80 63. RUBIACE;E. 



petiolate, ovate, 10 cm. long, 5 cm. broad, acuminate or suddenly acute at 

 the apex, rounded, truncate or slightly cordate, margin entire or obscurely 

 repandous, primary veins 7 on each side, the middle vein patent at angle 40 

 from the costa and the basal veins at angle 90, glabrous on the upper 

 surface, pallid on the lower surface, petioles 3J cm. long. Flowers in heads, 

 heads globose, axillary, solitary, pedunculate (peduncles 2 cm. long). Fruits 

 with 2-cocci, cocci narrowly clavate, 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad ; bracts persis- 

 tent, complanate at the apex, peltate, pubescent. Seeds linear, testa winged, 

 3| mm. long, f mm. broad, 2-lobed at the apex. 

 HAB. Koshum : Kankaw. 



Nauclea transversa HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 139. Branches 

 strong, many branched, bark gray, with lenticels. Leaves opposite, long 

 petiolate, ovate or oblong, 12 cm. long, 5 cm. broad, pallid on both surfaces, 

 suddenly acuminate at the apex, rounded or truncate at the base, primary 

 veins 6-7 on both sides, patent at angle 60 from the costa and the basal 

 veins at angle 90, petioles 4-5 cm. long. Flowers in heads, heads axillary, 

 solitary, pedunculate (peduncles 3-4 cm. long). Fruits with 2-cocci, cocci 

 clavate, 5 mm. long, If mm. broad, truncate at the apex, acute at the base ; 

 bracts peltate, 4 mm. long, peltas 5-lobed. Seeds linear, 3 mm. long, testa 

 winged, 2-lobed at the apex. 



HAB. Nanshikiaku. 



Near N. taiwaniana HAYATA ; but distinguishable in the longer leaves, 

 in the paucity of the primary veins which are inserted at a more obtuse 

 angle, and in the unpolished leaves. 



Nauclea truncata HAYATA Mater. Fl. Formos. p. 140. Branches grajv 

 with transversal lenticels. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, oblong, 16 cm. 

 long, 8 cm. broad, obtuse at the apex and base, or truncate at the base, 

 glabrous and pallid in dried specimens, entire, primary veins impressed on 

 the upper surface, prominent on the lower surface, patent at angle 25 from 

 the costa, veinlets inconspicuous and transversally reticulate, stipules oblong 

 and rounded at both ends, 14 mm. long, 8 mm. broad, deciduous. Flowers in 

 heads, heads terminal, glabrous, nearly sessile, 2 cm. in diameter. 



