous. 



Cinchona Nauclea. Shrub. 



!33 N. MICROCE'PHALA (Delile, in Caill. pi. afr. p. 67. no. 54.) 

 shrubby, glabrous ; leaves 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, tapering into 

 the pejioles ; stipulas united into a 4-toothed ring ; peduncles 

 axillary, smooth, slender, longer than the petioles ; heads of 

 flowers globose ; calyxes and corollas small, pubescent. Tj . S. 

 Native of the north of Africa, at Singue. 



Small-headed Nauclea. Shrub. 



24 N. LANCEOLA TA (Blum, bijdr, p. 1009.) leaves on short 

 petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; stipulas oblong, obtuse ; peduncles terminal, solitary. 



^ S. Native of the west of Java, in mountain woods. Ce- 

 phalanthus orientalis, Blum. cat. hort. buitenz. p. 38. Flowers 

 varying to tetrandrous. 



Lanceolate-leaved Nauclea Shrub. 



25 N. GRANDIFOUA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 345.) leaves rather 



large, obovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, acute at the base, rather 

 undulated, glabrous ; stipulas oval, about equal in length to 

 the petioles ; peduncles terminal, solitary, length of petioles. 

 1?. S. Native of Java. N. macrophylla, Blum, bijdr. p. 1010. 

 but not of Roxb. There is a variety of this species in the 

 province of Bantam, having the leaves all obovate and undulated, 

 and another in the province of Rembang having larger and more 

 undulated leaves. 



Great-leaved Nauclea. Tree or shrub. 



26 N. CORDA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 1011. but not of Roxb.) 

 leaves roundish-cordate, retuse at the apex, glabrous ; stipulas 

 oblong-roundish, united at the base, length of petioles ; peduncles 

 terminal, solitary. ^ . S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. 



Cordate-leaved Nauclea. Shrub or tree. 



27 N. ORIENTALS (Lam. ill. 153. f. 1.) arboreous, glabrous; 

 leaves oval-oblong, on short petioles, smooth ; stipulas oblong ; 

 peduncles axillary, opposite : upper ones solitary, 3 times longer 

 than the heads of flowers, which are globose. (7 . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, Java, and China. Poir. diet. 4. p. 435. Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 1006. Ham. in Lin. trans. 15. p. 94. Bancalus, 

 Rumph. amb. 3. t. 55. f. 1. Anthers inclosed. Style much 

 exserted ; stigma ovate. 



Eastern Nauclea. Tree 15 to 20 feet. 



28 N. CANE'SCENS (Bartl. in herb. Hsenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 346.) branches tetragonal, velvety ; leaves on short petioles, 

 elliptic, short-acuminated, glabrous above and canescent be- 

 neath ; peduncles compressed : lower ones axillary, opposite : 

 the upper ones from the falling of the leaves appear racemose, 

 and are as well as the heads tomentose ; lobes of calyx linear, 

 obtuse. T?.S. Native of the Island of Luzon. Stipulas deciduous, 

 at the sides of the leaves, oblong -linear, twin, on both sides in the 

 upper part of the racemes. 



Canescent Nauclea. Shrub or tree. 



29 N. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 340.) glabrous; branchlets tetragonal; leaves petiolate, 

 roundish-cordate, short-acuminated, paler beneath ; peduncles 

 axillary, opposite, solitary, compressed, articulated in the mid- 

 dle ; heads globose, tomentose; segments of the calyx ovate, 

 obtuse. Jj . S. Native of the Island of Luzon. Corolla hoary 

 from tomentum ; with an elongated tube ; and roundish lobes. 

 The sterile peduncles become hardened and hooked, as in the 

 genus Uncaria. 



Round-leaved Nauclea. Tree or shrub. 



SECT. II. PENTACORY'NA (from irevre, pente, five, and icopvvij, 

 coryne, a club ; in reference to the 5 club-shaped lobes of the 

 calyx). D. C. prod. 4. p. 346. Segments of calyx (or brac- 

 teoles) elongated and club-shaped. 



30 N. CORDIFOLIA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 40. t. 53. fl. ined. 2. p. 

 122.) arboreous ; leaves petiolate, roundish-cordate, villous be- 

 neath ; stipulas oval , peduncles 1-3 together, axillary ; bearing 

 each a globose head of flowers ; lobes of calyx and stigmas 

 clavate. Jj . S. Native of Coromandel and Cottala, on the 

 mountains, in the southern peninsula of India. Petioles terete, 

 rather villous, equal in length to the peduncles. Flowers yel- 

 lowish. Seed 6 in each cell of the capsule, membranaceously 

 winged, never imbricated, but bifid at the apex. Leaves 4-12 

 inches each way, on petioles from 2-3 inches long. Peduncles 

 downy, from 1-4. The wood is exceedingly beautiful, its colour 

 is like that of box-wood, but much lighter, and at the same 

 time very close-grained. It is to be had of a large size, from 

 1-2 feet or more in diameter, and is used for almost every 

 purpose, where it can be kept dry. For furniture it answers 

 exceedingly well, being light and durable. This is probably the 

 N. sterculiasfolia, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 5. p. 289. 



Heart-leaved Nauclea. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



